Colored Pencil Lessons & Techniques
Step by Step - Hair Demo
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Smooth, relatively straight hair like this is a snap in colored pencil, as you'll see. It's just a matter of finding the darks, leaving the highlights, and building/dividing the mid-tones!
Colors listed are all Sanford Prismacolor hues.
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Step One I first begin establishing the darks of the hair with a layer of Dark Umber using around a 3 to 4 pressure, and a sharp point. You'll notice that I've also gone over the key features in her face with a little Mineral Orange. By this point in the process of painting this piece, her face has become fairly smudged with the blues of the sky...and my original graphite lines have become a little lost. In order to not lose them completely, I went over them with Mineral Orange, which won't pick up completely when I clean the face with sticky stuff (reusable adhesive).
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Step Two Next came a wash (even, tonal application) of Jasmine then Yellow Ochre over the light areas to begin establishing the color in the midtone areas. I then darkened the darks with a fairly heavy coat of Tuscan Red, followed by Dark Umber. In the very darkest areas, I used Black, varying my pressure from a 2 to a 4. For those edges I want to remain sharp, I outline first, then fill in. Those edges that I'd like to look soft, I don't outline, and I use a light pressure on the outer edges of these areas. |
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