ElvenstarArt -- Elekcis Tutorial Page 3

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10. I then start to fill in some of the folds of her skirt with more black watercolor. I plan to finish her skirt with watercolor pencil and colored pencil later. And then I filled in her cloak with black goauche.

11. I shaded in the skirt with a black watercolor pencil, and used a black prismacolor pencil for the folds in the fabric and the shadow from the cloak. I used a prismacolor pencil because it is darker than the watercolor pencil. I then use a white watercolor pencil and white prismacolor pencil for the lighter areas and highlights. Again, the white prismacolor pencil shows up brighter than the wc pencil, so they work nicely together. Next, I evened out the streakyness in the cloak with the black prismacolor and added highlights with the white prismacolor. Then I drew the detail in her hair with watercolor pencils in Gunmetal and black. (see Detail 3) Here, I also filled in her wrist sheath and the hilt of her dagger with black WC and lightly shaded the blade with charcoal gray and black WC.

13. Wings: I started by doing a very light wash of the colors that are going to be seen through the wings/the colors of the background and also lightly painting in the arch so that the wings appear as though they are transparent. Then I used my white paint again and painted the outlind of the wings and the curly/wavy pieces around them too. Last I used the gunmetal and black wc pencil to shade inside the wings.

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That is about it. I hope that it may be helpful to people and if you have any questions, send me an Email.

Elekcis Finished

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14. Finally, the necklace, earrings, and broach are shaded lightly with black watercolor and then highlighted with white paint.

12. I shaded the knife hilt with a couple more layers of black watercolor. Also using black, I lightly shaded in the daggers in her wrist sheath. I also painted in the laces on her corset. Then I used my opaque white paint and added highlights all over-- blade and the hilt of the knife, wrist sheath and daggers, trim and laces of her corset, her hair and her skin.