Colored Pencil Techniques
ONCE YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BASICS OF DRAWING IN GRAPHITE, try your hand at colored pencils. Experiment with strokes and various forms of application, as recommended on the following pages.
Pressure
Colored pencil is not like paint: You can’t just add more color to the tip when you want it to be darker. Because of this, your main tool is the amount of pressure you use to apply the color. It is always best to start light so that you maintain the tooth of the paper for as long as you can.
Light Pressure Here color was applied by just whispering a sharp pencil over the paper’s surface.
Medium Pressure This middle ...
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