Thanks, Sam. The very large acorn is from a Burr Oak. The cup has split and opened up. Like a flower! I don’t know what kind of oaks the other two types of acorn come from. While doing this Lesson I was wishing I had a nice deep rich brown pencil. Doesn’t seem to be one in the Polychromos. Any suggestions?
15 September 2020
Linda, I like #179 Bistre… it’s not as dark and warm as the Burnt Sienna, but I find it very useful. We sell Bistre pencils individually on our website if you want to try it out. You can also mix Burnt Sienna with Dark Sepia to deepen it a bit more. This works especially well with watercolor.
Linda, this is looking fantastic. Do you know the type of Acorn/Oak?
Thanks, Sam. The very large acorn is from a Burr Oak. The cup has split and opened up. Like a flower! I don’t know what kind of oaks the other two types of acorn come from. While doing this Lesson I was wishing I had a nice deep rich brown pencil. Doesn’t seem to be one in the Polychromos. Any suggestions?
Linda, I like #179 Bistre… it’s not as dark and warm as the Burnt Sienna, but I find it very useful. We sell Bistre pencils individually on our website if you want to try it out. You can also mix Burnt Sienna with Dark Sepia to deepen it a bit more. This works especially well with watercolor.
Thanks Vern! I have Bistre, which I use a lot. I will try your second suggestion. I haven’t used watercolor yet, but need to jump in.
I bet you’ll like the water-colours once you get comfortable with them.