A beginners colour pencil project 3. Red rose

In my first 2 beginners tutorials, I covered how to apply the pencils to the paper and how to smoothly blend your colours. In todays project I will be showing you how to layer to a nice full coverage and getting some really dark shadows in your work. I hope you have a go!
I used polychromos colours:
deep scarlett
dark red
Walnut brown
black
chrome oxide green
earth green yellowish
fuchsia (optional)
For prismacolor I used:
permanent red
crimson red
Tuscan red (dark and warm it makes a decent substitute for walnut brown in this piece)
Black
Olive green
lime peel
process red (optional)
I have used odorless mineral spirits (OMS) to blend my colour pencils in this tutorial, and used a 3/10 oval, and a 1/8 oval taklon brushes to blend
I used an A5 piece of Arches Hot press in my video demo, and fabriano accademia for my practice runs, which are extremes of an expensive and a budget paper! When choosing your paper, look for a nice sturdy paper with a slight tooth to the surface.
The reference photo, line drawing and written instructions can be found on my website here: wp.me/p7i4kg-9A
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