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While colored pencils were once considered to be primarily for kids, throughout the years they have been steadily gaining respect amongst artists, galleries, and collectors. Artists are exploring the creative potential of this art-making medium, while art collectors and enthusiasts are marveling at their output!
The paper
Coloring
Coloring Art
Colored pencil art is rapidly experiencing a whole new
level of appreciation in the art world. I'm here to show you how fresh and
innovative color pencil art can be!Just take a look at some of my colored
pencil drawings along the right side of this page to get an idea of the
amazing versatility of this fun art medium!
Colored Pencil as Professional
Art Medium
While colored pencils were once considered to be primarily for kids, throughout the years they have been steadily gaining respect amongst artists, galleries, and collectors. Artists are exploring the creative potential of this art-making medium, while art collectors and enthusiasts are marveling at their output!
Chances are, you probably used colored pencils when you were a kid, so
you already have some degree of familiarity with them. But there is a big
difference between artist grade colored pencils and the colored pencils usually
used by children. Professional
artist-quality colored pencils contain a higher degree of wax and
pigment than the colored pencils used by children. These pencils allow for a
really rich, deep and luminescent color. Finished drawings can be so smooth and
pigmented that they resemble paintings!
Colored Pencils for Fine
Artists
Artist-quality colored pencils are light-resistant or light fast.
They can be sharpened to a fine point to allow for exquisite detail. My
favorite brand of colored pencils.
Pharmacologist come in a range of 132 colors... more than enough to draw just
about anything! But this is where it gets even better - the colors can be
easily blended together in endless combinations to create even more shades,
tints and hues.
You can basically draw anything with colored pencils that you
would be able to depict with paint. Colored pencil art can easily rival
paintings in luminosity and depth of color!
Here’s you need to get some things
The Colored Pencil:
First of all we select the best pencil color for the
coloring, which work smooth on the paper. Because if we select the best pencil
color then we create best painting
The paper
The right paper is very
important, especially if you work in as many layers as I do.
You can build 20 layers, or even
more, which is very hard on your paper and can cause the surface to tear or
buckle.
I like Stonehenge fine art paper because
it is 100% cotton and acid-free.
The paper is buffered with calcium
carbonate to help protect artwork from contaminated environments.
Stonehenge is also sold in pads that
come in a variety of sizes, but also comes in full 22 x 30 sheets so you can
work large, (which is not easy in a time-consuming medium such as colored
pencil) or cut it into any size you d like.
I recently found out that they make
a few colored pads as well.
Depending on your subject, colored
paper may be very helpful.
It can give you a nice base color to
start with, saving you lots of time and work!
I have also worked directly on mat board.
This is a good strong surface that
is capable of taking erasure without going straight through your paper.
Mat board comes in a wide array of
colors and textures, but I most prefer a smooth surface to work on.
Erasers
I prefer using kneeded
erasers. Kneeded erasers are a gummy clay-like substance.Press the eraser on the area to
be removed and lift it, which brings the color with it.Moving the eraser around like you
would a regular eraser will just leave a smear.
To clean this eraser, just pull and
knead it like you would with a piece of dough.Colored pencil is not easy to
remove completely but it can be done, except under certain circumstances.
Colors such as certain shades of
reds and blues seem to penetrate the paper and are harder to remove
and lift the pencil wax rather than erasing.
Electric or battery powered
erasers are good; however, you have to be careful not to
hold it in one place too long. This will go right through lightweight paper. It
s best used on board or a heavier paper.
Pencil Sharpener
Electrical or battery-operated are
best.
Get one that is sharp and gives the
pencil a nice clean, smooth shaving. I like a sharp point because it allows me
to get into the grain of the paper, but try different point sharpness and see
what works best for you.Colored
pencils, a graphite pencil, paper/ board, eraser and sharpener That’s all you
need!
Advantages of Working with
Colored Pencils
Colored pencils have many advantages. For one thing, they are extremely lightweight and portable. They don't require any
intensive set-up - you can just take them wherever you go, open your sketchbook
or drawing pad. An art making session with colored pencils is
just as quick and easy to clean up as it is to set up. This makes colored
pencils very non-messy compared
to other art mediums.
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