The first time I tried Prismacolor ... you probably don't want to see.
But you can if you want -
Not the best.
Shading is not the best on the BEAR, looks too flat - but does give transition to charcoal.
So over this past week, I sneaked into my sister's room and found her stash of Prismacolors - hehehe
She let me ... No need for a suspenseful story. Anyway, I had some practice with those colors, I don't do a lot of Prismacolor pictures, so I needed to brush up on my skills (or would it be pencil up on my coloring skills). I penciled up pretty good and got some good shadings especially on the face of my second drawing.
I'll talk about my first picture first. Haha.
How did I decide. With the help of my younger sister we got the idea to draw at random ... Yes, I'm talking statistics, - A math term - Don't worry, I survived. We found her Saints Memory Game and drew from Random, yes from random one of the Saints. Guess who I chose. No need to guess - just look below, or keep reading.
Our Lady of the Rosary - Yup! You guessed right ... Or maybe read right - those English classes really paid off then - Go thank your English teacher.
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| Our Lady of the Rosary |
The value of the yellows really turned out well - my favorite color to shade with. I used yellows and browns to add the different tones. The faces were the most difficult because I couldn't figure out how to get darks and lights from the peach color.
Then I remembered - "Make your own colors" 🔴🟡🔵
I remembered that on my second picture. But overall I think I improved since the first time I used Prismacolor. Well done. 👏
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| Close-up of the faces |
-My Second Picture
For my second picture I chose Saint Therese of Lisieux. This time I remembered to make my own colors for the face. I rummaged through my sisters massive stock pile of Prismacolors, actually only 24, and found a golden umbery color, a red, and a white and started creating the face. (all after I did a sketch the night before).
After many layers and shading with a blender, I added more layers and darks and lights and it looked much better than my first face.
I kept working on it that day and didn't stop until I did some more ... I finished the next day. I didn't stay up all night and hold a spoon so I wouldn't fall asleep - it might not have turned out the same.
And when I woke up it looked like this
It wasn't finished. That meant there was more to do. After many more layers and much hard labor it looked like this.
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| Saint Therese of Lisieux |
Yes, now I saw much improvement, and with practice much can be accomplished. I think I'll start a series - I'll probably call it, 'Saints on 7.25 X 9.75 Paper' - More will come.
If you have a suggestion on which saint you would like to see next please suggest it in the comments.
What's Next In The Studio
I might start another 'Saints on 7.25 X 9.75 Paper' or maybe ... yes I should probably use up the last of my Titanium White that's waiting to be used up - I had left over paint on my palette (Ice cream bucket cover) that needs to be used - an excuse to do another painting.
Titanium White: "Joshua, come paint me on your canvas, don't just leave me on this cover to die. Ohhhh! Aahhhh! Ohhhhh, come use me up, I'm drying out."
Joshua: "Don't worry T.W., I'm coming, I had to finish my other projects first ... and get another idea. You're always complaining, wait your turn. Prismacolor was in need of some attention this week.
Yes, I should probably paint so I don't get Titanium White too sad - maybe a hospital scene for my sister.
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- “Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”
― St. Therese of Lisieux
