Part 2 - The Why, How, When of layering, burnishing and solvent. - Australian Coloured Pencils Network. Continuing on with our series of The Why, How, When of layering, burnishing and solvent. Here is Part 2 – Burnishing Burnishing is when you use a light coloured pencil (usually white) or a colourless blender (Derwent & Primsacolor ) to blend all of your previous coloured pencil layers together. Take your burnishing pencil go over your artwork, as you do so push hard and you will you see all your previous layers blend together.
ALWAYS burnish towards the end of your artwork. You will not be able to add more pencil once this is done so only do this when when you don’t want to mix any more colour and are finalising your drawing. Subject wise you generally do this when you are drawing smooth surfaces and can also be used to create shape like roundness or shape buy burnishing and colouring in the direction of an object ie. like a glass vase you could burnish following the curve of the glass. You do not have to burnish your whole artwork you can just burnish sections. Sketching for Real. Ebbok Portraits - nicolecaulfield. Dramatic Portraits in Colored Pencil an ebook by Nicole Caulfield I've written an ebook that describes the process that I use to create my portraits in colored pencil on Fisher 400 paper. I am sharing this with you free of charge.
Just click the link to the left to open the .pdf file. 10 Reasons to Sketch with Coloured Pencils - by Katherine Tyrrell. Above: The Courtyard of the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House by Katherine Tyrrell. 11.5" x 17" pen and sepia ink and coloured pencils in large Moleskine Sketchbook We asked Katherine Tyrrell to guest blog for us; here's her 10 Reasons to Sketch with Coloured Pencils!
1. Not a lot to carry! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. This article focuses on sketching with coloured pencils - a topic that I feel passionate about, as I’ve been using coloured pencils for sketching for very nearly twenty years. It’s also a topic that very often gets too little coverage in coloured pencil circles. 1. If you want to be able to sketch plein air - but don’t want to carry a lot – try taking a pocket sized sketchbook and a small pencil case. Below: Derwent Pencil Wrap and Coloursoft pencils A pencil wrap is also a very suitable alternative to carry your coloured pencils and is easy to accommodate.
Mixing the colours optically on the paper means you can do a lot with just a small number of coloured pencils. 2. 3. Colored Pencil Technique | Free Techniques & Lessons. CC versatile medium. Technique CC. Pencils Academy lesson. SKETCHING PLEIN AIR CC. Sketch with CC.