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Telling a story with turquoise

Letting color be the inspiration.

Turquoise can be your blue sky, deep blue sea, or lush treetops.

I played with some turquoise palettes to get properly acquainted.

I sketched some kids standing outside a school bus using a blue-turquoise Neocolor II.

sketches of kids in front of a schoolbus by Beth Spencer

It was so much fun that I did it all over again with pencil, then used ultramarine turquoise watercolor as my blue. I love a primary palette!

kids book illustration by Beth Spencer

I imagined what a day would be like for one of the kids in the photo, and drew it in panels.

Here’s how that went:

illustrated story by Beth Spencer

Prompts:

  • Add white to turquoise paint for dreamy skies.

  • Deepen it with graphite (I love the Artgraf & Caran d’ache RGB sticks)

  • Mix with yellow to make lush greens.

  • Use it with red and yellow for a turquoise twist on a primary palette.

  • Gather up all your turquoise tools and swatch them!

art material swatches in turquoise Beth Spencer

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