In this project you use colored pencils to draw a fun cartoon of a flower. The curriculum demonstrates basic color theory, and the skills of shading, overlapping colors, and burnishing. Colored pencils are ideal for adding color to cartoons, which usually require a bolder, more colorful approach than traditional drawing subjects. When outlined with a thin black marker, colored pencil cartoons can look very illustrative and professional. This lesson is divided into three parts: PLANNING AND DRAWING: You plan your drawing, and then use a yellow colored pencil to draw the outline and base color of Sunny Blue within your. | SUNNY BLUE Brenda Hoddinott S-01 INTERMEDIATE CARTOONS IN COLOR In this project you use colored pencils to draw a fun cartoon of a flower. The curriculum demonstrates basic color theory and the skills of shading overlapping colors and burnishing. Colored pencils are ideal for adding color to cartoons which usually require a bolder more colorful approach than traditional drawing subjects. When outlined with a thin black marker colored pencil cartoons can look very illustrative and professional. This lesson is divided into three parts 4- PLANNING AND DRAWING You plan your drawing and then use a yellow colored pencil to draw the outline and base color of Sunny Blue within your drawing space in preparation for adding shading. 4- ADDING SHADING WITH COLORS In addition to yellow you need an orange you may call this red for the petals and both a light and medium blue for the center. X ADDING FINAL TOUCHES You need purple yellow and medium blue colored pencils for the background and a fine tip permanent black marker to give Sunny Blue some final details and her sunny personality. 10 PAGES - 15 ILLUSTRATIONS Recommended for artists and aspiring artists of all levels and abilities from age 10 to adult as well as home schooling academic and recreational fine art educators. Published by Hoddinott Fine Art Publishers Halifax NS Canada Revised 2006 - 2 - PLANNING AND DRAWING Throughout this section you plan your drawing and draw an outline of Sunny Blue within your drawing space in preparation for adding shading. Drawing space sometimes called a drawing format refers to the area of a drawing surface within a specific perimeter. Choose white drawing paper with some texture as opposed to being smooth so the colored pencils will easily adhere to your drawing surface. Texture refers to the surface detail of the paper and is also referred to as the tooth. The word tooth refers to its surface texture which can range from silky smooth to very coarse. The more tooth a paper has the .
