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    Supporting All Artists MEDIUM: COLOURED PENCILS | DIFFICULTY: “© © Perfect puffins! Anita Pounder is excited to try a new range of coloured pencils, i « aran D'Ache Luminance coloured Materials used ( pencils have arrived at the SAA, Se and itis always exciting to explore {6901 Professional Colour Pencils another range of materials. I love my job! ‘Assorted Colours Set of 20 Puffins are always a fun bird to draw as © Frisk Cartridge Paper Pad they have beautiful, coloured beaks. For Z20gsm 25 sheets Ad me, they are even more special as they © 4B pencil were on my wish list of birds to see in @ Kneadable eraser the wild, and trip to the Farne Islands ‘© Tombow Mono Zero Eraser, in Northumbria was worth the rough Striped Barrel, round tip 23mm ‘seas to see these wonderful birds. Even better, baby puffins are called ‘pufflings' 16 PAINT & CREATE | saa.couk ‘The full range comes in 100 beautiful colours, but for, ‘this project, | used the set of 20 colours Allthe colours in the set are LF1-ASTM D690), and all 100 colours in. the range are either LFI-Excellent or LFIl-Very Good, Lightfastness in pencils is important, especially if doing commissioned work, and these pencils have their details stamped.on them. Coloured pencils come with either predominantly wax-based or oil-based cores, Actually, both have’ wax and oll in the binder, but some have more wax and others more oll. The Caran D’Ache Luminance 6801 Coloured Pencils are a wax-based formulation. Made in Switzerland using the finest pigments and with high lightfastness, these coloured pencils offer a smooth transaction and great coverage. ‘They have a creamy texture, which glides on the paper surface, making layering and blending easy. ‘They can be used on many surfaces, such as paper, card, wood, and glass, and are also stunning to use on a dark surface. | have previously done the same image (on Frisk Black cartridge paper. For this project, I used Frisk Cartridge paper, an off-white paper with a medium smooth texture. ‘This works well for me as I ean soften and smooth the pencils but also use the texture of the paper for textural marks, took the main reference photo on that trip, but because it wasnt very clear, lalso used this reference image from Pixabay, where you can obtain copyright-free images. I ‘won't be putting in all the detail, but the close-up helps tounderstand where the colours are in the beak. dl Puffins are relatively easy to draw as they can be broken down inta simple shapes of a circle over an ‘oval and a triangle for the beak (Once you have worked out the basic proportions, you can place as many puffins as you like in different poses in, your drawing, a first step isto get the drawing down on paper. Ihave Used 4B graphite pencils very lightly, but you have to be careful not to press too strongly as you can. indent the surface of the paper, which can show through when you cover it with the coloured pencil saa.couk | PAINT& CREATE 17 AA, ‘Supporting All Artists ‘Once you have the " sketch on paper, you're ready to add colour. removed more of the graphite using a kneadable eraser, leaving me with very light lines. Start blocking in the 2 colour with a light touch. It is easier to add more colour ss than itis to take away, S | tend to do this in srnall circular movernents, also dy called scumbiing. Start with the sky and the lightest blue, using a light pressure and a slightly blunt pencil to put down a layer of colour. ‘Add a layer of a mid- blue over the light-blue layer, again using light pressure, Neither blue is the exact shade | was looking for, but using a ‘combination and building up layers, works well. At this stage, you will still see the texture of the paper through the pencil marks, ‘Add another layer of ight blue, slightly increasing the pressure - this. is starting to blend and smooth the layer. You can keep ‘adding layers until you're happy with the colour. | keep ‘adding mid-blue and light blue until !m happy with the finish. | am looking for a smooth finish in the sky, achieved by using several layers and blending the colours into one another, filing the textures of the paper. To fill the crevices in the paper, change direction as you move your pencil If you are scumbling in a circular motion and moving anticlockwise, ensure that you also move clockwise to get more even coverage. 18 PAINT& CREATE | saacouk Finish the sky with a layer of white. Itend to use the white pencil for blending, but you can use a colourless blender, which isa pencil that contains binder but no pigment. Using coloured pencilsis about layering. You can't easily mix colours as you would with paints, but you ‘can build up the colour using light layers achieved by varying the pressure, Layering enables you to get subtle colours and blends the pencils toa smoother finish: the more layers, the smoother the blend, |work my way down the drawing, so I'm not leaning, ‘on the pencil work I have already done. Ton to the puffins. Start with the dark areas, Puffins are predominantly black, so a black ‘pencil works for this, Like before, build up light layers to create a darker one. Black can be a litte fat, so add some. dark blue and grey into the layers.

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