Autumn Art - Fall and Winter Theme

 Ruth -- Here is the link:   

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Using Watercolor Paint  and/or Watercolor Pencil as our base, I’d like us to “stick our toe”  into adding an additional media or using a different support.

I  will demonstrate our subject using a typical watercolor or watercolor  pencil painting on white paper, but I will also add at least one other  new technique for depicting our subject by adding an additional media or  using tinted or colored paper as a support.  

Over  the autumn and winter I’ll introduce using graphite pencils with our  traditional media, or using an ink pen, liquid artist inks, or adding  glistening metallics or other luminescent media.

I will introduce using tinted or colored paper with either dry or wet media.

As  always, I’ll demonstrate each subject using just watercolor paint or  watercolor pencil.  There will be no need to purchase any new supplies  unless you want to add something.  

Our subjects will include everything from fruit, flowers, seasonal items, to birds, and other creatures.   

Not  intimidating, (hopefully!) not confusing, just fun!  Please join us to  either try something new, or just enjoy some time with your preferred  media over this autumn and winter. 

I’ll  use watercolor paint and also watercolor pencil in my demonstrations,  and list individual paints or pencils used on this website.  

Additionally, this Autumn I’ll use the following optional media:

*a  Graphite Pencil in 2H or4H *Graphitint Watercolor Pencils by Derwent   *FW Acrylic Artist Ink by Daler Rowney  *Ink Pens—Micron Ink Pen in 01,  05, or 08 widths, depending on your preference or an Onyx .5mm micron  black pen.  

 *I  will also introduce using Metallic or Luminescent Media this Autumn as  an option, and will discuss them again in the Winter.  These are just  fun add-ins I’ll explain if you want to give one a try. They include:  Derwent Metallic pencils, which are water-soluble, FW Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Inks, Winsor & Newton Iridescent Media, 

 and some metallic watercolor paint by Daniel Smith such as Fuchsite Genuine and Duochrome Oceanic. 

 In these 2 sessions I will introduce a variety of media to portray some  seasonal vignettes.  I’ll begin with a juniper painting, which I’ll do  using a drier, more controlled technique.  I will follow with a few  looser, more spontaneous paintings.  These “spontaneous” style paintings  will begin with ink pen sketches followed by watery washes of color.  I  will also discuss and demonstrate some media and paper ideas as you  turn your creativity to all the coming holidays.  

MEDIA

JUNIPER 

2H graphite pencil 

Watercolor Pencils:   Dark Indigo, Derwent watercolor pencil Silver Gray, Magenta (or you  can  substitute a slightly brighter Middle Purple Pink), Earth Green  (NOTE:  NOT Earth Green Yellow, which we often use), Burnt Ochre, May  Green.  You can use Permanent and/or Watercolor Pencil White if you want. 

Watercolor Paints: VERY LIGHT washes of Aureolin, Sap (possibly Cobalt), Cobalt Violet, Indigo,  with the addition of Burnt Sienna and/or Sepia in the branch.  Also, if you want you can use some Titanium White or Chinese White, especially in the berries if you choose. 

Highlighting a few additional options:

Graphitint Watercolor Pencils, which are a combination of  water-soluble colored pencils and graphite pencils:  Dark Indigo, Juniper, Sage, Meadow

Some media possibilities for “sparkle” in the Juniper (just for fun)

Derwent Metallic Watercolor Pencils: Purple, Pewter  

Daniel  Smith Watercolor Paints Duochrome Oceanic

Winsor&Newton Iridescent Medium

FW Pearlescent Ink (by Daler Rowny)  Silver Moss

THE  LOOSER, SPONTANEOUS SKETCHES:  

Each of these will use an ink pen for the sketch.  2  good choices are a Micron Pen in your chosen width or a Uni-ball  Onyx pen.  

MUM PLANTER ON THE PORCH

Ink pen

Watercolor Paints: Aureolin, Sap, Quinacridone Red, Quinacridone Pink, Option of White Ink

Watercolor  Pencil alternate: Light Yellow Glaze, Light Green, Earth Green Yellow/Permanent Green Olive, Pale Geranium Lake, Fuchsia

SCARECROWS

Ink pen 

Note—I  totally made up my own silly scarecrows for my  sketch, so I chose  whatever colors I wanted as I painted them.  I’m listing some possible  colors, but just draw your scarecrows however you want and paint them  using your own imagination.

Watercolor Paints:  Aureolin, Quinacridone Gold, Winsor Blue Red Shade &/or Cobalt,  French Ultramarine, Sap, Quinacridone Red, Quinacridone Pink, Phthalo  Green, Burnt Sienna

Watercolor Pencil alternate:  Light Yellow Glaze, Cadmium Orange, Dark Cadmium Orange, Scarlet,  Fuchsia, Burnt Ochre, Light Green, Earth Green Yellow,  Permanent Green  Olive, Dark Phthalo Green, Helioblue Reddish, Light Cobalt Turquoise

Even more “sparkle” suggestions to try in upcoming seasonal projects, holiday gifts, decorating, or cards.

Winsor&Newton Iridescent Medium

Derwent Metallic Pencils

FW Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Artist Inks

If you want to try Black Multimedia Paper I will pair the glistening media with 

White Gelly Roll pen by Sakura.  The size I will use is 08.

FW White Liquid Acrylic Artist Ink.

White Colored Pencil

*Remember,   there is no need to buy anything.  I know some of you have some  of these, and I thought you all might find it interesting to see a few  new products as well.

We are going to combine media to draw and paint  beautiful colors and patterns in birds. Along with our Watercolor Paint  and Watercolor Pencil, adding Ink Pens, Liquid Artist Inks, Graphite and  dry  Colored Pencil can help convey brilliant color, definition, and  texture in feathers, faces, trees, and sky.   

MEDIA    

The   bulk of this project will rely on various browns and low intensity   red/orange.  I’m going to demonstrate several media options—liquid  inks,  ink pen, graphite pencil, watercolor paint, and watercolor  pencils.

BROWN CHOICES: 

FW Acrylic Artist Inks Sepia and Burnt Umber

Watercolor Paint Sepia, Burnt Sienna, and Light Red

Watercolor Pencil Inktense Bark/Dark Chocolate, Inktense Baked Earth, Prismacolor Terracotta, and Terracotta

ADDITIONAL colors used in the Hawk Painting:

Watercolor Paint Aureolin, New Gamboge, Sap, and Cobalt Blue

Watercolor Pencil Light Yellow Glaze, Cadmium Orange, Light Green/Earth Green Yellow, Helioblue Reddish, and Silver Gray

 CHARACTERISTICS OF FERRUGINOUS HAWKS

--largest native hawk in America  (22-27”)

--“ferruginous” means rust colored

--located in western states

--eat prairie dogs, chipmunks

DRAWING TIPS

--heavier skeleton than song birds

--head much larger proportion to body than turkey

--eyes set far forward

--prominent supraorbital ridge

--curved beak   *the cere is the line at back of billàbright yellow

--thighs prominent and heavy

--large talons  3 toes forward, 1 toe back

Coloring and Markings

--Primariesàdark brown color

--Secondariesàalso darkàa bit of the sienna? 

--scapularsàmarkings of orange/terra cotta/ sienna with touches of dark brown

--tailàlighter

--underwings (on belly)àlight 

CHARACTERISTICS OF WILD TURKEYS

--one of our largest birds  30-37” tall

--eat nuts, berries, insects

--sleep in large groups in trees

DRAWING TIPS

--plump       males fatter than females

--small head doesn’t have feathers  red/blue/grayàcolor varies

--females, especially, have a relatively long neck

--large feet to scuffle on the ground for food.  3 toes forward, 1 back

----long legs  

--wide rounded tail

--“bronze green iridescent”feathers, especially males,  is the way Cornell’s All About Birds characterizes it

--strongly white barred wing feathers

--rust or white tips on tail and rump

BASED ON The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds by John Muir Laws

                   Cornell Ornithology “All About Birds” website

                    And a few other bird guides

Coming in winter: a variety of subjects with an opportunity to add  luminescent media to our watercolor pencil and watercolor pencil art.   I’ll also continue to add some additional options I introduced in the  autumn.