Hey everyone!

I am so sorry this is so late getting posted! I got a new job and have been preoccupied. So here is the next installment. Enjoy, and please let me know if you like it or show me your progress. Any feedback would be appreciated. As always, I want to back-track to the last step posted previously.

Step 12: Between Highlight and Stem

• Start above the bright highlight at center-front (6:00), apply Pale Vermillion (921), Poppy Red (922), and Orange (918)
• As you move up the slop of the hump, use these same colors but replace Orange with Neon Orange (1036) to add brightness.
• The remainder of this section is Pink (928), Pale Vermillion (921), Orange (918) then a second layer of Pink (928).

Step 13: Smile-shaped Highlight Across Center-front

• Apply a light layer of Neon Orange (1036) across the entire highlight moving from left to right
• Apply Beige (997) at the roundish are at the end, followed by Jasmine (1012) or Eggshell (140) to give a light yellowish appearance.
• **Now, if you use the app I mentioned earlier to pick colors, it says to add another layer of Neon Orange, but I found this to be too harsh so I used Salmon Pink (1001) with loose vertical strokes leaving some areas without this color.

Step 14:

• Just under the smile-shaped highlight there is a darker strip that separates the highlights. Apply Pale Vermillion (921) from the left-hand side to center front.
• Next apply a layer of Salmon Pink (1001)
• Then, using small vertical strokes that overlap into the highlight apply a layer of Poppy Red (922).
• Use a second layer of Salmon Pink (1001) to blend, overlapping slightly into the highlight.
• At the center-front, there is less highlight. Apply Poppy Red (922), overlapping slightly into the highlight. Then use Salmon Pink (1001) to blend just the border with the highlight to soften the look of the Poppy Red.
• Moving to the right, there is another lighter area. Apply Pale Vermillion (921), Blush Pink (928), Poppy Red (922), the blend with another layer of Blush Pink (928)

Step 15:

• Just under the strip of color from Step 14 is another highlight. We will be moving left to right.
• Apply Pale Vermillion (921) across to the middle.
• Then apply Pink (929) and Neon Orange (1036) on top of the Pale Vermillion followed by a second layer of Pink to blend.
• Next apply Poppy Red (922) then Pale Vermillion (921) for about ¼ of the remaining area
• Then there is another highlight: Apply Salmon Pink (1001), Neon Pink (1038) and Neon Orange (1036)
• At the end of this area, you will see a J-shaped highlight: Apply Neon Orange (1036), Pink (929), Pale Vermillion (921), and a second layer of Neon Orange to blend.

Step 16:

• At this point it will look very odd but trust me it will get better.
• Now, for the area above the smile-shaped highlight, we will work from left to right but only as far as the center-front.
• Apply Poppy Red (922). Apply multiple layers instead of one heavy layer and slightly overlap the highlights on each side. The overlap needs to be blended to soften; use white to blend the top highlight and Deco Pink to blend the bottom one.

Step 17:

• Starting all the way to the left, beside where we left off in Step 10, apply Poppy Red (922) to the top, rounded area of the pepper.
• Remember to overlap into the highlights and blend with a lighter color.
• The Poppy Red blends into Permanent Red (122) on the downward slop of the top curve. Apply this all the way across to the center front.

The drawing so far:

I know it seems like its going slow, but I don’t want to lose my beginners. If you have any questions at all, please let me know.

Thanks everyone!