Hand Jeans….five

I could not wait to get into my new box of prismacolors!  They look so nice and neat this way….trust me….it won’t last!



Needed to balance out the jeans. I knew it needed to be dark so I went straight in with the orange (opposite of blue on the colorwheel).  On top of the orange I used blue.  This will darken the area….neutralize it.



I was getting frustrated with my attempts at darkening my shadows. It just wasn’t going anywhere.



Apparently….I forgot a step….I was in such a hurry to use those pretty pencils that I forgot to use my w/c pencils!!  It’s the watercolor pencils that really helped me darken the darks.  Where was my head?

Still much more to do….getting to be a rather long blog-post series! Sorry

Hand Jeans….four

This little spot was bugging me, nobody knew why it was white here.  It was a good time to see how the colored pencils would work over the existing watercolors.  I even tried out my marker for the black outline on the floral pattern.  This entire floral print has a black outline to it.  FUN…I cannot wait to finish this because I will get to do my favorite thing at the end!  Mindless outlining! 



This is where I was at the beginning of class the other night.  I have to admit I was glad I was there…I needed to know my watercolor limit….I had about reached it here.  It was time to bring in the colored pencils for the rest.



This is a good shot to show you just how big this is.  It’s pretty big!



Not done….not even close. Must continue on with:

• the arm
• the hand
• the jeans
• the belt loops
• most of the top

At least I have a plan….always good to have a plan!! Haha

Hand Jeans….three

Continued with the hand a bit more.  Used colored pencils to get that thumb bend.  Reinforced some of the shadows in the 2 right fingers with watercolor.



It was time to work the top.  If I can get this top right, I will love it….but that’s a big IF.



Had to mix a brown to best match the picture.  Just lightly applied the first coat of brown watercolor paint.



Then I had to outline the rest of the floral image.  This required focus….so I had to be patient and clear headed.  Couldn’t doodle it in my “zoned-out” way.



Now, I have lots of color opportunities to turn to when things aren’t working as expected in a part of this drawing/painting.