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Sunday, April 10, 2011

"Crown of Love," stage 2

In this stage, complementary colors are applied over the original brilliant ones.  The result tones down the overall palette, while creating a glow in each area.  The first layer was water soluble colored pencils.  Stage 2 uses wax based colored pencils.  Fun!