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!

Oaxacan Tree Frog, Stage 2 - BIG POST!

^ Stage 2 begins with the right upper hind leg.

Priming done with Peacock Green.

Spots are partially outlined with Orange Verithin.

^ Apple Green and Chartreuse added. 

^ Spots painted with Pomegranate and Orange. 

^ All spots painted! 

^ Pulling back to show progress thus far. 

^ After protecting most of the drawing, I move on to the forelegs. 

^ Priming begun with Cerulean Blue and Deco Blue,

with a bit of Non-Photo Blue and True Blue.

^ Right foreleg painted! The teardrop markings are

Yellow Chartreuse, Chartreuse, Apple Green, Grass Green,

and Peacock Green, respectively. 

^ Ballpoint re-outlined with True Blue and Orange Verithins. 

^ Cerulean Blue, True Blue, and a bit of Non-Photo Blue

in addition to Deco Blue. Pinky partially painted. 

^ Left foreleg fully painted! 

^ Moving on to the head, I score the Frog's cheek and

far eye with my stylus for texture. Canary Yellow priming

with Dahlia Purple Verithin and Yellowed Orange priming

on the cheek. 

^ Cheek painted! 

^ Canary Yellow fully implemented. I begin outlining

the inner part of the head with Dioxazine Purple Hue. 

^ As with the back markings, the head marking is

primed with Dioxazine Purple Hue, Violet, and Parma Violet. 

^ Spiral marking fully painted!

^ Head is almost fully painted. The blues and purples

don't look like I had hoped, but overall I love the colors. 

^ Foreleg teardrop colors repeated in reverse. 

^ Throat scored with my stylus and primed with Dahlia Purple Verithin. 

 ^ Primed with Canary Yellow.

^ Painting finished with Spanish Orange and Yellowed Orange.

Mouth line outlined with Violet and Dahlia Purple Verithins. 

^ He looks even cheerier than before! 

 ^ When I decide on how I want to color the lower hind legs,

I lightly mark them with my chosen colors.

^ Preparing to color the lower right hind leg. 

^ Teardrop motif continued. Priming begun with Parma Violet

and Dioxazine Purple Hue (I'm going to need to new copy

of the latter soon). 

^ Calf fully painted with addition of Violet. 

^ Foot primed with Canary Yellow, Spanish Orange,

Yellowed Orange,and Orange. Toes outlined with Orange Verithin.

^ Right foot fully painted! I included some Peacock Blue Verithin

to shade the far toes. 

^ The Oaxacan Tree Frog is VERY close to done!

This post represents one of my biggest coloring pushes: about four hours on-and-off, with the final couple of hours done nearly straight through. I'd wanted to finish the Frog tonight entirely, but I had to stop to let my hand rest. I will continue after I wake up: I want to finish this guy tomorrow, vines and all.

I drank leftover coffee at 9:00 PM to help me stay awake. It paid off!