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June 21, 2019 at 1:10 am #474749
I discovered a new medium…colored pencils!
This particular study was done with Farber-Castell Polychromos on Strathmore.June 21, 2019 at 1:21 am #844203I love your highlights. What blending method did you use?
June 21, 2019 at 6:53 am #844197Definately achieved the 3D look and good color saturation
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June 21, 2019 at 11:13 am #844201Thanks, TDean …. I didn’t use any blending method. Just tons of layers and pressure on the pencil. This is my first CP and I am just now researching blending.
Thank you, Karen!
June 21, 2019 at 11:16 pm #844189Gorgeous, juicy cherry!!! And your first one, nevertheless?
You are using my favourite blending method…! Once you persist using CP by itself you find a very satisfactory way to blend with them before resorting to solvents (my experience).
What kind of Strathmore did you use? I like the 500 Series 2-ply Vellum. Found it too “toothy” at the beginning, but eventually found my way around using the texture to my advantage.
I have had a whole box of 120 Polychromos for a few years, just coming to the conclusion that it doesn’t stay on my paper because I don’t use enough pressure. You’ve inspired me. I’ll be following your work with great interest!
Raquel from Toronto, CDA
June 21, 2019 at 11:21 pm #844202Thank you so much, Frida.
Yes, it’s the same Strathmore you use. At first, I questioned why you would use a paper with tooth, but now I realize that it is for the look of “depth” when you layer.
I think eventually when you work long enough, it begins to flatten. But, that’s just an observation.June 22, 2019 at 6:55 pm #844190So far Prismacolor CPs are the pencils I use most, and there are parts of my drawings where I burnish, especially around highlights, but there are some Prismas that are quite soft, and I find I can modify the colour with them, as to warm or cool it, and therefore give the colour more complexity. Apart from the pencils themselves I use the colorless. And I have seen yet what “wax bloom” is!!!
On botanical work, I was using a first coat of Derwent Studios, smudging them to cover the paper grain as a layer of watercolour would. Then I’d enhance with the rich Prismas, and refine the edges with Verithin.
By now I’ve found that those Derwents fade a lot, so I am determined to use my Polychromos as a base. Many say that any pencil brand can be used over any other, but my logic doesn’t accept that a hard/er pencil (e.g. oil based Polychromos) would in time be efficient OVER a layer of waxy, soft Prismacolors…
Something I experienced is that the Prisma colorless goes over hard/er and soft quite well, though, amalgamating them in the layer.
Raquel from Toronto, CDA
June 23, 2019 at 5:08 pm #844198Your cherry is beautiful. Like glass. Maybe a glass object will be your next challenge?? I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to draw.
VenaJune 23, 2019 at 10:39 pm #844193beautiful cherry, looks taut and crisp!
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]JoanJune 25, 2019 at 8:05 am #844199Lovely cherry! The delicate yellow glowing through the red looks beautiful, and very realistic. I’m with Raquel – no solvents for me, just pure layering.
June 25, 2019 at 7:31 pm #844194Excellent first run! What are your other mediums?
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InstagramSaveJuly 8, 2019 at 6:37 pm #844191I want to see more Love!!!
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July 12, 2019 at 9:22 am #844196It sparkles. I like this.
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363July 14, 2019 at 12:36 pm #844192Lovely sheen!
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