3 Apples Picture Stage 3.

The final stage. I finished off the picture with white highlights and dark blue for the dark shadows.

The picture is now finished. After photographing the picture I can see where I might be able to improve on it.

It can also help by looking at the image through a mirror. Errors can more easily be viewed through a mirror. When you have viewed a picture for too long it can be difficult to see where a picture can be improved.
To finish the picture ad the shadows with reflex blue. To get the highlights I make a hole in a small sheet of paper, get a soft good quality eraser and use the hole in the paper as a stencil for removing some of the pastel.




If the edges of some of the objects are mixed up a bit too much I cut up some tracing paper with a scalpel and then use the tracing paper as a stencil to help create a sharper edge to the objects. This works really well if a defined edge is required and you don't want to use a hard pastel pencil to get a defined edge.



Finish off the image by spray fixing the surface. If I can not find the correct spray fixative in my art box I usually go and grab my wife's hair spray can and use that instead.