Garden Gate 03

Here's where I left off last week. I hope that some of the info has been helpful. Now on to some more fun stuff and additional colors.

At this point I thought I needed to darken up the rocks a bit more. I didn't want to use another brown or gray color, so I chose a color called Green Ochre.  In the Prismacolor soft core pencils, it's number is PC1091. I added it in the places that would be in shadow. I think it now has more depth.

But now it looks a bit dark and dirty. Don't you think? Yep, me too.






So I picked up PC1054, which is called a 50% Warm Gray and added that on top of the previous color to knock it down a bit. Once I got that color on I decided that the rocks lacked a bit of magic. So back to the Periwinkle I went and added a bit of that into some the highlight areas.






Finally, I want back to the Dark Umber to add some more shadows. I added most of those along the edge of the rocks close to the right side of the door. It gives it more dimension. I also used the Burnt Ochre again in the places that I wanted more shadow, but not as dark as what I would get with the Dark Umber.

Okay!! I think the rocks are done. Well, at least for now they are. Next week we can start on the leaves and maybe even the door.  I'm not sure at all what color the door should be.  What would be your choice?