Guess what? I finally sat down to tell you about one of my favorite mediums!
COLOR PENCILS!!!
I mean, how can you not love them? You can do so much with them
Name: Nyraa Ja’Sharee Age: 13-18 Role: Ethereal Celestial Guardian of Lake Lavania on Niyavani Isle Planet: Arishan Location: Western Hemisphere of Mt. Jaraia Heights Project Status: Pending Powers: Flying, Clairvoyance, Shapeshifting, Teleportation, & Time Travel Printsavailable for purchase upon completion.
Materials Used: 8X10 Cream Cardstock Prismacolor “Under The Sea” 12ct Set Crayola “Colors Of The World” 24ct Set Crayola 100ct Set Kalour 300pcs Premium Color Pencil Set Gamsol Prismacolor Colorless Blender Prismacolor 18ct Premier Graphite Drawing Set UB-157 Rollerball Pens 0.7mm Nib Purple & Green Ink Faber Castell Dustfree Eraser Blick’s Kneaded Eraser
Techniques Used: Burnishing Layering Scumbling
I’ve been working with various color pencils over the course of a decade. To date, I cannot tell you the BEST type or brand given how personal art can be. Trust me, I’ve been trying to write about this for weeks now. I got VERY overwhelmed.
Truth is, each type serves a purpose based on your artistic vision & style. Hence, it’s difficult to box in something incredibly vast.
However…
I can tell you one thing I’ve learned along the way.
PATIENCE,PATIENCE, PATIENCE!
Depending on the brand you’re using you it will require you to learn pressure control to better handle the pencil. Yes, it matters! Don’t believe me?
Give it a shot & do a value study with me...
Be sure to check out my first impressions vid of Kalour color pencils below! Who knows you might learn about values. Ignore the captions. I don’t know what happened there. It seems like the dokkaebis are at it again.
Open your sketchbook
Set timer on your phone/tablet/laptop for 1-5 mins
Hold pencil like normal
Create a gradient (light to dark or dark to light)
Now do the exercise holding it in the middle & at end
At each grip try going from light pressure to hard
Notice your range of motion on your hand
What are you using more of?
Wrist?
Elbow?
Shoulder?
How much pressure were you using?
Now repeat this exercise the same way using the over & underhand method by consciously bringing your awareness to the pressure of your hand.
How did it go?
What did you notice?
What was easier or harder?
Did you finish within the time frame?
Were you racing against time or did you lose track to understand the technique?
What thoughts were coming up?
Take another 3-5 mins with a timer to summarize your experience.
Yk what? I think it I’ll stop right here for now as I’d like to give you some time to experiment. Just like I did.
Btw, my first set was the standard Crayola 12ct 🙂
If you want to see one of my first piece with it you can check it out below
If you guys have any questions, feel free to comment or DM me. I’ll get back to you in a timely manner.
If you’re interested in purchasing any of the materials or a 1:1 30-60 min session, shoot me a message here
Until next time….
BYEEEEEEEEEE, my angels! I love you to the moon & back angels.
