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Step 2 – First Foliage Layers
The first color is Light Yellow Glaze. This color will cover all the stippled foliage areas, which is the first layer. Be sure it is well covered using the loosely held pencil and hatching stroke, and then crosshatching. Remove any harsh graphite lines as you go.
Cover some of the foliage with Cadmium Orange, using the same stroke, leaving some yellow areas. Notice in photo #1 I purposely left the graphite lines in, but I went outside each section to transition smoothly with the blue sky and foliage later.
With Light Phthalo Green, place this color lightly on each section. However, we will begin to differentiate colors by going back over each section and darkening some areas and keeping some much lighter. Use a bit more pressure to darken these spots; tighten your pencil stroke up to about an inch from the point. Next, with your Dark Cadmium Yellow, lightly cover all foliage with medium pressure. On the foliage to the right of the cardinal layer Burnt Ochre all along the right side. Layer the red area with Deep Scarlet Lake. Touch up some places randomly with little touches of orange and yellow for fall leaf colors. Not much though, don’t overdo it!
Step 3 – Finishing the Foliage
Tip: Always have a clean piece of paper under your hand to prevent smudges.
The colors need to be blended but not burnished yet. Naples Yellow will do this with medium to light pressure and circular strokes. The foliage must not be a solid color but various yellow, green, orange or rust tones. With Leaf Green, reinforce your green areas. Darken them with Permanent Green Olive; do not cover all the green foliage but have a nice variety of colors. You can darken again if needed with Dark Sepia (see the original). Use Deep Scarlet Lake again on the right side. It’s now time to burnish the foliage with Cadmium Yellow Lemon. Use medium to heavy pressure and small circular strokes. Burnishing again with Luminance White will brighten the dull spots and bring it all together. I have found that the Luminance White or Derwent Chinese White 7200 are the best for the final burnishing of colors.
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