An Apple A Day Tutorial!

I am really loving my new found need to play with photoshop! I think I am getting better at fixing my pictures and I am even learning better ways to take them. Blogging is definitely an eye-opening experience from working out in words how you create to seeing how many people view your blog across the world. As a political science student, this is truly fascinating to me! So on a much lighter note, here is my copic tutorial on shading apples.
Step One: Gather Image. Stamp in Adirondack Pitch Black on Geogria Pacific Paper.

Step Two: Lay down your initial colors. I used R14, G40, E33 and YR31 for my first layers. I was able to everything you see above just by layering these colors. I would let it dry and then come back to it. The shading of the image helps, but I always try to remind myself of where the light is coming from, in this case the upper left hand corner.

Step Three: Add your darker colors. For me this include E37, G27, R27, R29 and more coats of Y31. I used Y31 over the entire basket to unify the colors.

I really love this image!