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How to Draw A Red Violet Zinnia with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils – A List of Colors Used

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The PrimarAy Challenge in Art-Making is Learning to See
Followed by Learning to Interpret What You See

Normally, I have live flowers [or other subject matter] for the students to interpret, but for this week’s lesson, I asked my students to interpret one of my watercolor paintings in Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils

Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting of a Red Violet Zinnia
2 Students Interpreting the Watercolor Painting in Colored Pencils

One of  my students assessed the challenge of the day: “But wait! This is a painting, and we only have colored pencils.”

Lydia Blair is my youngest adult student, She is shown above, drawing a red violet zinnia in colored pencil.

From her first strokes, her drawing delighted me.
Lydia Blair Red Violet
Lydia’s drawing is masterful. This photograph does not capture the nuances of this piece. Lydia recreated the drips and splashes of my watercolor painting with colored pencil. Wow! I was blown away.
I love this kid. She is a perfect mix of smarts and creativity. Lydia is about to enter the third year of her chemical engineering study at Ole Miss and yet, she is brilliantly creative–PLUS she can draw -[not all creative people can draw and vice versa].
Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils Used to Draw a Red Violet Zinnia

Notice How the Colors Gradually Get Darker. This is how you shade in color.

Pink Rose

Hot Pink

Process Red

Mulberry

Dahlia Purple

I added a bit of  blue in the shaded areas of the background

Light Cerulean Blue

Cloud Blue

I allowed the red violet watercolor paint to faintly mix with the blues.

The result of that faint mixture is Orchid

The Center is painted with

Yellow

Yellowed Orange

Spanish Orange

Orange

The green of the leaves is a mixture of the following|

Lemon Yellow
Yellowed Chartreuse
Chartreuse
Spring Green
Grass Green
Parrot Green
Peacock Blue

One purple zinnia–many interpretations. Perfect. “THE ART TEACHER’S JOB IS NOT TO TEACH THE STUDENT HOW TO DRAW BUT HOW TO LEARN TO DRAW FOR HIMSELF

“The job of the teacher, as I see it, is to teach students, not how to draw, but how to learn to draw. They must acquire some real method of finding out facts for themselves lest they be limited for the rest of their lives to facts the instructor relates. They must discover something of the true nature of artistic creation – of the hidden processes by which inspiration works.” Kimon Nicolaides author of The Natural Way to Draw, My College Textbook.

Teresa Blair Drawing Her Red Violet Zinnia
Teresa is Lydia’s Mother. They commute together from Oxford, a University town nearby.

Jon Massey and William Haynes also commute from Oxford for art classes. But Jon Massey is also a physician in Water Valley.
Sharon Wofford has a PhD in Medieval English and she teaches English and writing in college, but she is also studying art.

Vicki Bell studied art in college, but she is new to colored pencils.

Jacki Daniels Studied Theater in College. She has wanted to do art for years.

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