I found an overlook with benches and trees this week. Importantly, it’s on the east side of town, so when I’m drawing in the afternoon there’s shade. For this post, I’ll start with a picture of what I was looking at, then show a few intermediate steps of the drawing, then the final product.
The view from the overlook
The line drawing
I finished the line drawing on site, but then I was chased downhill by some thunderstorm-type clouds.
Eek, so much green!
This is when I’m finished the base coat of colored pencils. It’s all still very light, and there’s no shading. Basically, no black colored pencil yet.
All done!
The greens in this photo are a little dulled for some reason. The red areas on the hillside are poppies, and the yellow areas are ginestra. Most of the difference between this picture and the last are from the addition of blacks, more forceful coloring, and using layers of related colors.
Other interesting things today:
A shopkeeper at the store where I sometimes buy an afternoon snack (100 grams of fresh pecorino) asked me to address her as “Tu” instead of respectful “Lei” form today.