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| 3/4/20 Museum Aquarelle, Supracolor, Prismacolor, Polychromos in S&B Zeta sketchbook |
In a botanical drawing class handout that I received from
instructor Kathleen McKeehen, plant dissection is discussed and shown –
the how-to’s of carefully cutting open the private parts of flowers to draw the
hidden innards. I’m glad it’s not a class requirement, as I’m not too much into
floral surgery. However, I have no such hesitation about putting entire bell
peppers under the knife.
Cut top to bottom, the green one resembles the ventricles of
a heart. I chose an unlikely mish-mash of colored pencils – oil-based,
wax-based, water-soluble, vintage and contemporary. The method to my madness
was a desire for both rich hues where needed and fine details in the seedy area.
The purple cast shadow was a whim. I like the color, but I always think of Stillman & Birn Zeta as having a smooth surface, so I was surprised that the
soft Prismacolor revealed so much texture.
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| 3/5/20 Museum Aquarelle, Irojiten, Polychromos |
Since most of that eclectic combo of pencils worked well
together, I decided to try the strategy again. This time I cut a diagonal
cross-section through the red pepper. Most of the luscious color came from Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle with some detail help from Tombow Irojiten
and Faber-Castell Polychromos (the latter two are among my hardest
high-quality brands). I used the same Zeta sketchbook, but the harder
Polychromos showed less of the paper’s tooth.
For more thoughts on why I like using both hard and soft
pencils together, here are a few more posts on the subject:
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