All colors in this demonstration are Prismacolor, except when noted as Faber-Castell Polychromos (FCP).
Layer the darkest hue of the lightest color area first. Here the shadow areas are layered with cool gray 50, 30, 20 and 10.
The yellow band is the second lightest color area. Layer hues from darkest to lightest—goldenrod to gold ochre (FCP) to ochre. Leave the highlight free of color.
The orange band is the third lightest color area. Again, layer hues from darkest to lightest—first burnt ochre and then terra cotta (FCP)—leaving the highlight free of color.
The red band is the darkest color area. Layer Tuscan red, dark red (FCP) and scarlet red, as you did in the previous color areas.
Where the translucent red and blue colored pencil hues meet in the middle of the color bar, they create a new color yet remain discrete.
November 2008 ■ www.artistsmagazine.com
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