{"id":130,"date":"2020-12-29T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T23:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2020-12-29T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T00:26:18","slug":"dabbling-in-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Dabbling in Color"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For Christmas this year I was gifted a set of oil pastels in colors, a set of chalk pastels in colors, and two books.  One goes over some color theory (perfect for the detail geek in me) and the the other is a step-by-step guide to using color in this new medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oil-Pastels-Book-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" width=\"840\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oil-Pastels-Book-1024x752.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oil-Pastels-Book-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oil-Pastels-Book-768x564.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oil-Pastels-Book.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>How-To and oil pastels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"830\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chalk-Pastels-Book-1-1024x830.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chalk-Pastels-Book-1-1024x830.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chalk-Pastels-Book-1-300x243.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chalk-Pastels-Book-1-768x623.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Chalk-Pastels-Book-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Color theory and chalk pastels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally I read through both of them Christmas day, and made some notes on things I wanted to remember and go back to review.  Part of the allure of the how-to book was that it went through how to create the images in a step-by-step manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first try was going through the first exercise to create a drawing that looks like Horsetooth Resevoir, the largest body of water here in the Fort Collins, CO area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Horsetooth-Landscape1-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Horsetooth-Landscape1-1024x725.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Horsetooth-Landscape1-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Horsetooth-Landscape1-768x544.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Horsetooth-Landscape1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>First try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My second try was to recreate another image from the book, using the oil pastels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-1-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-1-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-1-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-1-768x570.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Second try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I tried the same scene, using the chalk pastels to find out how those worked differently.  I did use some of the oil ones in the sky when I was fiddling with what I liked better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-ChalkOil-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-ChalkOil-1024x824.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-ChalkOil-300x242.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-ChalkOil-768x618.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lane-ChalkOil.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Third try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since what I really enjoy is the animal portraits, I skipped ahead a bit to the section on doing those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JackRussells-Book-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JackRussells-Book-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JackRussells-Book-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JackRussells-Book.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Fourth and fifth tries, respectively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually I&#8217;d like to start adding color into the drawings I&#8217;ve been doing.  One thing at a time, though!  First I need to learn how to do it and how to use some of the tools described in my book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas this year I was gifted a set of oil pastels in colors, a set of chalk pastels in colors, and two books. 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