Author: Shel Kahn
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Willow Tree on Riverbank in Derwent Drawing Pencils
This was a delightful test drive of these Derwent brand Drawing Pencils! They’re a limited palette of 24 earth tones, very soft and waxy, decently opaque, and, it turns out, pretty erasable! So they were a very friendly and low stakes material to play with at length. I did find some useful tips on youtube…
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Wrestling with the tree
Just need to figure out what approach to take to make it feel like the focal point again – this is what happens when you over-render your blueberry bushes, friends.
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Cafe sketches
watercolour and white gouache, in my little square royal talens create art sketchbook. one of my favourite london fogs on this side of Toronto.
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Polishing up the whole piece
I am starting to really get into the bark, and I think this is going to take a few passes to get right, but! I am so, so excited about how much vibrance I can get by layering these neutrals together!
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Camera people – what bags do you love?
I now have a beautiful new digital mirrorless camera + gorgeous telephoto lens to take on adventures! But I cannot willingly do so without a protective case. What I’d like is a very lightweight sling or messenger style bag that lets me keep my camera assembled, so I can easily pull it out and then…
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Rendering in the water
Well, starting to. This is where I realize a little ref would have gone a long way.But we can probably get somewhere pleasing, even if not accurate, if I keep going.
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Added another blueberry bush!
I love how they start to go red in the end of summer, they are underrated ornamental beauties!
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Added a blueberry bush
This palette really holds you accountable to relative colour! But also: you can use every pencil crayon in your possession and it will still feel perfectly harmonious.