Following on from my
post of 10th June.... Despite my oriental poppies
producing about 30 buds, I only managed to save one other specimen
for another quick study – the rest were decimated by heavy showers
almost as soon as they opened.
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| Oriental Poppy |
Having seen some
YouTube videos about coloured pencil on black paper, I decided to
give it a try. I don't have an extensive collection of pencils, just
an odd assortment of freebies acquired over the years, but I was
intrigued by this artist's use of white pencil as a base layer for
most of the subsequent bright colours.
I found it difficult to
get a true colour scan with the black background, if anything the
scans make the colours look brighter than they actually are. I don't
have any Prismacolor pencils and I could not get a dense enough white
layer with the Luminance one I used. (An excuse for a trip to the
art shop!) I had the same problem with the dogwood, but here I used
dry watercolour pencils for the leaves which I think produced a
richer finish.
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| Chinese Dogwood |
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