Garden Gate 04

Last week I ended with this image. I said that I thought the stone walls were finished. Well ... the more that I looked at it, the more I thought that it was a bit too dark. I also thought that there really wasn't enough color. It is an Enchanted Garden after all.

So I picked up my Burnt Ochre (PC 943) again and added some of that color all through the rocks. I did make sure to not add any color to the upper right hand section of the rocks. This way the direction of the light (from the upper right) is still evident in the image.
I like this a whole lot better! Don't you?

Now onto the leaves.  Woohoo!

As with the stone wall, I started with a really light green for the base color. In my set of Prismacolor Soft Core Pencils the color is called Chartreuse. The number is PC 989. I chose this color because it has a lot of yellow in it, which will be great for the highlights of the leaves. It'll also help to brighten things up.

Sorry about the picture quality. I was on vacation. Taking pictures in a hotel room is sorta difficult. The light quality is really poor.  However, I did want to take a picture before I used the next color.

Then I went in with a Grass Green (PC 909). As you can see I made sure to keep this color to the lower sections of the leaves. Leaving the lighter green to show through at the top.

I'm pretty sure I'm not finished with the different color greens for the leaves and the grass, but that's it for right now.

Oh, I also colored in the little stars that are hiding in the leaves. I used Lemon Yellow (PC 915).


Next week .... The Door!!

Thanks for listening. And spread the word to anyone you think would enjoy this process.

Happy Coloring!
Teri