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New Apple, Old Lemon

This title isn’t the description of a good computer and a bad car; it is the title of a terrific colored pencil drawing by one of my drawing students! Look at this:

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Char has been drawing with me for 3 (or 4 or 5? time flies!) years. She works in graphite, and has a unique way of finding photos and then using bits and pieces to make the design her own. As she draws during lessons, she listens to those around her learning to work in colored pencil.  The amount of pencils, the cost of those pencils, the decisions required to select the correct pencil – it all added up to a conclusion that colored pencil is too much trouble.  Then, we got talking about using just the primaries as I do in oil painting. We discussed doing colored pencil drawings with just a box of 12 pencils. Char was interested and ordered a box of Faber-Castell Polychromos, a very fine brand. We talked about the color wheel; I showed her some techniques and we did some color matching. I recommended a subject that had as few colors as possible, and this drawing is  CHAR’S VERY FIRST COLORED PENCIL PIECE!! It is true! Isn’t this wonderful??

6 Comments

  1. Ok. That is REALLY good.

  2. Way to go Char! Maybe it will make me brave enough to try that set of colored pencils on my desk. Inspiring! Also, says a whole lot about our wonderful teacher.

  3. This is a real pencil artist…..it is WONDERFULl!!!!

  4. Jana, pass this on to Char: Wow, Char! I’m not surprised because I have seen your earlier work. I am convinced I could pick up that apple and take a bite out of it. Great job! Nikki

  5. Wow! Char is doing great! What does that say for the rest of us slow-progressing students? She’s got it!!

  6. Hi, Jana! I’ve been keeping up w/ you via your blog and beautiful work. Hope you are well!

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