Garden Gate 05

This is the last image you saw in the Garden Gate 04 post.

I promised to work on the door next.

Well, I did.








However, when I added the first color, I pretty much freaked out. I didn't like it at all. Which was very unfortunate, since all along I had been visualizing the door as a teal color.  Once I put it down on paper though, it clashed with the greens of the leaves. So, I kept working until I got to a place where the color didn't look terrible.  I got so involved in the coloring, that I didn't take pictures after adding each new color. In my frenzy, I did however, manage to write down the names of the pencils that I used.

First I used the Yellow (Light) Chartreuse   PC 1004 for the leaves. It gives them a bit of punch.

Then I started the door with the Light Aqua PC 992. I used very light strokes. Once it was down on paper I kinda knew that it was wrong.




I tried to correct it with a Cool Grey PC 1061. Trying to knock down the color a bit.  Hmmm.... I liked that even less.  So, back in I went with Deco Aqua PC 1016.

At this point, I realized that the blue tones in the teal colors were clashing with the yellow green tones of the leaves.I gave up on the teal idea and decided the door wanted to be  green.

So, I used a combination of Parrot Green PC 1006, Spring Green PC 913, and Grass Green 909.  That got me to this point!

Finally I took the Grass Green and added some of it to the darker areas of the leaves & grass.

I know that the door isn't finished yet, but I'm not sure where it's going to go next.

Thanks for watching! And wish me luck on finishing the door color!