Hobby Lobby July-August 2022

I will use a hard graphite pencil (2H or 4H) as well as these watercolor paints on the landscape: cobalt blue, light red, Quinacridone Red, Quinacridone Pink, Aureolin, Sap Green, (and possibly Winsor Blue Green Shade).
I will use a hard graphite pencil (2H or 4H) as well as these watercolor pencils on the close-up: Cold Gray III, Warm Gray II, Graphitint Storm, Graphitint Russet, Venetian Red, and Burnt Ochre.
Please note, I may add more watercolor paints and watercolor pencils in smaller quantities, but I’m highlighting the above.

 I used UArt Sanded Pastel Paper, which has a very strong tooth.  It will accept water, although I used dry watercolor pencil in this drawing. Other great options are Stonehenge tinted papers, which takes a bit of water, but not too much and is smoother than the pastel paper.  Any tinted watercolor or multimedia paper should work well and take lots of water if you want to use wet media. 

 This time we’ll focus on butterflies.
In our first class we will examine the butterfly close up.  I’ll demonstrate a Monarch on a yellow flower and a Red-spotted Purple, which will be placed in a rocky path setting.
On the 30th, I will demonstrate the rocky path for the Red-Spotted Purple.  In two choices for a setting for the Monarch I will demonstrate a small landscape featuring a Monarch feeding in an autumn prairie.  In another landscape I will demonstrate several Monarchs enjoying some wildflowers in a suggested meadow setting.  
YOU CHOOSE!
In my variety of butterfly demonstration I will be using a variety of techniques, media, and papers.  You may choose any photo and setting, any media, and any papers.  

I will send the photo reference for this to folks who register because it’s purchased from Wildlife Photo References. 

In this demonstration I used watercolor pencil, dry on the Fawn Stonehenge Paper. In the Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly I used a combination of blues without a white underdrawing near the body of the butterfly, and blue with Prismacolor White drawing under nearer the outer parts of the wings.  The blues highlighted include Ultramarine, Helioblue-Reddish, and Derwent Inktense Sea Blue.  In the interior blues I added Inktense Dark Chocolate and Walnut in spots to make the dark blue more black.
In the rocks, stones, and pebbles I used a graphite pencil and a variety of blues, grays (warm and cold), and browns.  Derwent Graphitints would be great in this project if you happen to have them.

I used white Fabriano Artistico Hot Press paper.  My background layer was done with watercolor paint washes, but you could certainly substitute with watercolor pencils. In my second layer I used watercolor pencils for easy ability to define and detail.  You could, of course, just use a drier watercolor paint application if you prefer.

I decided to emphasize blues and a bit of purple in background summer flowers for this new demonstration on Stonehenge Fawn paper to contrast with some warm yellows and oranges in the Monarchs and foreground flowers.
Some colored pencils I added include: Prismacolor White, Prismacolor Light Cerulean Blue,  Ultramarine, a touch of Light Cobalt Turquoise, a little Prismacolor Lilac, Purple Violet, Luminance Anthraquionoid Pink and Fuchsia.
I also added a variety of greens and some browns.  I crisped things up with a graphite pencil.
The important thing is to decide what colors YOU want in your piece, check them against whatever tinted paper you have, and design your own art piece.
This will not be a full background.  I am just adding some butterflies, flowers and grasses to the tinted paper.