^ Rough graphite sketch.
^ Coloring begun atop cleaned lineart.
^ Close up of priming layer on the mantle.
^ First pattern on mantle primed...
^ ...and painted!
^ Teardrop shapes outlined with Process Red Verithin; siphon colored.
^ Teardrops filled with gradated colors.
^ Closeup of the teardrops.
^ Next pattern section outlined.
^ Triangle pattern primed...
^ ...and painted.
^ As I did on the Big Cat, I use an impressed dot pattern.
^ Impressed dot pattern finished!
Jillian, i LOVE your colors. And your use of pattern, of course. And I notice you do these awesome indents in your drawings! Question- are you painting on top of colored pencils? Is that what you mean by "priming" (colored pencils) before you paint? Just curious! Really enjoying the step-by-steps!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Laura! The "priming" and "painting" are both done with colored pencils; I borrowed the terms to simplify my descriptions. A lot of colored pencil work is done in such a way that the paper texture and color show through. I refer to the finished pieces as "painted" simply because I try to cover as much white space as possible.
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy you're enjoying the progress posts!