Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Coloured Pencil Leaves WIP 3

Leaves WIP # 3, 22" x 16"
Coloured Pencil on Colourfix Paper
Copyright Teresa Mallen

This is how it looks 24 hours later. As you can see, I started adding in some background colour. With so much olive green paper showing, I was concerned that it was affecting my colour and value choices. I am still building up colour, especially on the inside of the front leaf. I also will be adding veins to the back leaf. Adding the veins at this point will be more work to get to look right than if I had put them in at the beginning but I wanted to compare the two looks. At one point I was considering not having such pronounced veins and I was going to draw more stuff into the background. Given the busy 'in your face' nature of the front leaf at present, I don't think I will confuse things by adding to the drawing. Still, this is a work in process and of course things may change.

I would like to take a moment to thank Christine over at Creative Life Studio for the following blog award. I am supposed to pass this award on to five other bloggers that inspire me. I am afraid I am going to be a bit of a wet blanket here and not do this. Many of the artists that I would be nominating no longer participate in blog memes. As a substitute, I suggest that you check out the folks on my blogroll. I am sure that you will be inspired by their creativity and their commitment. Thank again Christine!


3 comments:

Jeanette Jobson said...

Wow, this looks just like stained glass. The colours are wonderful.

Teresa Mallen said...

Thanks Jeanette, and thanks for becoming a follower...of course I don't like the new look of the follower widget. :-)

Valerie Jones said...

This is looking very nice! I noticed it is a large piece too! You go, Teresa!!