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and on the left side they are French Grey 20% highlighted with White. Both are shaded with Sandbar Brown (then Sepia if needed to darken further). NOTE: Sepia has a tendency to appear dirty/muddy when applied over light value pencils. A layer of Sandbar Brown in between helps to prevent this.
Be aware of temperature! No matter what pencil you use, if the temperature displays incorrectly (too warm or too cool) fix it. For example, you need a lighter area so using white gives you the value you want, but the temperature is wrong (white is cool). To fix this, add a whisper of a layer of Yellowed Orange.
To change the visible aspect of the cast shadow, I used a very light layer of Sandbar Brown but scrubbed it vigorously with the Scharff Moon Scrubber into the paper to make it thinner. Then I used Verithin pencils for the darker shadow right under the squash, and the orange reflected light.
HIGHLIGHT
Painting: A pencil color in a circle means cover that entire section
then place highlight and shading on top. xx SB If a color is listed over another like this: xx or this
top color first, then layer the bottom color over it.
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If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at contact@marianjackson.com.
Marian Jackson mda started painting in 1975 in acrylics. A few years later she took an oil class with Peggy Stogdill and never looked back. During the following years she used colored pencils mainly to plan out Certification ideas, eventually switching to painting and teaching with Colored Pencils almost exclusively.
She credits her husband John with getting her back into painting. After her first husband died, she didn’t paint for seven years. John wondered why when she had a whole room of art supplies so Marian entered the MDA floral, passed and hasn’t stopped painting since.
Marian has been a member of the Society of Decorative Painters for 44 years and although mostly self-taught, has been lucky enough to have had seminars with some wonderful teachers. She passed her Certification in 1981 and began teaching. Mostly through life’s circumstances rather than intent, long periods of time passed between her entries for the Master Levels. She passed her Master Stroke in 1989 on the first try, Floral in 1997 on the second try and Still Life in 2005 on the third try. Since becoming a Master Decorative Artist, she has served several years as a judge with SDP’s Certification Program, served on several committees and is currently serving as Certification Chair.
Marian received the Dedicated Service award and this year was thrilled to receive the Silver Palette, the highest award of Merit the Society gives.
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