With its fresh painting style and simple lines, colored pencils are sought after by many hand-drawn enthusiasts. It has a very good performance in landscape painting, still life painting, figure painting, etc. Compared with oil painting and watercolor, colored pencil will also be much easier to prepare tools.
Colored pencil painting has some similarities with sketching in terms of drawing techniques. As a substitute for oil painting and watercolor paints, painters are required to have certain basic skills in the use of tools. Today's content takes you into the world of hand-painted colored pencils. Believe in yourself, as long as you are willing to pick up a paintbrush, you will definitely be able to draw wonderful content!
Tool preparation
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Colored pencils
Before we get into the content, let's start with the tools part. It is recommended that beginners choose 48 colors of water-soluble color pencils, the effect of color stacking is better, and water-soluble color pencils can be added to create an effect similar to watercolor. This also opens up more possibilities for your graphics.
Paper
The thickness and thickness of the selected paper will affect the picture effect. Based on previous experience, it is recommended to practice with sketch paper, which is characterized by good coloring and is not prone to fluffing. I also tried to use a sketchbook for a while before, because the colored pencil has a certain coverage, so it is easy to scratch the place where the color is applied a few times. After many comparisons, sketch paper was finally chosen as the first choice. If you want to draw to give away, you can also draw on kraft paper or cardboard.
Other aids
1. Eraser is an indispensable aid for colored pencil painting. It can be cut into triangles, which makes it easier to wipe down some small details in the picture.
2. When you are a beginner, you can use pencil drawings to design the composition, and the mechanical pencil is also a very useful tool when outlining fine lines.
3. Paper, pen, paper towel, paper towel can be a good way to eliminate unnecessary strokes. After applying the color, gently wiping it with a paper towel can make your picture more delicate.
4. Water brush, color pencil after coloring when it needs to be water-soluble.
5. Hook pen, when it comes to highlighting the details, the pen is a very good choice.
Tutorial 1: Drawing techniques for colored pencil drawing
If you've studied sketching before, it's relatively straightforward to practice colored pencil drawing. The expression of the lines, the way of arranging the lines, and the grasp of grayscale are all the same.
Parallel lines, parallel arrangement of lines.
Overlap the lines of the area and continue to apply a second and third pass on the first line until you think the texture of the picture is what you need. Here's why you should choose sketch paper to practice as much as possible.
Cross lines, two sets of lines cross each other. It is mostly used in the position of the contour of the picture, and has very good plasticity.
Colored pencil pen technique
Note here that the force used and the thickness of the nib will have different effects
1. Use the pen to gently parallel the line color, the color is relatively light, suitable for soft bright positions
2. Use the center of the pen (the tip of the pen is vertical to draw the line) to draw sharp lines
3. Drawing lines with the side seam of the pen (the side of the pen) is relatively rough, and it is suitable for coloring large areas, such as the hair of the character
Color pencil painting techniques
Flat Painting: Fill the picture with only one color, suitable for stick figures without too many variations.
Stacking Method: After using one color, use a second one to superimpose on top. This gives the picture more color variation.
Water-soluble color pencil method: After the background color is applied, it is fused with a water brush. As you practice, you'll find that different amounts of water have different effects.
Let's complete a hand-drawn colored pencil illustration together!
1. First of all, draw a rough draft with a pencil, and just have a rough outline without thinking too much about the details.
2. Draw the red part on the edge of the petal to prepare it for the next color separation.
3. Then the yellow color lead transition, the following is the green color pencil, the junction of the three colors should be blended, and the red and green should have the middle yellow color, so that the transition is natural.
4. Choose a reasonable color to fill the other petals in the same way as you just did. Note that the middle part can be partially left blank, so that after adding highlights, it will also make the petals look more three-dimensional.
5. Finally, don't forget to add some shadows to the whole picture, so that a hand-drawn colored pencil illustration is complete.
The expression of colored pencils, compared with other hand-drawn tools, is relatively simple, and it is very suitable for hand-drawn novices to enter the pit! Don't be bound by the idea of "I can't draw" when you start practicing, as long as you use your heart to experience, it is not as difficult as an adult imagined.