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shading (see pattern) the side of face and into hair line, under chin, on wrists and a tad for hair shadow on neck. Use Blush Pink on the cheek area for rouge and a tad of
Blush Pink on the lips.
Revisit the facial features until they are the way you
want them. Now is the time to reposition them if needed. Use MONO Zero eraser here if needed.
HAIR
Refer the Step-by-Step on page 57.
Note highlight and part areas; leave highlight area white and fill in hair part and make strokes adjacent to sides in Burnt Ochre with curving and flowing line for long hair and bangs. Make sure you follow the pattern lines for long hair. Add Burnt Ochre and Yellow Ochre lines leaving some white streak as a highlight. You may want to add some more White lines. Pull a few Yellow Ochre and Burnt Ochre lines into the white highlight area on top of the head. Refer to Step 3 of the Step-by-Step on page 57.
GEMS
Refer to the Step-by-Step on page 57.
BLUE: These gems on her necklace and on her dress are outlined in Indigo Blue and filled in a C-shape on left side and top of the gem. Place White in the highlight areas in the top and bottom areas of the gem. Apply Non-Photo Blue next to Indigo Blue and then blend into edge of Indigo Blue. Then fill in the rest of the gem with a light coat of Non-Photo Blue (above and below white area.) Now lightly use White to blend the entire gem. Critique your work; when happy with your gem, you can add a final highlight with your white gel pen. When done with the blue gems, you can put small uni- form sphere around the gems. Practice first if needed. PINK: These gems on the sleeves of her dress are outlined in Hot Pink and filled in a C-shape on left side and top of the gem. Place White in the highlight areas in the top and bottom areas of the gem. Apply Pink next to Hot Pink and then blend Pink into the edge of Hot Pink. Then fill in the rest of the gem with a light coat of Blush Pink above and below white area. Now lightly use White to blend the entire gem. Critique your work; when happy with your gem, you can add a final highlight with your white gel pen. Refer to the Step-by-Step on page 57.
WINGS 11-12: I have saved the wings until now because of the angel’s hair and because I wanted to shade the an- gel wings with a pastel pencil. If you can’t find this Cyan
Blue pastel pencil or choose not to use it, you may use your Non-Photo Blue Prismacolor pencil. I prefer to use pastels on the wings for the softness it brings to the angel wings, and also because of their speed over color pencils.
Ink the wings with the Micron 01 black pen us- ing the Yew-Dee tangle. (See Step-by-Step on page 56.) TIP: Use your black paper as a shield to protect your project from any smearing or accidents. Shade Yew-Dee by laying down a line of Cyan Blue pastel pencil in the four underneath areas of this pattern.
After you lay in the blue pastel, you can use either your tortillon or blending stump to blend the blue pas- tel out into nothingness in your inked pattern. (See 11 - Yew-Dee on page 55.) You may layer another line of pastel for a deeper color if you wish. It is an option for you to decide; you can color in the center circles with either black ink or the pastel Cyan Blue as I did. These are more complicated tangles, so don’t feel shy about practic- ing these two tangles first.
When you feel the hair is complete you can then draw Shattuck. I started at the bottom and worked to the top, being careful to draw my lines behind the angel’s hair.
Now you can shade using Cyan Blue. Fill in alternate arches starting at both ends and working in toward the center, leaving the center of the arch white for a highlight. Again you can use your blending stump to do a light blend in the center of the arch. If you lose your highlight have no fear. Use your MONO Zero eraser with light pressure and they will quickly appear.
PASTEL PENCIL
CYAN BLUE SHADING: Under collar, inside of sleeves around the top, top of sleeve under trim, where sleeves attach to the dress, inside Flux and inside Shattuck.
PAN PASTEL
On background around the angel’s head, I used a Pan- Pastel Sofft tool which is an oval sponge tip that covers an oval tip of a plastic knife. You could also use a pointed sponge or soft pastels instead of the Hansa Yellow Pan Pas- tel. Touch your sponge first where you want it to be the darkest area; then pull beams of light out toward the edge. Don’t overdo it. To get into small areas use the sides or tip of the sponge, or the corner of your soft pastel.
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