Serval
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:33 am
As I asked Picasso2 (Jean) to post her limited palette lion drawing, I thought I might show mine as well which was the demonstration I worked through with this group.
4 colors were used in the Staedtler Karat watercolor pencils (dry), #63 blue, #16 yellow ochre, #49 dark yellow ochre and #222 peach. To create the grey tones Staedtler 2mm techno pencils in 2H, HB, 2B and 4B with assistance from an F 'woodie'.
The fun and beauty of this technique is that it teaches you how to use your color pencils in a more creative way. Instead of trying to 'match' a color (which is impossible) it teaches you how to either create a hue, or even ignore it and use something else. As well you discover how flat and dull browns, greys and some greens are in your color pencil set.
No black or brown was used in this drawing - but the blacks were created by layers of blue and graphite, and the browns in the yellows and graphite. It is amazing the results you can achieve with a minimalist approach! As Mike has said in the past - "sometimes color just gets in the way"... but you don't have to toss your cp's, just learn to live with less. This drawing has actually taken about 6 years to complete...!... it was always intended as a progressive workshop demonstration piece. So over the years in each workshop or class an eye would be done, or negative drawing in the ear shown, indenting, color layering, creating cool blacks with blue and graphite, etc. But she is finally completed!
4 colors were used in the Staedtler Karat watercolor pencils (dry), #63 blue, #16 yellow ochre, #49 dark yellow ochre and #222 peach. To create the grey tones Staedtler 2mm techno pencils in 2H, HB, 2B and 4B with assistance from an F 'woodie'.
The fun and beauty of this technique is that it teaches you how to use your color pencils in a more creative way. Instead of trying to 'match' a color (which is impossible) it teaches you how to either create a hue, or even ignore it and use something else. As well you discover how flat and dull browns, greys and some greens are in your color pencil set.
No black or brown was used in this drawing - but the blacks were created by layers of blue and graphite, and the browns in the yellows and graphite. It is amazing the results you can achieve with a minimalist approach! As Mike has said in the past - "sometimes color just gets in the way"... but you don't have to toss your cp's, just learn to live with less. This drawing has actually taken about 6 years to complete...!... it was always intended as a progressive workshop demonstration piece. So over the years in each workshop or class an eye would be done, or negative drawing in the ear shown, indenting, color layering, creating cool blacks with blue and graphite, etc. But she is finally completed!