If you want to get more out of your pencils or to learn how to color with colored pencils, read on. This beginner’s guide will share everything you need to get started.
Learn how to blend colored pencils (and make beautiful rainbow gradients) WITHOUT solvents or blending tools in this easy tutorial!
If you want to get more out of your pencils or to learn how to color with colored pencils, read on. This beginner’s guide will share everything you need to get started.
Pick up a few 'tips' and 'pointers' for sharpening colored pencils. Sharpening pencils is easy to do. Most of us have been doing it since we were little kids. Put the pencil in the sharpener, twist, remove. Isn't that all there is to it? Yes and no. The obvious methods will get you a sharp point easily enough. However, there are a few key factors to keep in mind that can help you avoid breakage, reduce waste, and keep your pencil tips in top condition. What's the best way to sharpen colored pencils to reduce damage? One of the most
Welcome to our creative corner! Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting to explore the world of color pencil drawings, you're in for a treat. In this post, we've curated a list of 59 inspiring color pencil drawing ideas to ignite your imagination and enhance your skills.
Learn how to blend colored pencils with 4 popular blending methods: burnishing with pencils, blending solution, a white pencil or a blending pencil.
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Learn how to draw beautiful rainbow gradients with Prismacolor colored pencils – from choosing colors that work well, to the blending process with colored pencils.
Every user who has colored pencils always wants them to produce as many drawings as they can. And drawings receive vividness and more vibrant colors when they are achieved with more than just one shad
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Learn how to blend colored pencils (and make beautiful rainbow gradients) WITHOUT solvents or blending tools in this easy tutorial!
Wednesday Q&A: Glazing Colored Pencils for Beginners. What is glazing? How is glazing used with colored pencils and when can you glaze?
Making art with colored pencils is a fun way to express yourself and make something beautiful at the same time.That's why I created this list of techniques.
Pretty often people use their colored pencils as regular writing tools. However, for more realistic look of your drawing some more professional techniques should be applied. But are the professional techniques more difficult than just simple hatching? If you constantly ask yourself how to use Prismacolor pencils for better results, then this tutorial was specially designed for you by WoWPencils! Here you will find useful tips that you might have never known about and blending tendencies that will make your piece of art greatly stand out against the other works. Blending Techniques Straight to the point, there are a few methods that will be observed individually. The first one, the most common, is blending. In fact, you might assume that there is nothing difficult with that, but when it comes to the real picture, everyone can come in nowhere because of being not familiar with its principles and basic rules. Luckily, they are all collected here. Layering Colors The simplest technique is layering. You can experiment by adding and covering the existing layer with a completely different color. Moreover, the parallel strokes add volume, and as a result, the existing drawing will look significantly different. Nevertheless, there might be confusion since you can blend colors by layering them as well. Thus, whether you blend or layer, this technique is considered «layering». Burnishing Believe it or not, but burnishing is another way to make your art much prettier. However, usually this effect is achieved with the special tool – colorless blender. It plays a huge part: it blends colors together and the outcome shade becomes more saturated. The reason is that this blender covers the whole surface of the paper. And if the surface is rough, all the blank patches are going to be evenly filled with pigment, so that they are uniform. Don’t worry if you don’t have such a tool. As a replacement, you can use a pencil with slightly lighter shade of the main colors you used. The effect will be the same. Bristle Brush Another method is blending colors together with the stiff painting brush. However, for this technique, the waxy colors have to be liquid. Is it possible? Of course! In order to make the pigments liquid you need to cover them with the special art solution. Once the colors become malleable, you can adjust the blending as you want. Smudge Colors Blending can be performed with various hand materials, such as fabric, for example. Its application is quite simple, the only thing you need to do is to cover the surface with the waxy pigment and then smudge everything around it with a piece of fabric. That’s it! Depending on what outcome you want to achieve, you need to adjust the pressure and the frequency of smudging. If necessary, you can layer other colors and smudge again. You are welcome to experiment. Mineral Spirits This material is even more unusual. Using mineral spirits, which is usually used for wiping out the nail polish, will deliver an outstanding result. Basically, the patterns appear because the wax texture of colored pencils is soluble and malleable. Thus, under the influence of liquid solution they begin to melt and form inimitable design. Texturing Tips Texturing is another trick that significantly influences the final result. In fact, making the particular texture with waxy colored pencils is much easier, than with a brush. Hand tools can help you with your art project. For example, rough surface put underneath the paper can transfer rough texture while you operate your pencils as usual. The same effect can be achieved even if the surface is already colored. For this purpose you can use a piece of sandpaper, just gently rub across the colorful film until you get what you expect. In fact, impressive surface is also reached through coloring on paper with a lot of tooth. However, there is one simple rule, you constantly need to adjust the pressure you apply, since the more you press, the more smooth and even the surface will be. And vice versa, if you want to get more patchy area, then you shouldn’t press too much. Finally, if the above-mentioned methods didn’t work, you can try another one. But make sure that you apply this method only when paper is already covered with waxy film. The next step is to take a stylus and make some grooves by scraping the film. Sharpening Prismacolor Pencil You might think there’s nothing difficult in sharpening Prismacolor pencils, since you can just use a regular sharpener for this purpose. However, sharpeners don’t always work as expected. In fact, because of the waxy texture and relatively wider core and wooden body of Prismacolor pencils, they become quite fragile. As a result, not all the sharpeners are good for them. If you are already an owner of Prismacolor pencils, then you have already tried this out and know how challenging sharpening is. Thus, users constantly search for better tools, so you need to be prepared for this. As an alternative, you should know that many artists still use an old-fashioned way – sharpening with the knife. Erasing Advice You need to know that erasing the waxy pencils texture from paper surface is quite a tricky task. The regular eraser will only smudge it over the area rather than erase it. That is why there are lots of art erasers that are specially designed for such purpose. However, there are a few alternative techniques, which can at least fix the problem a little bit. The first one is an artist tape. Cutting a small piece of this tape then sticking it to the surface will delicately lift the waxy film. The final recommendation is to be careful with your strokes. Always try to cover the area you color with light strokes, otherwise, it will be much more difficult to get rid of them when you need to fix some imperfections. Fixatives and Prismacolor Colored Pencils When the art piece is ready, you may want to have it for a long time without it being ruined or having changed much. For this purpose, there are special art supplies that can keep your picture the way it is for a long time. The final fixative is usually a spray that seals all the layers and protects the picture from ruining. Once you have covered your picture with it, you can’t do anything else afterwards. However, if you still work on your picture and you want some changes, though you don’t want to smudge the layers with the top ones, then it’s better to use the workable fixative. Other Useful Methods and Utensils It’s quite difficult to summarize all the methods according to their purpose. The reason is that they are usually applicable for various techniques. There are some simple rules that will help you make your drawing last long: These tips and recommendations are not the limit. Lots of them are achieved while you are experimenting and trying something new. And, as you might have already known, you can get more experience only if you experiment. In Closing Colored pencils are wonderful tools for art purposes. Despite the fact that they are so nice and popular among numerous users, the majority still doesn’t know some things that significantly can improve the result that they are used to. That is why WoWPencils has created detailed overview of art techniques and tips, so that you know everything about them. Hopefully, it will inspire you to try them all, and who knows, maybe the next piece of art from you will become a world known masterpiece. References
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