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Summary: Analyzing foliage for a pastel drawing will determine the hues and tints you will use. Learn how to analyze color with tips from a professional artist in this free instructional art video.
Dan'L Terry is a nationally award-winning artist/designer. His art has been exhibited in national juried shows and museums, on the covers of books and magazines, and in feature films,...read more
"Let's really look at all of the different greens that we can see. There's this green which is very light yellow green. Much, much brighter than the green that's next to it which is, it looks almost like that's a pure green but relatively speaking there's a lot of white in there because the light is falling on it. This green here is almost black. This one in here seems blue. Where the lights passing through some of these leaves, like in here, the green's a different shade entirely again. And over here the green is grays. And over here where that light is falling on it the green is white. There's a lot of greens. Let's see if we can use all of those colors. Remember that when we are painting if we put the right color in the right spot the painting will appear. Same is going to be true of the foliage. Of we put the right color green in the right spot we will have foliage grow out of this pot."
eHow Article: Pastel Drawing Foliage Analysis