Today I want to share a drawing method that’s both fun and potentially time saving. What is it? Drawing with watercolor colored pencils. Making art with colored pencils is time-consuming. If you like detail and want to do anything larger than 11×14, you should plan on spending hours in the …
New artists constantly confront a handful of challenges, no matter what medium they use. For those who like their work to look realistic, the biggest challenge is learning to make drawings look less flat. That was the subject of a recent reader question. Carrie, I have attached my drawing of …
Can I rework a background? I’ve tried erasing at least a little bit without much success…Thank you so much. Have a beautiful holiday season. Mirian Bertaska Mirian asks a great question. I’ve wrestled with this very thing many times, so let’s take a look at a few possible answers to …
Today, I’d like to show you how to draw leather with colored pencils. The project for this tutorial was drawn on gray paper, which gave me a head start on establishing values. But this method of drawing will work on any color of paper. Yes, even white! How to Draw Leather …
Question and Answer: What colors can I use for a monochrome under drawing?
There are a number of ways to combine graphite and colored pencil. (name of article) features the use of graphite as an underpainting (or under drawing if you prefer) for colored pencil work
How to draw a sunset sky with watercolor pencils in five easy steps. Paint the sky with washes of color, then use the watercolor pencils dry.
This week’s Tuesday Tutorial is the final tutorial in this series. We’ll be finishing a landscape on sanded paper. The focus for today is drawing the center of interest, but I’ll also touch on the final stages of the drawing. In case you missed them, links to the previous posts …
Welcome back to this Tuesday Tutorial on drawing a landscape on sanded art paper. We’re passed the halfway point now. Today, I’ll show you how to draw grassy hills. Links to the previous posts in this series are below. Draw a Gray Sky with Colored Pencils Finish a Sky in …
This week’s Tuesday Tutorial is the fourth tutorial in this series. Our topic today? Fixing a colored pencil mistake on sanded paper. If you missed the first three parts of this tutorial, you can read them at the following links. Draw a Gray Sky with Colored Pencils Finish a Sky …
