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    COLORED PENCILS DRAWING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES : How to draw with Colored Pencils

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    Colored Pencil Portraits Tutorial

    Colored Pencil Portraits Tutorial

    Drawing with colored pencils is dramatically different than drawing with graphite pencils, in several ways. In this tutorial, I will introduce and discuss some general concepts, tips, and techniques you'll need to learn in order to work well with colored pencils.

    Colored Pencils : Getting Started

    Colored Pencils: Getting Started

    Learn about what you need to get started as a colored pencil artist.

    Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques Video Tutorial

    Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques Video Tutorial

    What are colored pencils? Colored pencils consist of a wooden shaft that is filled with colored pigment. This pigment is held together by a waxy binder, that when spread over a surface transfers color. (For Colored Pencil Tips scroll down)

    Colored Pencil Techniques for Drawing a Flower

    Colored Pencil Techniques for Drawing a Flower

    Find out how to draw a flower in colored pencil, with the following step by step drawing tutorial.

    Creating a Perfect Contour : Traditional Drawing Tutorial

    Creating a Perfect Contour : Traditional drawing Tutorial

    Almost all colored pencil instructional books cover topics like varying pressure, burnishing, blending, edging, lifting, and etc. These techniques are great for learning how to “paint” with the medium. . . but coming up with super-realistic colored pencil drawings takes a different skill. For realistic drawings, you should first be able to make a detailed contour outline.

    Colored Pencils and Their Correct Applications

    Colored Pencils and Their Correct Applications

    Colored pencils are the hardest of the wax-based media. Even the softest colored pencils contain a relatively small amount of wax in comparison to wax crayons or oil pastels. For this reason, the effect of heat on colored pencils becomes noticeable when the surface is almost saturated with waxy pigments.

    "A Color Pencil Portrait - Start to Finish"

    "A Color Pencil Portrait - Start to Finish"

    Learn how to draw this adorable boy's face with step by step guide.

    Dance of Spring : Cartooning Drawing Tutorial with Colored Pencils

    Dance of Spring : Cartooning Drawing Tutorial with Colored Pencils

    Learn how to draw cartoon / comic styles with colored pencils and useful techniques that are shared by the artist.

    Drawing With a Limited Palette in Colored Pencils

    Drawing With A Limited Palette in Colored Pencils

    Colored pencils are a dry medium and it's always easier to mix two or three colors that come close to the exact hue (color) and value (how light or dark) you want than to try to mix it with colors that are very far apart from either. It's also easier to get a smooth gradient.

    Drawing a Colored Pencil Layout Video Tutorial

    Drawing a Colored Pencil Layout Video Tutorial

    Watch this video lesson for tips on making a good layout for your coloured pencil drawings.

    How to Shade with Colored Pencils

    How to Shade with Colored Pencils

    Color shading is a bit like shading in black and white--but it has its own tricks. You can set mood, change lighting, make the world of your picture a prettier place with color shading. Colored pencils can create perfect photorealism, muted harmony or jazzy Impressionist effects, and it all begins with color shading. In ten easy steps you can try colored pencil realism!

    How to Draw a Pansy in Colored Pencils

    How to Draw a Pansy in Colored Pencils

    With only five large, distinctive petals and many color variations and patterns, pansies are some of the easiest and most satisfying flowers to draw. Beginners can get good results with a pansy on the first try. If you're feeling ambitious, add a recognizable pansy leaf next to the stem!

    Learn Colored Pencil Techniques

    Learn Colored Pencil Techniques

    This lesson introduces some basic colored pencil strokes which will be useful in your drawing. It is a good idea to spend some time exploring the colored pencil medium with small pieces before attempting a major drawing.

    Painting with Colored Pencils

    Painting with Colored Pencils

    Barbara Newton shares techniques such as grisaille, juxtapositioning of colors, and preserving the white of the paper as she demonstrates the process of painting with colored pencils.

    PrismaColor Color Pencils Art Work : Summer Afternoon

    PrismaColor Color Pencils Art Work : Summer Afternoon

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

    Rendering Fur with Colored Pencils, by Kathie Miller

    Rendering Fur with Colored Pencils, by Kathie Miller

    A step by step demonstration of drawing animal fur with colored pencils.

    Rendering Birds Feathers with Colored Pencils, by Kathie Miller

    Rendering Birds Feathers with Colored Pencils, by Kathie Miller

    Every wonder how artists get the look of feathers? Well I'm going to show you how to do it. It's not hard, but it is time consuming. So get yourself nice and comfy and lets get started.

    Step-by-Step Colored Pencil Demo : “Cotswald Cheese with Cherry Tomato”

    Step-by-Step Colored Pencil Demo : “Cotswald Cheese with Cherry Tomato”

    This is a lovely wedge of Cotswald cheese (which has bits of herbs in it) with a little cherry tomato on top.

    Blending Colored Pencils - Blend colored pencil by overlaying faintly applied layers of each color. When a gradual change is needed, start off with a slight overlap, then progressively overlap each layer a little further. You can use a colorless blending pencil to help blend colors without adding any further pigment.

    How to Paint With Colored Pencils - The process is more like drawing than painting, but requires an understanding of both techniques. The key to colored pencil painting is to use water-soluble colored pencils, often called watercolor pencils. Standard colored pencils will not work for this project.

    Online-Instructions : Learn to Paint and Draw with Colored Pencils - In this small guide about drawing with coloured pencils (crayons) I would like to show all people interested the basic knowledge about drawing with coloured pencils. First I will describe the tools that you need for the work. Then I will describe the drawing technics. The online art course finishes with a step-by-step instructions for a complete picture.

    Techniques for Using Colored Pencils - Create variations in your artwork by using different colored pencil techniques.

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