1.5 Blogging (10:30 AM) - Five of Coins

I decided to scan my progress this time as well, as next time I will probably be done, and I felt like an intermediate step was needed. I hate it when drawing guides or "this is my drawing process" guides go directly from a messy thumbnail sketch directly to a completed and colored drawing. That doesn't tell me anything!



I am only using inexpensive and old Crayola markers, saved from many years of elementary school art classes that required a fresh new box each year. However, you can still use some of the shading tricks that are meant for fancier markers, like Copics. I color the leaves green first, and then went over the darkest part with a little bit of orange. It is usually a good idea to shade with a complementary color. Actually, the complementary color for green is red, but I guess orange is close enough, and I liked how it comes out with the orange. Then, I go over the orange and a bit further with the green again. That makes the orange look less orange, and also, since the first layer of green is dry by then, going over it with another layer of green makes it a bit darker, allowing you to make nice gradations in shading.

This is the photo I found online that I am using as a reference for the Oleander.