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Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 03:12:00 No.945977 View View Reply Original Report

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Anyone working with colored pencils out there?
I stayed away from them for the longest time because I felt they were childish or something.
Anyway my friend was moving out and bestowed upon me a few old sets of really nice colored pencils.
this isn't supposed to be a piece or anything but it just kind of ended up looking like it.
what am I doing right, what am I doing wrong?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 03:13:00 No.945978 Report

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here's the full sized one
but in reality they are a tiny bit smaller than the size of my original pic
but you might get a better feel for what i've done right/wrong with my pencil work here

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 04:44:00 No.946039 Report

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I dunno, i like it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 04:57:00 No.946045 Report

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I don't know shit about colored pencils, but I really like these.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 05:01:00 No.946050 Report

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I think you really know your shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 05:09:00 No.946055 Report

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>>946050
well i can usually throw together something that looks nice but with these colored pencils it's tuff
I understand the idea of burnishing but I don't know how to burnish with whatever color i use without overpowering everything else
and if i don't burnish it looks kind of smudgy with streaks of white

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 07:37:00 No.946158 Report

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get a clear burnishing stick, they make those you know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 08:02:00 No.946174 Report

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>>946055
I think burnishing is overrated myself, it ruins the texture.
However, one can burnish by purchasing a colorless blender, what kind of pencils are you using? (P.S. if you can't find a colorless blender, I blend by cross-hatching the colors I want until the layering is nice and thick.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 08:03:00 No.946175 Report

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Wow, this is really nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 08:39:00 No.946204 Report

Quoted By: >>946776 >>946788

I like the colors you've used. Depending on the type of colored pencils you have, you might want to try layering different colors and see the effects you get. Other then that I don't really know.

You got a website? I wanna see more pretties.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 29 Apr 2011 10:06:00 No.946248 Report

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hey guys!
do you know any good book about this?
please let me know

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Anonymous Sat 30 Apr 2011 03:15:00 No.946776 Report

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>>946174
>>946158
thank you, i'm going to try and just do that layering thing and see how I like it. I tried to burnish with a kind of translucent white but it does smudge the colors
It's not so bad unburnished if you keep the tip sharp and put down a smooth enough layer
>>946204
yes sir, sir yes sir
I have a deviantart
but it doesn't have much work and only one or two submissions are attractive
http://hamberguhs.deviantart.com/gallery/
anyway
in this next bit of practice I didn't really put in as strong of values as I did in the last. The old lady face was a bit more subtle before I tried burnishing with a few different colors (most notably the yellow around the center of her face)
and with the scarecrow, it was going alright until I started to ruin it with outlines. I know I shouldn't have. It's to my own detriment, but sometimes I just don't know when to stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Apr 2011 03:43:00 No.946788 Report

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>>946204
>more pretties

let's make love

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