Colored Pencil

TOOLS AND MATERIALS

Working in colored pencil requires very few supplies, and you may find that you already have many of the items described in this section. As your skills progress you can add more tools to your arsenal and experiment with them along the way. Each project in this book lists the colors needed and provides color swatches, so refer to the individual projects for the colors used.

Pencils There are three basic types of colored pencils. I use wax-based pencils, but there are also oil-based pencils (which can be used with wax pencils) and water-soluble pencils (which have a gum binder that reacts to water, similar to watercolor paint). ...