MIXED MEDIA

 

Mixed Media

I often use coloured pencils  and pens to finish a watercolour the extra flexibility and options can add

a new look to the painting plus it makes a welcome change to pure watercolour

Which refreshes and motivates me and I can return to watercolour with new enthusiasm.

Look at the three paintings below which are finished with coloured pencils, then follow the demo of the process use for mixed media 



The details on the flowers and leaves
and tiles was done with coloured pencils

 

The texture of the pears was described
with coloured pencils

 

The glass, place mat, pear and the frame of the panel was enhanced with coloured pencils

 

Watercolour.  fine liner, plus wax pencils

A step by step showing the results that can be combined by enhancing a two wash painting with Derwent studio coloured pencils, the picture below was created in  four stages using the media mention above.  

Stage One

Drawing the layout with grey lead pencil, I believe this is along with a value sketch are the most important of the entire picture making process for watercolours if this is flawed the picture stands a good chance of failure.

 

Stage Two first wash

Mixing a purple from Alizarin crimson and Pthalo blue greyed with a tiny amount of lemon yellow, I star to establish the value under painting this will create the form  of the vegetables and suggest the spacial depth to the painting. 

 

  

I apply a wash of colours to the motif on the tiles.
 





 

 

Stage Three

 

When dry I give them all a second wash.

 





 Stage Four

Adding Detail with Fine liner and Colour pencils

 

 I add details to to the motif on the tiles

 

 

I start creating texture  while at the same time refining the colours of each vegetable I use the same techniques that I do with  my graphite pencils hatching, stipple etc.

 







 

This often means with coloured pencils that you need to apply several layers till you have a satisfactory result compere this picture to the finished picture below

 

FINISHED PICTURE