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Multi-part tutorial for how I go about the use of colored pencils. I admit straight off that I'm not terribly organized in my method and it generally consists of changing pencils every ten seconds or so. I'm not one of those people who can use one pencil completely, call it done, and then move on to the next one. No, I have my pile of pencils and constantly switch. It is not uncommon to see me with a few pencils in my mouth as I really get into it.I hope this is helpful, or at least entertaining. This is part two of six.
And look! In this part we actually are putting the colored pencils to work!
Images taken with Olympus Evolt E-500 digital SLR on manual mode. I used Pentax's digital spot meter to take the exposure readings, and it is an amazing little tool. The camera was mounted on a tripod and using very low exposure speeds.
Images are © CERT
Part One - [link]
Part Two - [link]
Part Three - [link]
Part Four - [link]
Part Five - [link]
Part Six - [link]
Finished Image - [link]
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hi! thank you so much for sharing, but i was wondering if you wouldnt mind telling me if you use any kind of reference books , either for anatomy or animals or een materials ? And if so, wich ones would you recomend ?
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I have a combination of reference books and images collected from magazines (National Geographic is worth the subscription for the amazing photos alone!). One good book for artists that goes over the basic structure of many animals is "The Art of Animal Drawing" by Ken Hultgren. My copy has tragically gone missing, but they have it on Amazon.com for less than $10. That would be the first one I'd purchase on a budget. I have a library of animal books, some with a large varie of subject matter (just plain animal books) and others that are more concentrated on specific species, like cougars, wolves, and horses. You don't want to know how many horse books I have.
While I do not encourage using direct photo reference (i.e. slavishly copying the exact same image) for a finished piece one can learn a lot using photos for practice sketches and studies. What I usually do is start with a pose idea and the dive through my mass of images to help out with tricky spots (general lighting in one image, a paw from another, head placement from a third, yet another for body shape or whatever) so I am not stomping on anyone's copyright by directly copying their image.
"Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Peck is a good one for human anatomy, just a warnIng, there is nudity in it. Two books that don't have as much blatant nudity are Burne Hogarth's "Dynamic Anatomy" and a slim, but packed volume by Jack Hamm called "Drawing the Head and Figure."
If you have to buy one book on materials it would be "The New Artist's Manual: the complete guide to painting and drawing materials and techniques". It covers virtually all artist materials, plus a crash course in drawing, painting, and design.
Hopefully that answers your questions, sorry it took me some time to reply, but I had to wait until I had a large enough lump of time to sit down and write it all up. Let me know if you have any other questions, I may be slow, but more than happy to answer!
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First of all, I want to thank you for taking this time to answer me. I can see you have done a lot of research to reach that level of '' awesomemess '' and the answer would not take less. I am sure this will be usufull, and hopefully, i can improve with this knowledge. Thank you once again for being so helpful!
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You're most welcome and thank you! There isn't much use in having knowledge if one never shares it. I enjoy answering such questions and am glad when others find the response useful. I wish you the best of luck in your artistic pursuits!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial. I don't benefit well at all from just reading instructions so I really really appreciate all the progress images!!
Also I was always confused about how to color over pencil because of how my colors would pick up the graphite. Never thought to use an eraser. Thank you! Aaah I'm so excited to try this out!
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You're most welcome! I'm glad you're finding it helpful! I really should try and make up another one sometime, though my technique hasn't changed much at all. I'd live to see what you do with it!
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Wow these are really good, I've always wondered how to colour backgrounds
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Thankye! Of course, this is just one process with one medium, but I think some of the principles transfer well.
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Yes, and the way its broken down makes it much easier to follow than some others I've seen, those ones seem to skip large parts.
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Y'know when you're working on a piece and get in a groove it is rather hard to stop and get a picture of it, I kept having to remind myself that I wanted to get progress shots. I'm glad to hear that it is easier to follow than other tutorials you've seen, means I just be doing something right *grin.*
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I agree, you should definantly do another tutorial on character profiles, like in depth fur, you seem really good at it.
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Thanks! I'll have to consider that once I'm finished with school.
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