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CREATIVE WATERCOLOR PENCIL

DUPAGE ART LEAGUE IN-PERSON CLASS Thursday March 2nd - April 13th (No class March 30th)

  

Peggy Lynn McGahan

 peggyart@comcast.net

https://www.plmcgahanart.com


WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR PENCIL                                  MARCH 2

        Why Watercolor Pencils?

        Techniques: Using watercolor pencils dry and wet

        Subject: Single Roses or alternate

        Colors: Achieving bright and subtle color with watercolor pencils

        Mixing vegetative greens

        Optional additions: Permanent colored pencils




 SOME WATERCOLOR PENCILS I’M USING:

***NOTE: In each week’s class information I will provide information on the  watercolor pencils I used in the demonstrations.  These are only to help  you compare colors.  Just use your own watercolor pencils, but you can  use the watercolor pencils listed here as a reference.  

         All watercolor pencils listed are Faber-Castell’s Albrecht Durer brand unless otherwise noted.

LEAVES: Earth green yellow, permanent green olive, light yellow glaze, Derwent  watercolor pencil madder carmine, Derwent inktense apple, chrome oxide,  Derwent watercolor pencil raw sienna, Derwent inktense baked earth 

YELLOW ROSE: cream, light yellow glaze, cadmium yellow, dark chrome yellow, cadmium orange, earth green yellow

PINK ROSE: light purple pink, fuchsia, middle purple pink, earth green yellow

TANGERINE/PEACH ROSE:  cream, pale geranium lake, light purple pink, fuchsia, cadmium orange,  earth green yellow, dark chrome yellow, light ultramarine blue, light  cobalt turquoise

DARK RED ROSE: Derwent inktense poppy, Prismacolor watercolor pencil crimson, dark red, chrome oxide green



 WEEK  2 SOME BACKGROUND OPTIONS                           MARCH 9

  Adding Backgrounds using watercolor pencils

  Techniques: color mixes, compositions, and application techniques for watercolor pencil backgrounds            

  Colors Mixes: using color analogues, complements, and dark mixes

  Optional additions: “Magnus”, color blocks, watercolor paints

  Also, you’re welcome to try my Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Pastel watercolor Pastels if interested  


WEEK 3 LOW INTENSITY SUBTLE TRANSITIONS and TEXTURE                      MARCH 16

CAST SHADOWS in WATERCOLOR PENCIL

Subject: Sprouted onion bulb

Techniques: achieving subtle, low intensity color with watercolor pencil

               texture and detail with gray or with graphite pencil

               injecting color in your cast shadows

Optional additions: graphite pencils, Graphitint specialty watercolor pencils by Derwent



WATERCOLOR PENCILS USED:  

 In the Leaves: ivory,  cream, earth green yellow, light green, light yellow glaze, and a touch  of cadmium yellow.  I used a touch of Permanent Prismacolor artichoke a  bit to accent on the edges.

 In the Skin: cream, burnt ochre, and touches of pale geranium lake, raw umber,olive green yellow, and the Permanent Prismacolor artichoke. 

 In the Bulb: cream in parts, ivory in parts.  I Added raw umber, small touches burnt ochre, and Permanent Prismacolor artichoke.

 Shadow touches: middle  purple pink, helioblue red, as well as raw umber and burnt ochre. I  also used the greens in small amounts at the end to echo the leaves.

Just a few spots added artichoke.  


Watercolor pencils I used in onion. You can choose your own colors 


WEEK 4  COMBINING WATERCOLOR PENCILS With WATERCOLOR PAINT          MARCH 23

Combining watercolor paint washes with watercolor pencils

Or continuing with watercolor pencils alone if you prefer

Subject: Bromeliad

Techniques: watercolor paint or watercolor pencil washes

               Accenting, injecting fun color, and detail with watercolor pencil

Optional additions: Inktense specialty watercolor pencils by Derwent

           Watercolor paints



 WATERCOLOR PENCILS:  pale geranium lake, Derwent watercolor pencil madder carmine, dark red,  chrome oxide, burnt ochre, permanent green olive, cadmium orange, dark  cadmium orange, fuchsia

OR I’m highlighting the option of Inktense Specialty Watercolor Pencils: poppy, tangerine, chili, baked earth, apple

OPTIONAL WATERCOLOR PAINTS: quinacridone red, burnt sienna, sap green, quinacridone gold, permanent alizarin crimson



Alternate Bromeliad 

Watercolor Pencils Used


Watercolor Pencils Used: Inktense Iron Blue, Inktense Bright Blue,  Permanent Green Olive, Middle Purple Pink, Light Purple Pink,  (watercolor pencil) white, Prismacolor Permanent White, and Graphitint  Cool Gray.   


NOTE: NO CLASS ON MARCH 30

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WEEK 5 ADDITIONAL OPTIONS—CHOOSE YOUR PROJECT                                     APRIL 6

Subjects: mushroom, iris, or hydrangea 

         or choose your own subject

Techniques: combining watercolor paint, watercolor pencil in a more complex painting

Watercolor pencil on a claybord surface*



 WATERCOLOR PENCILS USED: I used a variety of low intensity colors.  Some of favorite in this  piece include light ultramarine blue+raw umber, lightultramarine  blue+Intense dark chocolate, middle purple pink, raw umber, burnt ochre,  and a variety of blues and violets.

In the green areas—earth green yellow, Inktense apple, light ultramarine, Inktense Sea blue (which is a gorgeous color!). 

HIGHLIGHTING Derwent Graphitints:  Sage is nice. Cloud  gray is nice too, especially combined with middle purple pink, with  Inktense Sea blue, or with lt ultramarine.  The cloud gray deepens and  enriches the color for a smoky, lower intensity dark value.

Favorite blues in this piece: Inktense Sea blue, light ultramarine, and a little helioblue red.   Prismacolor Permanent colored pencil violet blue is great for accents. 

Violet and purple areas: middle purple pink, fuchsia, red violet, and Prismacolor Permanent Tuscan red.  

Gray areas:  I used mainly cold gray III and IV on the claybord but cold gray II  and a little warm or cold gray I on the paper demonstration.  I liked  Graphitint cloud gray on each. I  also sometimes leaned these areas blue  with light ultramarine.  


Colored pencils used for mushroom





WATERCOLOR PENCILS USED IN PAPER DEMONSTRATION: light  yellow glaze, chrome yellow, burnt ochre, light ultramarine,  ultramarine, light red violet, red violet, middle purple pink, purple  violet, dark indigo, earth green yellow, permanent green olive, chrome  oxide green.


WATERCOLOR PENCILS USED IN CLAYBORD DEMONSTRATION: Inktense Violet (just in touches.  It’s beautiful but very strong), Purple Violet, Ultramarine Blue,

Light Ultramarine Blue, Middle Purple Pink, Earth Green Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Light Yellow Glaze, and 2H-4H Graphite Pencil.


 

WEEK 6 CONTINUING AND SHARING                              APRIL 13

Subjects: we will continue with your project or you can start another

*Claybord by Ampersand is a multimedia smooth panel 

                   Made by applying clay layers to a wood board.

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