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STEP-BY-STEP
LEAVES
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
DETAIL OF LEAVES ON ACRYLIC BACKGROUND
French Grey 10%. Shade 2b with Dark Green blended with Lime Peel.
Tint 2c with Canary Yellow, tinted with Yellowed Orange. Highlight with French Grey 10% and Cream.
Tint 2b with Yellow Ochre. Shade 2b with Moss Green. Blend with Lime Peel. Highlight with Cream. Tint with Canary Yellow blended with Yellowed Orange. Paint Cho- colate veins on 2b. Shade 2c with Olive Green on the section underneath 2b.
LEAF 3
Apply Tuscan Red over the veins. Apply Pink+Blush Pink on the pink section of 3a. Basecoat remainder of 3a and 3c with Yellowed Orange. Tint 3c with Pink and Min- eral Orange. Highlight with Spanish Yellow.
Red section of leaf 3b is basecoated with Poppy Red and the remainder with Spanish Orange.
Add tints of Poppy Red to leaf 3a. Highlight with Sand blended with Yellowed Orange. Shade some areas with Pink, blended with Blush Pink.
Highlight 2c leaf with Spanish Orange. Shade 2c with Mineral Orange on yellow side and Moss Green on green side. Tint the yellow side of 2c with Orange. Dull down a little bit 2c with Yellow Ochre and Clay Rose. Highlight with Sand, blend with Lime Peel.
Go over 2d with Jade Green and highlight with Beige Sienna. Apply Sienna Brown, Tuscan Red and Dark Umber on vein lines. Highlight with Yellow Ochre. (not on 2d). Tint with Spanish Orange (not on 2d). Shade with Moss Green. Tint 2d with Parma Violet blended with Poppy Red. Paint the veins with Henna. Highlight the tips of 2d with Seashell Pink. Shade with Olive Green+Chocolate. High- light 2c with Cream. Shade 2d with Olive Green. Highlight 2d with Seashell Pink.
Shade 2e with Bronze. Blend 3d and 2e with Yellowed Orange. Shade 2e with Chocolate and Chestnut, blended with Yellow Ochre.
Highlight 2b with Sand blended with Kelly Green. Shade 2b with Moss Green. Tint 2b with Yellow Ochre. Highlight 2b with Cream blended with Lime Peel. Tint 2b with Jade Green in the back and highlight this tint with
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