Blending with Colored Pencils: Are You Using Too Many Colors? (More Realism with Fewer Pencils)
Are you frustrated with your colored pencil blends?
You’re not alone. You wanted to learn to color with realism and artistry. Instead, you’re getting artificial candy colors and strange blends which don’t turn out the way you expected.
Today, let’s look at the most common issue I see with current pencil instruction and why it doesn’t work well for realistic coloring
Photorealistic Coloring: "Lemonade" & "Cherry Danish" Expansion Tutorial Kits (Colored Pencil Magazine)
Each month CP Magazine features a different artist with a step by step tutorial plus line drawing and photo references. They’re a great way to experiment with new genres of pencil art, to see how other artists work, and to try their style or process to see if it works for you. The only downside to these great tutorials is they’re limited to 8 steps. For my articles, I had to edit out many important details!
Now I’m finally able to offer the expanded versions of my tutorials here.
Colored Pencils: Combine Pencil Brands for Better Control (Holbein & Caran d'Ache Pablo)
There is no perfect brand of colored pencils. Every brand has faults and foibles.
This is why colored pencil artists combine pencil brands.
By pairing companion brands into super sets, we create a more versatile collection of pencils, better able to meet our needs.
Today, let’s look at how and when to form a super set, plus I’ll cover a great companion brand for Holbein Colored Pencils.
