Jacquelin Vanderwood
November 2004
I've chosen to use Bristol Board for this lesson. Using a drawing pencil, sketch out the outline of the cherries plus the stems. Also delineate the shadow areas. Use a drawing eraser to lightly erase the lines. From Prismacolor Colored Pencils, select the Mahogany Red color and make sure it's very sharp. Begin to lay the base color lightly using the sharpened pencil. It is best to build up the color rather than press hard in the beginning.
I used the same color again and added more red to the cherries and stems. I then applied steel to the shadow area.
Using Black Cherry develop the color value more.
For the stems add in Goldenrod. For the bodies of the cherries use Crimson Red and Scarlet Lake to build up the color more.
The last step is to burnish the colors. Burnishing is applying pressure to the colored pencils to fill in the tooth area of the paper. In reverse color order that we used above, and using very sharp pencils, begin to apply the deeper color. When you get to a point where you feel you're not able to get the deep color needed, try using Indigo blue lightly in the shadow areas. Brush the drawing with a soft brush to rid it of any left over pencil wax.
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