This weekend I have starting putting watercolour pencil to paper as I work on a commission. I have been asked to draw a family home that is being sold. I am doing a second drawing of six objects and scenes from around the house that have special memories to the owners. I love the combination of the two.
I visited the home and took LOTS of photos. We decided which objects would be drawn and the size and format of the final pages.
I have sketched the drawings in HB pencil. Yesterday I started drawing with watercolour pencil. In this instance it is important to get the colours correct, so I spent some time at the art shop playing with watercolour pencils and combining them on the page to get the right shade.
I actually bought two more greens, which I did not have already – Leaf Green and Light Phthalo. AS you can see (below) I have many greens already. The greens are for the wooden house and the red is for a rose in the garden. You can also see how when water is added to the page, the colour can change its intensity, and tone.
Wonderful to be commissioned and have a good reason to buy new art supplies. I’m sure it will be wonderful.
Be good to see step by step from pencil to water colours – that will be coming up in the near future I imagine
Thanks Leonie. Commissions are exciting and always challenging as I put a lot of pressure on myself. But I am always so proud of the results and the clients seem to be pleased !
Thanks for reminding me to take photographs along the way. I will take one now ! At some stage I will check with my client to see what I can show.
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