A Quickie...

[arlene]

ok get your minds out of the gutter...I'm talking about a colored pencil drawing! ;)

this is 4" x 4" and is done with colored pencil on stonehenge paper. This one only took about 10 hours...for me a quickie! My source was one of Rod's flower photos from his CD

the red's are a bit off...in the original it's not quite so yellow a red, but if I change the red the other colors are off, so...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/28-Dec-2001/fuchsia.jpg

[ponie]

I really like it, even if the "red is off"... I like it! I do not yet have the guts to use color... jeremy

[Luvy]

Arlene your flowers floor me. They are so beautiful and in pencils Amazing *S* :clap:

[arlene]

Thank you Jeremy...for me doing something in color is alot easier, because it's all there in front of you...I find graphite difficult to do, as I don't see the planes, and shadows as well when trying to convert to b/w...funny, isn't it?

Luvy, thanks! Pencil is actually very easy to work with! that's why I like it so much...and no mess too!

[Fmalo]

Jeremy,

Not to take anything away from Arlene & her vibrant flowers, but to be able to capture the values as you do when you work in black/white(&gray) is most valuable:clap:. In fact, some teachers insist that portrayals are done in black/white since they KNOW if a person can do it, adding colors is a walk in the park.

Keep painting/drawing,

Frank

[wendee]

OH Arlene as usual ..fabulous....quickie=10 hours ..I should be so lucky....;) :evil: :evil: :evil:

[arlene]

quickie=10 hours ..I should be so lucky

ME TOO! sigh................ :angel:

oh and thanks!

[reynolds]

my goodness it is quite a beautiful flower. i love the veins of red in the purple petals. as for ten hours well not sure whether talking about pencils or...so i shall just:D

[arlene]

thank you reynolds...

as for ten hours well not sure whether talking about pencils or...so i shall just

Must be pencils...heck why would I want to go 10 hours without drawing? ;) :angel:

[reynolds]

:evil: beats me.....would that mean no wet canvas too...

[Fmalo]

How to get a wet canvas without 'wet paint' must be color pencils.??

Keep painting,

Frank

[Stephen Brealey]

I think the colours are fine, too. The flowers are soft and 'fleshy', lovely picture :clap:

[arlene]

beats me.....would that mean no wet canvas too...

not for me since I have my photos on the computer and work from my monitor on a drawing board on my desk :angel: anytime I need a "short" break, it's just a matter of bringing up WC again. :rolleyes:

Frank, too funny! :D oh and
I DON'T PAINT!

thanks Saberman!