Annie portrait in progress 4 - A very colorful nose

Quite an interesting mix of colors in Annie's nose. Light yellow ocher, dark yellow ocher, cool mauve, warm mauve, grayish pink, orange, rust, chestnut, warm greys, cool greys, chocolate brown, sepia brown. And of course black. 

Most of the pencils on the left are the ones I’m using for Annie’s coat. They live on a piece of clean white paper that I move around where I need it (and an eraser that keeps them from rolling). I add another sheet of paper (and eraser) with a different collection of pencil colors when I’m working on another color-set in a portrait. The colors on the right are all the ones I’m using for Annie’s nose….plus some of the pencil colors on the left too.

A lot of different colors are going into depicting Annie’s nose. 

The part of a dog’s nose referred to as the “nose leather”. 

Light yellow ocher, dark yellow ocher, cool mauve, warm mauve, grayish pink, orange, rust, chestnut, warm greys, cool greys, chocolate brown, sepia brown. And of course black. 

🎨 Prismacolor pencil on “Felt Grey” Canson Mi-Teintes paper. 18 x 23 inches.

"Annie" in progress

Commissioned by Carolyn Martini, Gloria Kehoe, and Tammy Cunningham.