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Step 4
Add the medium green
Switch to the moss green pastel pencil.
Using the side of the point as before,
add small areas of colour over the top
half of the previous green.tStep 5
Add the final highlights, trunk and branchestGraham Cox
Download the drawing from the Moody Views
website, save it to your pc then print it off and
trace it directly onto your pastel paper or print the
outline directly onto your pastel paper. Find the
outline drawing on http://www.moodyviews.co.uk click
on the ‘pastels, pencils, tools and papers’ tab then
scroll to the bottom. Meet Graham at Patchings Art,
Craft & Design Festival (see page 77 for details).Paint along with LP
EXERCISEcontinued
tThe finished tree1 Switch to light reseda green, this
time using the point, add light touches
to the tips of each separate section of
foliage. A little chromium oxide green
can also be added sparingly.
2 Once this is done, add the trunks
and branches. One of the big
advantages of working with pastel is
that we can put light over dark. Here I
added the trunks over the foliageusing the 901 white and 408 dark
sepia with a fine point for the
branches.
In the next issue we will complete
the full painting as a step-by-step
demonstration. Don’t forget to send
your finished work to [email protected].
Dawn will add it to the painting
project area of our website at
PaintersOnline.