Reference photo - Combs Ferry Farm |
Sketch in basic shapes with pastel pencil |
Block in lights and darks with NuPastels |
Wash in pastel with rubbing alcohol. This will set the underpainting. |
After alcohol dries, start blocking in shadow colors |
Block in the light colors but keep the first layer darker than the expected later layers |
Continue adding color keeping in mind the values as they appear next to each other, which is the only way to truly see colors - how they appear next to each other. |
Final layers of lights and shadows. Is it successful in expressing what I was excited about when I first spotted the barns? If not, do another one, learning from the first one. |
Very helpful to improve my plan for final result. I appreciate your step by step strategy which I seldom do myself.
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