colored pencils tutorial

Posted: January 2009

Small tutorial (with simple text) about my coloring technics. If something is unclear please ask.


material




black Faber-Castell "Ecco Pigment" Liner, Brause No 51 drawing pen,  Farber Castell pencil 2B



Faber-Castell colored schoolpencils with the color numbers 04, 19, 30, 31, 34, 35, 43, 45, 47, 51, 76, 80, 83, 88, 96, 99



Lana bristol board 250g/m²



Bryunzeel Sakura drawing ink, Schmincke titanwhite watercolor


technics





step by step

1. sketch



2. lineart with Pigment Liner



3. first shading



4. deepening shades



5. adding brighter areas



6. first shading for the clothes



7. deepening shades



8. adding brighter areas for the clothes



9. backgound sketch



10. inking the background with Bryunzeel Sakura ink



11. first rough color areas for the background



12. elaborate and expand areas



13. adding brighter areas, placing highlights... and finished. :)