In this closeup you can see where I've blended using the Colorless pencil. Looking at the trunks after the initial blending, I felt that the French Grey 90% area was too dark and too well defined; so this step demonstrates one way to correct a drawing when that occurs. I simply used the colorless pencil to continue blending the grey areas on the two large trunks, which spread and diluted the darker color even more.
Lines for all of the grey pencils were drawn vertically, following the length of the trunks. To blend all of the layers together, I used a horizontal stroke following the curve of the trunk.
I blended the Aspen trunk's characteristic black bumps in with their shadows, which had been constructed using the various shades of grey. When blending black with another color, you have to be very careful because the end of the Colorless pencil can pick up traces of the black and then smear it across the lighter colored areas. After blending with a black area, I rub my colorless pencil on a blank paper to remove all of the black color, before proceeding with the blending of the lighter colors.
Lines for all of the grey pencils were drawn vertically, following the length of the trunks. To blend all of the layers together, I used a horizontal stroke following the curve of the trunk.
I blended the Aspen trunk's characteristic black bumps in with their shadows, which had been constructed using the various shades of grey. When blending black with another color, you have to be very careful because the end of the Colorless pencil can pick up traces of the black and then smear it across the lighter colored areas. After blending with a black area, I rub my colorless pencil on a blank paper to remove all of the black color, before proceeding with the blending of the lighter colors.
This is a view of the Aspens with the blending of the shade on the side of the trunks completed.
Black is the final color used for this drawing. I added some black lines to a few of the branches. There were a few pine branches in the lower left corner of the reference photo, so I filled those in with black as well.
The picture is FINALLY complete. If you've followed along and have completed your drawing, too, CONGRATULATIONS!
If you haven't, then Get Crackin'!
The picture is FINALLY complete. If you've followed along and have completed your drawing, too, CONGRATULATIONS!
If you haven't, then Get Crackin'!
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