Process Documentation: How to draw an apple-Illustration Technique

I went on you tube and saw a video of how to draw an apple using both marker and colored pencils.  The author of this process documentation just listed two steps for the process documentation. I feel like it should have three main steps instead of two. The first step should be to take a second and look at the colors in the apple. He observes that there are shades of yellow,orange,green on the top layer of the apple. In the middle layer of the apple there is an orange and brownish purple in the shadow to the left.  The second step is to draw the apple with markers and use the appropriate colors. He observers were the dark and light colors should be on the apple. He uses marker in his first layer of drawing the apple and shading it.  The third step is to start using colored pencils to fill in the next layer of colors. Colored pencil come in a variety of shades so it is better to get the right colors and technique. He builds on layers of colored pencil and with each layer he blends it so one doesn’t see the pencil strokes. He explains how he uses a cross hatching effect as he fills in the apple to get a more realistic effect on his apple.

I feel that this process documentation could have been broken down a little more. It could have been more step by step. He could have stated some of the problems using marker or colored pencil when drawing in apple or any other object. He should have stated any challenges he has as an artist. He could have also added some alternatives to magic marker or colored pencils. Overall, I think this was a simple process documentation which any one can use to draw.

 

 

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