You can purchase this finished drawing here in my Etsy shop.
For this 8x10" drawing - part of my symbolic floral colored pencil series - I used blue Canson Mi-Teintes paper and Prismacolor brand pencils.
The title "Playfulness" comes from the symbolism given to pink hyacinth flowers, which I further developed by drawing the pink flowers and green leaves against this saturated blue paper, making the final piece burst with beautiful colors.
This first photograph shows the gathering of all the supplies I will need - my colored pencils, a sheet of blue paper, my pencil sharpener (resting in the little ceramic dish I use to collect my pencil shavings), and a source photograph of pink hyacinth flowers I found on Google images.
I started with a very light sketch, blocking off the different colors - pink flowers, green stems and leaves - to get a feel for the whole composition.
Then I started adding in details. Each hyacinth stalk is made up of several smaller flowers, so for this particular drawing there were a LOT of details. Each individual six-petaled flower had to be drawn with multiple colors - medium and dark pinks, white and light pinks for the highlights, and dark purple-black for the shadows.
I also used several different pencils to build up the leaves, stems, and little hyacinth buds - this time using multiple shades of yellow and green. I used the same dark purple for the shadows, and the same white for the highlights.
For the hyacinth stalks in the front, I used lighter colors and a lot more white. It took several layers to build up the colors so that the blue paper would only minimally show through and I would get the level of saturation I wanted.
For the hyacinth stalks in the back, I used red and peach colored pencils (in addition to the pinks I was already using for the other hyacinth). I used the white pencil minimally, and colored more parts of the hyacinth in with the dark purple pencil, so that more of the back hyacinth would be in shadow.
Here is the completed drawing:
For the next two colored pencil drawings I have planned for this series, I will be using gray colored paper. Check for those blog posts in probably a month or so. :)
You can purchase this finished drawing here in my Etsy shop.
For this 8x10" drawing - part of my symbolic floral colored pencil series - I used blue Canson Mi-Teintes paper and Prismacolor brand pencils.
The title "Playfulness" comes from the symbolism given to pink hyacinth flowers, which I further developed by drawing the pink flowers and green leaves against this saturated blue paper, making the final piece burst with beautiful colors.
This first photograph shows the gathering of all the supplies I will need - my colored pencils, a sheet of blue paper, my pencil sharpener (resting in the little ceramic dish I use to collect my pencil shavings), and a source photograph of pink hyacinth flowers I found on Google images.
I started with a very light sketch, blocking off the different colors - pink flowers, green stems and leaves - to get a feel for the whole composition.
Then I started adding in details. Each hyacinth stalk is made up of several smaller flowers, so for this particular drawing there were a LOT of details. Each individual six-petaled flower had to be drawn with multiple colors - medium and dark pinks, white and light pinks for the highlights, and dark purple-black for the shadows.
I also used several different pencils to build up the leaves, stems, and little hyacinth buds - this time using multiple shades of yellow and green. I used the same dark purple for the shadows, and the same white for the highlights.
For the hyacinth stalks in the front, I used lighter colors and a lot more white. It took several layers to build up the colors so that the blue paper would only minimally show through and I would get the level of saturation I wanted.
For the hyacinth stalks in the back, I used red and peach colored pencils (in addition to the pinks I was already using for the other hyacinth). I used the white pencil minimally, and colored more parts of the hyacinth in with the dark purple pencil, so that more of the back hyacinth would be in shadow.
Here is the completed drawing:
For the next two colored pencil drawings I have planned for this series, I will be using gray colored paper. Check for those blog posts in probably a month or so. :)
You can purchase this finished drawing here in my Etsy shop.
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