2019-12-01 The Artist\'s Magazine

Build WORKSHOP

Starting anewcoloredpencildrawing

is always aninterestingexperience

for me. Thedevelopmentofthecom-

position aloneofteninvolvesseveral

hours of decision-making.Priorto

starting anydrawing,I doa quick

assessmenttodeterminewhetherthe

scene hassufficientpersonalinterest,

includes oneormorefocalpointsand

containselementsthatsupportthe

finalcomposition.OnceI confirm

thesecriteria,I createa preliminary

pencilsketchofthesceneorsubject.

CascadingWater(opposite)is

theperfectexampleofa complex

andchallengingstudythatmeets

andexceedsmycriteriafora good

composition.Thescenecomprises

fivepartsthatrequiredifferent

approachesandcolorapplications.

Theseareasofconcentrationinclude

cascadingwater;threedifferent

rockformations;andanabundant

backgrounddisplayoffoliage,trees,

colorfulrocksanddarkshadows.

Seea step-by-stepdemonstration

ofCascadingWateronpages28–29.

COLORED PENCIL

Water on the Rocks

ERWIN P. LEWANDOWSKI demonstrates how to tackle a complex work

in colored pencil by breaking down the composition into a few major areas.

Materials

SURFACE: Strathmore 400 series smooth, 2-ply bristol

PENCILS:

· No. 2B graphite pencils: Fantasia Premium and Faber-Castell

· colored pencils: Prismacolor Premier, Derwent Lightfast and

Faber-Castell Polychromos

·Staedtlerpigmentinkliners

COLOREDPENCILCOLORS:

· cool grey (10%,

20%, 30%, 50%

and 70%)

· light peach

· seashell pink

· beige rose

· clay rose

· burnt ochre

· chocolate

· dark umber

· terra cotta

· mineral orange

· pale sage

· limepeel

· yellow

chartreuse

· peach beige

· greyed lavender

· moss green

· pale vermillion

· rosy beige

· cream

· sand

· bronze

· sky light blue

· cloud blue

· chartreuse

· spring green

· marine green

· peacock blue

· slate grey

· Prussian blue

· dark umber

· espresso

· sand

· goldenrod

· yellow ochre

· light cerulean

blue

· peach

· putty beige

· black

· blue lake

· indigo blue

· cerulean blue

26 Artists Magazine December 2019