Christmas Branches 🌿🎄-Sketches, Base Layers & Final Illustrations (Week 50) (Patreon)

Good morning!! 🤗

For this week I made a spread with all the references! So in this post you will find 4 different step-by-step illustrations!

You will find my sketches, tips, base layers and final illustrations, together with the materials I used, down below. 🤗🥰

Holly Leaves

This time I started with my brush pens right away, without sketching first! I used the following Tombow brush pens as a base layer:

Tombow 772 (Dusty rose)

Tombow 126 (Light olive)

For the second layer, I used the following Faber-Castell Pencils:

Faber-Castell 157 (Dark Indigo)

Faber-Castell 217 (Middle Cadmium Red)

Faber-Castell 278 (Chrome Oxide Green)

A Sakura Gelly Roll white gelpen

I used Middle Cadmium Red for the berries. I created more shading with Dark Indigo and some highlights with the gelpen in the end.

Rosemary

I used the following Tombow brush pens as a base layer:

Tombow 126 (Light olive)

Tombow 990 (Light Sand) NEW

For the second layer, I used the following Faber-Castell Pencils:

Faber-Castell 278 (Chrome Oxide Green)

Mistletoe

I used the following Tombow brush pens as a base layer:

Tombow 990 (Light Sand) NEW

Tombow 126 (Light olive)

For the second layer, I used the following Faber-Castell Pencils:

Faber-Castell 278 (Chrome Oxide Green)

I used this colour for the berries as well!

Orange slice decoration

I used the following Tombow brush pens as a base layer:

Tombow 772 (Dusty rose)

Tombow 991 (Light Ocre)

For the second layer, I used the following Faber-Castell Pencils:

Faber-Castell 217 (Middle Cadmium Red)

Faber-Castell 188 (Sanguine)

Faber-Castell 157 (Dark Indigo)

I used this colour for the berries as well!

I wish you all lots of fun with this week's references, and don't hesitate to ask me any questions or show your illustrations in the group chat🤗

Celyn 🌸