BURNISHING PAPER with COLOR PENCILS TECHNIQUES : How to Burnish in Your Drawings with the Following Lessons and Tutorials.

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Burnishing Paper

Using a color pencil, in this case I used the red, color over the spirals. In this photo, I used the side of the pencil tip and colored with a light pressure. What you’ll see that where the spiral was burnished into the paper, remains white, while the rest of the area takes on the red color.

Colored Pencil Basics : Colored Pencil for Beginners : Basic Pencil Strokes

This lesson introduces some basic color pencil strokes which will be useful in your drawing. Make sure to go on to the next page for some exercises to help you practice your color pencil technique. As with graphite pencil, there are a range of techniques which you can employ when drawing with colored pencil. Which one you choose will depend on the final effect you are aiming for.

Burnishing on Black: Free Colored Pencil Demo with Gary Greene

The technique of burnishing layers a sequence of colors, mixing them together with white or other light colors, repeating the sequence until the surface is covered with pigment. This technique becomes especially interesting on black, or other dark-colored surfaces. For optimum results, use soft, wax-based pencils and, as always, add color gradually.

PrismaColor Color Pencils and Burnishing Art Work : Summer Afternoon

Learn how this artist drew this beautiful piece of art, with several children in a landscape.

White Rock Oil Pastels Blending and Burnishing Techniques Demonstration

White Rock demonstrates blending and burnishing techniques using student grade oil pastels.

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