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Here's my first colored pencil tutorial.Because a lot of people are asking me to do a tutorial of this media.
Here's some of my tips for colored pencil.
1. Always keep your pencil sharp.
2. Find some paper to place your hand on when coloring, This can prevent your hand from smudging colors on your artwork.
Link to the original work.
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Here's something I forgot to include in my tutorial. : x
1. I used Faber Castel. Colleen. Staedtler student colored pencil.
2. I used Light Brown [wax based] for drawing original lineart.
3 Copy paper and Printer paper are the same.
4. If you don't have white gel pen, You can use white postercolor or gouache instead.
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I was wondering, you wouldn't happen to have a lineart of this picture to perhaps practice what you mentioned in the tutorial. Just a thought if not its alright. Its still a great tutorial!
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It was being drawn directly on paper so I don't have the clean outline version ;;
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aww darn, its still a great tutorial so thank you!
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Hey there --
I'm really intrigued by the technique of using print paper on top of a textured sketchbook cover!!! I understand this tutorial was made years ago so I was hoping maybe do you still remember what sketch book you used?Β
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It is a square sketchbook with small grain textured black cover
and I think it is exclusively available in my country only.
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May I know the brand? Maybe I can find one similar to it
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The girl from tha drawing looks like mavis from fairytail
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what type of technique do you use when coloring?
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Lovely tutorial and picture. ^w^ Thanks very much for making this!
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U colour the entire skin? But how did u make it soo smooth?
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I placed thin printer paper on textured surface [I used synthetic leather texture of sketchbook cover] and then started coloring, small toothy textured surface will make coloring looks smoother and easier to lay down color.
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this looks amazin man,, jst one question, do u use a scanner or crop a picture and then edit it in photoshop?
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I used scanner to scan my traditional work, if they were done on sketchbook I will take a photo with camera.
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THE SORCERY OF AMAZING OAO.... By the way, what type of color pencils do you use/where do you get them?
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I used student grade colored pencils(both wax based and watercolor pencil), and I bought them from stationery stores.
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What are student grade colored pencils?
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cheaper grade of colored pencil
There are cheap student grade colored pencils and expensive artist grade colored pencils [such as Faber Castel PolyChromos and Caran D'ache Supracolor]
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is this collenΒ Premium Color Pencils or regular
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I think they both have same quality leads
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It is possible to get smoother texture with only student grade color pencil, without any additional tool or special technique (e.g. dussel, etc)?Β
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I think keeping your pencils sharp will make it easier to to achieve smooth coloring result, compared to blunt pencil.
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I already try that method by keep pencil sharp, it help a lot
but still not enough for me..
How about you, are you satisfied with your color pencil texture on Catgirl with a Goldfish?
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Might I see your result?
If you want smoother result with colored pencil, maybe try using icarus board, it will slightly melt down your pencil pigment and make everything looks smooth [it is up to your choice tho, I have no personal recommendation about it]
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It also depends on your paper too , if you use textured paper, your drawing will looks toothy as your paper, but I found having texture in my work make it looks more complete as texture in one important art element.Β
and I'm satisfied with texture on the goldfish artwork, I placed printer paper on textured sketchbook cover and it made very nice texture for me.
I did this one on smooth printer paper, which looks smoother than the upper one [I should make more colored pencil artworks, everything here are so old ; ;]
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As always your drawing is very great
Did you use that board when coloring with pencil?
I use print paper 100 gsm,Faber Castell classic, and Lyra groove color pencil for additional color. But mainly I use Faber Castell
here are my drawings with pencils:
fav.me/d8l4o96 ---> scanned, this is older one
fav.me/d8vaxkk ---> photo, this is newer one
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no, I didnt use it, as I prefer dry toothy texture more than juicy oil-like pictures using the icarus board
from looking at your drawings, you seem to press your pencils very hard to cover white paper space [look at that teddy 
if you use student grade pencil, it might be pretty difficult to make thick coloring like that, have you ever tried Fabercastell PolyChromos? or Derwent colorsoft? [but I recommend polychromos because of less waxbloom]
If you take a look at my 2 drawings , you may noticed that I didnt put too much pressure on my drawings , and small white paper texture can be seen allover the pictures, with this coloring technique it seems easier for me to control colored pencil, more than making it really thick. [If I want to cover all paper space with color, I will use watercolor, copic or acrylic colors instead, but these medias are a bit more difficult to master than colored pencil.
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Yup that is my problem, dark colors. I can control the light one, because the light colors is not too contrast with paper texture.
Different with dark colors, e.g: Β If I didn't press that pencil hardly, I didn't get that brown color and all the Β paper texture would not get covered. But if I press it hardly I got the good brown color for my Teddy and most of the paper textre are covered, but the texture will be ...ta-da... road asphalt... bit frustrated.
I think Polychromos and some Copic Markers will improve my drawing, but is a bit expensive than student grade tools. I have to think twice if I want to buy them 
I just want to know your opinion about this, because you are more experienced than me. Cause I am only a student - not art student and not taking a special course about drawing - I'm an IT student, my mind is 'blank' about drawing, art, tool, technique, etc 
It will be pretty hard to get the a 'vision' when I learn all about drawing with just by myself - I need advice-
At the end I got a conclusion that using only student grade color pencil would not get smoother texture when coloring 
Yup, thank you for sharing the opinions with me and give me those advice
It is a very precious to have chat with you
-Long Live Emperor Penguin-Β Β Β Β
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Can I only use one coloring material? I only have copy paper and Faber-Castell.Β
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i have a question. 2 actually:
1)when you color white clothing what method do you use? also with white hair?
2) when you start to color do you use the light color first and then use the dark color for shading?
i'm terrible with shading. i haven't mastered color pencil yet.
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when I shade on white object, it depends on picture temperature and object around it, I used pale lavender/light blue to shade white anime cloth quite often, but it really depends on background around the character, these 2 pictures for example, have light blue atmosphere, so their cloth shadow are blue [with a little mix of violet]Β
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sometimes I used warmer colors if it is needed, background colors on these 2 pictures are warmer than those 2 above, so shadow on white object will be warmer as well.
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if the background looks grayish, white cloth can be colored with grayish color like this [I added some pink inside it as well because there are pink color around and it will affect shadow of white object as well ]
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and for watercolor or colored pencil I mostly started with lighter colors, but if I use acrylic or other opaque paints such as oil, I often started with darker colors such as burnt sienna [depends on picture temperature], and built up more lighter color layers with glazing technique overtime.
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I think it's so wonderful that you not only put up this amazing tutorial, but you also answer questions. You're awesome. Thanks for being so kind.
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Is STABILO SWANS also effective with this?
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I've never tried them before, but I guess they would have the same feel/effect.
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colored pencils are fun. I should dig mine out.
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owww! this is beautiful!! and is very useful of course because i love color pencil more than any other color technique
thanks a lot for share it with us
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