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Katerina-Art — Color Pencil Tutorial
Published: 2009-01-16 03:38:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 11626; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 748
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I completed this color pencil step by step or tutorial of my artwork "Wild Rose" back in 2006, surprisingly i received a lot of compliments over the years and decided to share it on DA too
Since then my color pencils technics have grown and changed a lot but a lot of the basics remain the same.
Back then i loved using my pastels with my color pencils now i tend to use watercolor or acrylics .
I also remember how much i disliked using color pencils at the beginning but slowly got better and now love using them.
You can view bigger pics of the tutorial on my website
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You can view the finished artwork here at my DA gallery
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Hope you enjoy the tutorial
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thank YOU let me know how it turns out or if you have any
questions
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Nice tutorial, Katerina!
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thank YOU so much jana
pastel sticks work great for blending you can even try some pastel powder with watercolor to see if it gives some effects a lot of artists like to use them together
My mom got me for christmas 2 pastel pencil sets, i'm dying to try them
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oh, I did not know that! thank you so much for the helpful hints, Katerina
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you're so welcome jana
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aww thank YOU rita so much
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So much detail! It's great seeing how the finished product evolves. Personally, I love how it looks in step 6--the washed/faded effect makes the fairy look like a dream or a reflection. But the final image is also gorgeous.
By the way, I like your new avatar!
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you're so kind thank YOU so much
wish i took clearer pics of the tutorial i used
my digital camera for the progress steps and for some reason my camera can't take good pics up close,one of the reasons i'm getting a new one.
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you're very welcome! The pics looked good to me.
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OMG look at all your pencils! You put mine to shame Katerina! lol
This is going to come in handy when I start to colour again ^_^
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you're so kind thank YOU so much
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Lovely work and wonderful tut! Thanks for sharing!
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Very good work Katerina
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Awesome tutorial. I definitely have to try some of these techniques out.
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Wonderful tutorial! I like your technique of applying the pastels with the color pencil - first time seeing these two used together in a tutorial .
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thank you carol so much
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thank you cathy so much
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A great tutorial! Hah, you use Strathmore Vellum too.
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thank YOU maria
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Yeah, smooth is too... smooth.
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That's marvellous!!!
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Thank's!! i'll try to use it...if i can... ^^
Great!! ^^
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thank you so much if you have any questions let me know
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thank you so much angel
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thank you mahmood
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this is awesome and very inspiring!!
thank you for sharing!
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you are so welcome
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How do you transfer your sketch to the final paper? I would imagine either by some type of printing (carbon paper?) or light-board tracing? It's nice to see how the magic is worked!
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thank you harold so much
I never use carbon paper i did the mistake of using it once and got smudges all over the paper not only that it's hard to erase any lines if you want to fix any anatomy problems.I wouldn't recommend it.
What i did was buy a light box and trace my final sketch to my good working surface that way, before that i used to use my window tape my sketch and carefully place my good paper over it, or use my tv set on a dead channel, anything that reflects light will work, but i decided to invest on a affordable light box i think i only paid like 70.00 micheal's art craft store have these light boxes i would recommend it for all artists
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Thank you Katerina! I recently invested in a smaller light box for only about $40 from Hobby Lobby. In the past, I've used "trace-printing" with graphite on the back of the original, carbon paper, and the window and tv. method.
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you are so welcome
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