Oaxacan Tree Frog, Stage 3 DONE!

^ I prepare to color the left hind leg. 

^ I start off by outlining parts of the calf and foot with Verithins. 

^ I use the Peacock Blue Verithin to add some complementary

shading to the far toes. The blue pinky toe was primed with the

Tuscan Red Verithin. 

^ Foot finished! 

^ Calf completed with Dioxazine Purple Hue, Violet,

and Parma Violet. Metatarsals are Peacock Blue. 

^ Outlined with Peacock Blue, Peacock Green,

and Orange Verithins. A bit of priming done with Peacock Blue. 

^ Chartreuse and Apple Green added. 

^ The Frog itself is complete! Now for the vines and leaves. 

^ I cover as much of the Frog as possible prior

to starting the vines. 

^ Vines primed with Tuscan Red Verithin. 

^ Closeup of the crossed vine ends. 

^ More priming layers added with Peacock Green and

Apple Green Verithins. 

^ The right-hand vine is well on its way to done! 

^ Impromptu first aid: masking tape and Band-Aids for

a tender thumb and callus. I later ditched the masking tape

and kept a Band-Aid only on the callus. 

^ More priming on the left-hand vine. 

^ Spiral pattern impressed onto each leaf. 

^ Leaf stems quickly colored. 

^ Leaves primed with Peacock Green. 

^ Spiral patterns colored with Pomegranate. 

^ Closeup showing colored spiral pattern. 

^ I color the middle part of each leaf with Dioxazine Purple Hue.

I used up about one third of this pencil for the project. A new favorite! 

^ Showing the difference between painted (above toes)

and primed (below toes).

^ The Oaxacan Tree Frog is DONE!

Colors corrected in Photoshop.

This final haul was slightly longer than last night's. Total time spent on the Oaxacan Tree Frog was about 10.6 hours.

Thank you for following its progress!