Kay Witt Pastel Pencil Project

After the Hunt - Beagle

After the Hunt-Supply &Color List

Pastelmat in Anthracite, 9 x 12 inches General White Charcoal Pencil General 2B Charcoal Pencil Paper Blending Stump White Saral Transfer Paper

NuPastel (NP) Rembrandt (R) CarbOthello (CO)

229 Black 411.3 Burnt Sienna Dark 642 Caput Mortem Violet Light

253 Cocoa Brown 411.5 Burnt Sienna 720 Cold Grey 1

263 Indian Red 100.5 White 640 Caput Mortem Violet

353 Cordovan 700.5 Black 685 Sienna

207 Chrome Yellow 231.5 Gold Ochre 105 Ivory

266 Pale Vermillion 726 Cold Grey 4

211 White 615 Dark Ochre

235 Light Blue 681 Light Flesh Tint

286 Madder Pink

After the Hunt- Beagle on Pastel Mat

Transfer drawing of the beagle to a 9 x 12 inch piece of anthracite Pastelmat by Clairefontaine using white Saral transfer paper. (Fig 1)

Eyes Outline both of the eyes with 229NP (Black) and fill in the pupils with the black using a feathering stroke from the inside out. Add the outer rim with the black and use 642 CO (Caput Mortem Violet Light) to highlight the outer rim. Use 720 CO (Cold Grey 1) to color in the white of the eye in the corner. Highlight to rim and corner with White Charcoal Pencil. 5

Left Eye

Use 253NP (Cocoa Brown) to place main color around the pupil. Fill in color evenly and lightly. Use 263 NP (Indian Red) under the upper lid and around the pupil to add a darker red color. Use 353 NP (Cordovan) to add the dark areas on the sides of the eyeball and also under the upper lid (shadow). Add 207 NP (Chrome Yellow) for the light on the left side next to the pupil. Use 266 NP (Pale Vermillion) to add light strokes of red on the right side of the pupil. Add 207 NP (Chrome yellow) over the red to brighten the light on the right side turning it to orange tone. Add the bright highlight on the left side with the sharp point of a 211NP (White). (Fig 2)

Right Eye

Highlight the outer rim with 642 CO (Caput Mortem Violet Light). Add 253 NP (Cocoa Brown) for the iris; filling in lightly. Add 263NP (Indian Red) around the pupil to add color. Use the 353NP (Cordovan) to add dark color under the upper lid (shadow) and on the outside edges. Add a small amount of 229NP (Black) to the outside edges and under upper lid of the eye. Add 266NP (Pale Vermillion) on the right side of the iris and a little 207NP (Chrome Yellow) over that to brighten. Since this eye is in shadow do not add as much color as in the left eye. Add highlight on the left side of the eye with 211NP (White).

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Use 229NP (Black) to add the larger rim around the eye and feather out the black area around the eye. Add highlights on the inner corner with 642CO (Caput Mortem Violet Light) and on the outer rim with 640CO (Caput Mortem Violet) and make the tone a bit brighter by adding 720CO (Cold Grey1) on top. (Fig 5) (Fig 6) 6

Left Cheek

Use 253NP (Cocoa Brown) for hair radiating out from around the eye. Use a soft brown pastel, 411.5 R (Burnt Sienna) to add color down the left side of the dog’s cheek. Use 263NP (Indian Red) for the darker hair and tones over the left eye and where the hair joins the nose. Use 229NP (Back) to add the shadow areas on the left side of the left cheek. (Fig 7) Blend colors together with stump. Use flat sharp edge of 253NP (Cocoa Brown) to add light color hairs to side of the cheek under eye. Use these pencils to add a few hairs: White Charcoal Pencil, 685 CO (Sienna), 105 CO (Ivory), and 229NP (Black). (Fig 8)

Nose Use 229NP (Black) to coat the entire nose. Use 642 CO (Caput Mortem Violet Light) to add highlights on bottom left nostril and the middle of the top of the left side of the nose. Blend lightly with the finger. Use 235 NP (Lt Blue) and 211NP (White) to add highlights on the left side of the top of the nose.

Use 229NP (Black) to feather out color around the nose onto the muzzle area. Blend softly with your finger. (Fig 9 & 10)

Fig 9 Fig 10

Using a soft pastel, 100.5R (White) apply color to the front of the dog’s face down to the muzzle. (Fig 11) Carefully blend the white smoothly into the paper with a clean paper stump or your fingers. And blend carefully into the black around the nose. Blend into the brown areas on the left side of the face going in the direction of the fur. The softer white pastel fills the tooth of the paper faster and makes the area whiter (and more even in color) than if we had used a hard pastel. (Fig 12)

Fig 11 Fig 12

Use 726 CO (Cold Grey 4) and 2B Charcoal Pencil to add little hairs coming from the nose up into the white area and to shade the center of the white area of the muzzle. Also use the 2B Charcoal Pencil to shade the underside of the nose. Blend well. Use the White Charcoal Pencil to add little white hairs under the nose. (Fig 13)

Fill in the right side of the beagle’s face with 100.5R (White) and blend. Add a few shadows with 229NP (Black).

Using 411.3R (Burnt Sienna Dark), add brown on the top of the head with some accents of 411.5R (Burnt Sienna). Add the shadow down the side of the ear that is on the both sides of face with 229NP (Black). (Fig 14)

Blend the dark areas together and blend in the white hairs following the direction the hair grows. (Fig 15) Add a little pink in the fur at the corner of the right eye. It’s the pink of her skin showing through her white fur. Use 286NP (Madder Pink).

Ears Left Ear

Using the 253 NP (Cocoa Brown) add lighter brown color at the top of the ear changing to the 263NP (Indian Red) in the middle area of the ear. Place 353 NP (Cordovan) at the bottom of the ear and blend all the colors into each other with a blending stump. Add a little 229NP (Black) in the crease of the ear and also in the shadow area of the ear next to the head,(if you didn’t in the earlier step). Blend well. Use a 615 CO (Dark Ochre) to add some light hairs at the top of the ear and use the 720 CO (Cold Grey1) to add some light hairs on the inside edge of the ear. (Fig 16)

Right Ear This ear is in shadow, so use 263NP (Indian Red) at the top of the ear followed by 353NP (Cordovan) on the lower part of the ear. Add 229NP (Black) over the very bottom of the ear and blend with a stump.

Back Using the 100.5R (White) add the soft white hair at the top of the back of the dog over the top of her head. Also add white for the patch of white fur on her back. Fill in the rest of her back with 700.5R (Black). (Fig 17)

Blend well with a stump. Use 411.3R (Burnt Sienna Dark) to add brown under the right side of the dog, under her ear and the right side of her body. Add a brown highlight with 411.5R (Burnt Sienna). Add 700.5R (Black) beginning at the edge where her body meets the background, carefully blending all together. (Fig 18)

Fig 19 12

Outline the paws with the 2B Charcoal Pencil; using it to make the shadows between the toes. Draw in the nails with 286NP (Madder Pink). Highlight the nails on the back paw with 681 CO (Flesh Tint Light). And add the white hairs with the edge of the 211NP (White) or the White Charcoal Pencil. Use 411.3R (Burnt Sienna Dark) to add the brown under the paws on the right side and highlight the brown with 231.5R (Gold Ochre). (Fig 19)

Fig 20

Color the pads with the 229NP (Black) and highlight them with the 720 CO (Cold Grey 1). Draw in the nails with 286NP (Madder Pink). Highlight the nails on the back paw with 681 CO (Flesh Tint Light). Draw in the small short white hairs with the White Charcoal Pencil. Add some highlights on the top of the paw with 720 CO (Cold Grey1). Fig 20

Add white hairs on top of the paw with the 211NP (White) or the White Charcoal Pencil. Fig 21 13

Finish the background around the dog with the 700.5R (Black) and blend well with a stump. Try not to get the black pastel on the dog’s white fur. Add the 411.3R (Burnt Sienna Dark) to the foreground and use the 411.5R (Burnt Sienna) to highlight areas where the light hits the foreground. Use the 231.5R (Gold Ochre) to add the brightest light under the dog’s muzzle. Also add a little 700.5R (Black) to the outside edges around the lower part of the painting. Use a stump to blend it well into the brown, making a nice, smooth transition. (Fig 22)