Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-04)

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Sketch and Highlights

I drew the reference scene on Canson Mi-Teintes gray

paper using a 2B pencil. Next, I defined the highlights

using the Faber-Castell PITT artists pen in white.

Reference

Because this antique shop still life featured mostly cool

undertones, I knew I could rely on Canson Mi-Teintes steel

gray paper for the main subject—the kettles and cups.

Final

I painted the kettles using a light glaze of cobalt blue. Beneath them, I used a dark

value mixture of French ultramarine and lunar black to define the ledge. I then

painted above and around the kettles using green gold and a touch of lunar black.

I added the final touches on the handles and the dark accents using burnt sienna

and lunar black for Kettles & Cups (watercolor and pen on paper, 9x11). WA

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