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You will need this material:
- IROJITEN coloured pencils in the colours
- Paper of your choice - With a rough surface, you can lay more layers of colour on top of each other and thus achieve more beautiful transitions.
- Optional: MONO graph mechanical pencil for preliminary drawing
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Excursus: Blending coloured pencils
First, apply a layer of colour to your paper. Build up several layers on one side of your colour layer. You will also need a little more pressure to do this.
Leaves and stem
To make the leaf structure more interesting, you can lightly score the paper with a pointed object. The retractable tip of the MONO graph is ideal for this.
Now apply a thin layer of colour (P-4).
Now apply a light shade of green (LG-5) to the outer lines of the leaves and the branch using a little pressure. Blend the colours as explained above.
Now use the dark shade of green (D-17). Again, go along the outer lines and all the places where you want to create a shadow. The fact that we scored the paper slightly earlier means that fine white lines remain even though we are drawing over them with the coloured pencils.
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Next, use a dark pink (EX-1). You will need this to create folds and lines in the flowers and to darken the inside of the petals.
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You can intensify your shadows with a reddish brown (D-12).
To make your colour palette more exciting, for example, you can use a sky blue to create isolated effects on your flowers.
Finally, you will need a darker yellow colour (V-3) to shade the pistil. Also use this colour to paint small yellow circles around the upper part of the pistil. Use the previously used colour (D-12) to draw five larger circles at the top of the pistil. These details characterise the hibiscus flower. Done!
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Done!
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