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Friday, June 4, 2010

Colored Pencil Apple

One day while Mom was here, I ran into Michael's to get a set of 24 watercolor pencils that were 50% off and I decided to try them.

I drew an apple and then used a few layers to color it. I didn't add water.


I want to add another apple or two and it definitely needs a bit of shadow to ground it.  For now, I am not totally displeased with it, but hope to make it better as I go. It looks a bit rough around the edges, too.

Today, I need to go into town to do a bit of grocery shopping and promised my daughter that I would bring her a bowl of homemade chicken soup for lunch. I still need to wash my car, too.

I'm hoping to have a great day and hope the same for you.

xoxo

10 comments:

  1. Hi Vicki
    I think your apple is looking good!

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  2. I can feel the crunch of the first bite of that apple.

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  3. It looks nice so far! I'm always afraid to use these pencils and leave the picture in the dry form as then I might not remember and get it wet. I did that once by accident. I used them on one page, used the back side of the page later for another drawing this time wetting it and the wet soaked through making the other picture splotchy. I should only work on one side of the page as that makes 3 pages somewhat ruined by what I did on the page following. Aargh.

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  4. Wow, you even have a nice sheen on the apple. Very well done!

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  5. I think your apple looks great. I have been using watercolor pencils for about a year now and love them. You can't the same effect as watercolors but they have a beautiful texture all of their own. When you dip the pencil directly into water you get an entirely different look. One that I am not sure I like. Enjoy your pencils.

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  6. Love your apple, I could almost reach out and pick it up and taste it. Great job.

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  7. Beautiful! Well done! Really hear that crunch. It is juicey Apple too!! Oh, good thing I have napkins, a little juice on the chin.
    Keep up the good work.
    Sherrie

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  8. When I 1st saw it in my Google reader, I thought it was a photo.

    It's very realistic except the edges are not rounded. Nice job, Vicki!

    I think you will be an artist about whom I can say, "I knew her when" ;-)

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  9. Looked real enough to eat. Try that same technique drawing other things and see how it turns out.

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  10. i get a little smile when i see some lovely life drawings and really do like a good coloured pencil ones alos gives some colour to the whole thing

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