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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Cream or White Stonehenge Paper 12" x 16" (30.48 x 40.64 cm)
Image size 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.40 cm)
PALETTE
FABER CASTELL POLYCHROMOS COLORED PENCILS
Bistre #179
Black #199
Burnt Ochre #187
Burnt Sienna #283 Cadmium Orange #111 Caput Mortuum Violet #263 Cobalt Green #156
Cobalt Turquoise #153
Cold Grey VI #235
Dark Cadmium Orange #115 Dark Cadmium Yellow #109 Dark Chrome Yellow #109 Dark Indigo #157
Dark Sepia #175
Deep Scarlet Lake #219
PRISMACOLOR ART PENCILS
Cloud Blue Colorless Blender
Gold Green #268
Leaf Green #112
Light Cadmium Red #117 Light Magenta #119
Light Phthalo Blue #145 Light Phthalo Green #162 Light Yellow Glaze #104 Luminance White #6901 Manganese Violet #138 Naples Yellow #185
Pale Geranium Lake #121 Permanent Green Olive #167 Sky Blue #146
Walnut Brown #177
BASIC INFORMATION
Transfer
It is a good idea to attach your paper to a portable surface; then you can move, turn it in different directions, and apply many different strokes.
I use a 16" x 20" foam backing board and slip a Strathmore Bristol Vellum 300 series sheet underneath to soften the strokes. I tape it to my board on the two side edges.
I center the line art on the paper and lay a low-tack tape across the top to hold it. I place the graphite under the line drawing (graphite side down) and, with a fine point stylus, trace it. I check to make sure it is transferring properly, not too light or too dark.
Pencils
Colored pencil is very versatile. The point of the pencil is important.
Should it be sharp, dull, flat, hard or soft?
A sharp pencil covers the paper with an even layer of color. It can create smooth surfaces, such as a face, shiny objects, or transitions between values when colors overlap.
A dull pencil is suitable for bumps and odd shapes, and is great for surfaces that are not in focus, such as foliage and tree.
Hard or soft? Hard pencils such as Prismacolor Verithin and Col-Erase will lay in a first light coat without establishing too much color. The softer pencils lay it in more quickly, so it takes a lighter hand.
CARAN D’ACHE PABLO COLORED PENCILS
Luminance White #6901
You can use Pan Pastels to bring out the vibrancy of the colors; Pastel Pencils work to smooth the colors a touch more if you wish. (optional)
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
Afmat manual sharpener or electric sharpener Electric eraser
HB pencil
Saral graphite (to transfer line art)
Odorless mineral spirits
Tombow Mono Zero Eraser
SOURCES
Saral graphite and colorless blender available on Amazon.
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