Colored Pencils
Colored Pencils
You are using
COLORED PENCILS not
map pencils!
Pencil Pressure1.Most beginning colored pencil artists use
light pressure which gives their artwork the look of a simple drawing. With any color of your choice, fill in the oval using light pressure.
2. Skilled colored pencil artists gradually increase pressure which gives their artwork the professional look of a painting. With any color of your choice, fill in the oval using heavy pressure.
BLENDING3. Colored Pencils are
transparent meaning that the color of one pencil applied under another will create a new, blended color.
In the rectangle belowgradually blend togetheryellow and blue coloredpencils. Start with lightpressure and graduallyincrease to heavypressure.
LAYERING
4. Painting with colored pencils requires the artist to layer color over and over again. A small set of colored pencils can be blended together to create hundreds of additional colors.
Burnishing5.Applying white,
gray or other light colors can result in burnishing.
Burnishing willcreate a milky,creamy effect andcannot be undone.
Wax Bloom
A waxy, filmy coating
will usually cover thick
colored pencil paintings.
Many colored pencil
artists will spray their
work with a varnish to
stop wax bloom.
Brands of Colored Pencils
Crayola
Derwent
Prismacolor
Prismacolor Verathin
EXERCISES
• 30 Colored Pencil Blends
• Blended Colored Pencil Value Scale
Colored Pencil Sphere
Colored Pencil Fish
• Colored Pencil, Patterned Shoe
Colored Pencils are a highly versatile and quality media preferred by many artists.