Creating Landscape Greens with Red
Learn about creating realistic landscape greens with red base layers in this short step-by-step colored pencil tutorial.
Learn about creating realistic landscape greens with red base layers in this short step-by-step colored pencil tutorial.
Carrie begins a regular sketching series by showing you a fun way to sketch. This method is also easy and comes with no pressure attached!
In today’s post, I want to show you how to draw snow on dark grey Pastelmat. But rather than just draw snow, I chose a subject that’s close to my heart. Trees! We had a light snow in February so it was natural to get outside and take pictures. As …
Carrie shows you how to draw pine needles with this step-by-step mini-tutorial using one Prismacolor pencil on Bristol Vellum paper.
CP artist Carrie Lewis shows how to draw a flowering tree so that it fits into a landscape as an accent element. Step-by-step tutorial.
Learn how to make trees look real using colored pencils with these three basic principles in your next colored pencil drawing.
So how do you draw trees with colored pencils? Is there a “best way” to draw them far away and up close? That’s what Paula is asking today. Here’s her question: Hi Carrie, I’m having trouble with trees and leaves. Trees in the distance aren’t too bad, but as they get …
Is there a sure-fire way to draw realistic landscape greens most of the time? Short answer, yes. The question is, what’s the best solution for you? I can’t answer that question for anyone but myself, but I can share with you the method that helps me draw landscapes that look …
In this week’s tutorial, I want to show you how to paint a tree with snow in watercolor pencils. The sample piece is the weekly drawing the third week of the year. How to Paint a Tree With Snow in Watercolor Pencils This four-step method is ideal for sketching, drawing …
In a previous Tuesday Tutorial, I shared tips and suggestions for avoiding or fixing the mistakes I made using watercolor pencils. Today’s tutorial is all about painting with watercolor pencils. The painting I’m using for this tutorial is more of a study, but the method I used to paint it works …