Drawing Smooth Dark Backgrounds
Drawing smooth dark backgrounds with colored pencils can be time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Learn two keys to make your dark backgrounds smoother and more effective.
Drawing smooth dark backgrounds with colored pencils can be time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Learn two keys to make your dark backgrounds smoother and more effective.
See how easy drawing a rich black background can be using Powder Blender and Textured fixative with colored pencils on Pastelmat.
Blending backgrounds with powder blender can be faster and easier than drawing blurred backgrounds with traditional drawing methods.
Read about four ways of drawing rich black backgrounds with colored pencils and start drawing better backgrounds for your next project.
When you use colored pencils, is there a benefit to starting with the subject of each drawing, instead of starting with the background?
Do you want to draw dark backgrounds with colored pencils or for your colored pencil art? CP artist Carrie Lewis shares a few ideas.
Colored pencil and portrait artist Carrie L. Lewis shares tips to help you decide background colors for colored pencil portraits.
Blurred backgrounds can add just the right touch to a portrait, but they can also be difficult. Carrie shows how to draw a blurry background.
Knowing how to draw a blurry background begins with knowing what makes something look blurry. Carrie demonstrates with photos, then shares drawing tips.
Learn one way to draw dark backgrounds with colored pencils using only two colored pencils with this easy step-by-step tutorial.