Textured and smooth color
Try these simple pencil drawing techniques for different ways to texture your work
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Creating textures or smooth color takes a
little bit of practice and patience, but it’s
certainly worth it.
01 Hatching technique for textured color:
Using a hatching technique, shade your area with
a green (or any color) pencil. The brighter the
area, the fewer lines you will sketch. It will create
an amazing texture you can use in backgrounds. I
love to use this method – it gives a certain appeal
to your drawings.
02 Blending two colors: You can add a brighter
green (or a brighter version of your chosen color)
next to the original and blend those colors with
a blending stick. As mentioned in the previous
quick tip, if you want to blend them more and you
don’t have any water-soluble coloring pencils,
you can blend them using an alcohol which
breaks down the waxy material of normal pencils.
Be careful with the alcohol though!
03 Shading one smooth color: If you don’t
want to use a hatching technique, you can shade
softly with one of your colors. For example, pick
a blue pencil and start to draw the darkest areas.
Holding your colored pencil in a basic tripod grip,
make tight circular motions. This helps to build
up soft layers of color.
04 Blending smooth colors: For the brightest
areas, shade with the side of your colored pencil
in an extended tripod grip. Do not apply too
much pressure but decrease it while sketching the
brightest areas.
If you want to add the second color, you need to
do the same thing you did with the first color, but
going in the opposite direction. This will blend the
smooth tones seamlessly together.
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