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| Cherry drawing with colored pencil and mineral spirits |
I am working on this 12x12" commissioned drawing for a client who wanted a square format piece of artwork of cherries on a plate. I'm working on cradled Ampersand Gessobord coated with light blue Colourfix primer so the gessoed surface will hold the pencil. I started by transferring a line drawing of my own reference photo onto the surface and next put a light layer of pencil on the cherries and the darkest shadowed areas. I began working the darkest areas with Prismacolor Indanthrone Blue and Tuscan Red in a light layer. Next I added alight layer Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake, Pale Vermillion and Blush Pink for the lighter areas of the cherries.
Now I am working one cherry at a time, adding odorless mineral spirits with a small, soft flat brush and then more colored pencil over the mineral spirits while it is still wet. When I achieve the density of colors I want, I will move onto the next cherry although when I have completed each one, I will go back and refine areas and colors.
Thanks for the detailed 'step by step' information explaining how you achieve the depth of colour here.
ReplyDeleteI intrigued that you use apply pencil whilst the solvent is still wet - doesn't this destroy the pencil 'points'?
Hi Sue, when I apply the pencil to the wet solvent it does destroy the pencil points, it smushes the points and while you get thick coverage, you use more pencil.
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