Here are a few photos showing a coloured pencil drawing of a red pepper. As I showed in the last post. I start with a tonal scale to work out how to get a gradation from light to dark. In this particular case, the scale from light to dark is not just one colour but several colours that range from pale yellow to orange to orange red to different tones of red for the pepper. This is not just a tonal gradation but also a colour gradation following the colour wheel.
I chose to work on grey paper because of the dark background of the composition and I also wanted to experiment with the use of lighter colours on a darker ground. The coloured pencil process is one which starts with relatively light tones working towards darker tones. Many layers of colour are added progressively on top of each other.
The basic shape of the composition is drawn in and the lighter colours are added using very light pressure. |
I continue to add the lighter tones of colour on the pepper, stem and background. I use light pressure and I am weaving one colour into another to create a smooth transition. |
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