Burnish each color area with white, avoiding the darkest (shadow) hues.

Re-layer the colors as you did in the first step.

Repeat burnishing and layering until no paper shows through the colored pencil. Finish the work by burnishing each entire color area with a colorless blender pencil.

Apply solvent over the pear as you did over the shadow areas. The solvent will not affect the colors beneath it.

Layer the final body colors: yellow ochre, scarlet lake, poppy red, vermilion, burnt ochre (FCP), terra cotta (FCP) and mineral orange.

Layer the stem with black, dark brown, light umber and burnt ochre (FCP). Layer the pear’s shadow with cool gray 50 and 30, yellow ochre, terra cotta and vermilion.

November 2008 ■ www.artistsmagazine.com