Red Cardinal

I’m excited to share this Colorflow lesson with you! For this lesson, we will be drawing inspiration from inside our Colorflow Collection - A sweet red cardinal, perfect for the fall season! I will be showing you how to mix this color palette using only your primary colors plus, I’ll be showing you some premixed options too!

I loved creating this little guy! He is definitely outside my box but he was a delight to make! I hope you will give it a go too! What a sweet gift he would make for a loved one!

Let’s begin!

Here is the image used to create this piece. It comes via Unsplash.com and was created by the talented photographer, Timothy Dykes.

Please feel free to downloand this copyright free image and use it to follow along until you get your copy of the Colorflow Book. 

I hope you enjoy…

I truly hope you enjoyed that! Go ahead and give it a go! Please let me know if you have questions and I would love to see what you create! If you aren't a member of my Facebook creative community then on over and come join us. It's the perfect place to share your art and be supported by fellow artists!

Remember to share your Colorflow creations and use the tag @colorflow or @colorflow_book and you can always tag me @ivynewport if you want me to take a peek at your wonderful art! I always love seeing it!

Build Your Colorflow Collection!

Thank you for creating with me today. These beautiful books and creator cards have been carefully designed with the utmost care and intention. Each copy of Colorflow contains vibrant color AND stunning imagery to ignite creativity and help build color confidence! Use the color palettes as a guide to your piece or utilize the many photo references for sketching and painting! 

You are going to want to take Colorflow with you on all your creative outings and adventures!

Much love and gratitude to you!

***Please note - because I used Pan Pastels, I needed to seal the piece. I used a light coat of the Golden Archival Varnish spray in Gloss.***

SUPPLY LIST

As always, please don’t feel like you have to purchase all these supplies, use what you have and always feel free to incorporate your own favorite materials!

• Art Panel or Wood Board 8” x 8” or substrate of your choice.

• assorted brushes - {I used Artyshils brushes. You can get them here.

• Paints I used for color mixing:

  - Sennelier Primary Red, Sennelier Primary Cyan, Sennelier Primary Yellow, Golden Heavy Body Titanium White

• Liquitex Basics Gesso (tinted with Golden Fluid paints - Raw Umber & Paynes Gray

• Pencils used -

  • Caran d’ache Russet

  • Caran d’ache Bluish Pale

  • Generals White charcoal pencil

• Finishing sealer spray - Golden Archival Varnish - Gloss

• Other colors used from Arteza’s 60 Color Set -

  • Vermillion Red

  • Bordeaux Red

  • Scarlet Red

  • Brilliant Red

  • Crimson Red

  • Orange Red

  • Olive Green

  • Paynes Gray

  • Raw Umber

  • Van Dyke Brown

  • Yellow Ochre

• Carbon Paper

• Golden Iridescent Gold Deep Fine

• Pan Pastels used - Gold, Chromium Oxide Green, Raw Umber, Paynes Gray, Red Iron Oxide

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