Annie's Art Blog

Here we go, an update and explanation for the Bud(dy) drawing. I’ve mostly been using black, but also a lightish blue and a few other colors. All the fur areas have some degree of black in them. As you can see in the mid forhead I have a light layer of black covered with blue and a little brown. On the parts of the body I used the same blue, but then also pumpkin orange. Both colors are found in the areas that aren’t solid black. If you look close to the top right of this photo, you can see a little orange underneath the blackm; (by the way, this is just a close-up of the photo above it.) I’d put down the blue/orange to indicate the lighter areas. Then go over them lightly with black. The darker areas I would also cover with a light coat of black. The weird thing that happens is that the areas with the blue/orange under the black actually turn darker than the single coat black areas, so then I normally go over the solid black areas again with a second non-solid, but darker black coat. It’s just easier to keep the dark parts darker than the light parts. **Side note, I want to mention I realize there is a size problem with his eyes; it WILL be resolved!**

However, I want to mention it’s pretty important to keep going over it with light coats. Lots of light coats I’ve found are much better than one dark coat. It’s also easier to stop working, then come back to it and blend the two areas together. I always try to leave the edges of an area faded from solid color to a light layer if I need to continue that chunk of picture. Otherwise, as you can see, I tend to finish one area at a time, start to finish, and then start a new area. I know a lot of talented pencil artists do light layers over the whole thing, I’ve tried that and I just can’t do it. I feel like I’m not getting anything done.

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Thank you!