Colored Pencil Application

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 Step 1
Lightly map in dark
values with the navy
blue pencil
 Step 2
• Set aside highlights- DO
NOT COVER THEM WITH
ANY COLOR
• Lightly start coloring local
color (the colors of each
object)
 Step 3
Slowly layer colors you see,
working from darks
first/bottom layer to light
colors last/top layer
 Step 4
Color lightest colors
and highlights.
Use whites and yellows
last!
Miss Leatherman’s secrets to
color pencil
• Magic Darkener= Brown + Navy
• Gray= Brown + Navy + White
• Use complementary colors to dull
a color (make it less bright)
• Always layer darkest colors on the
bottom, light colors on top
 Shadow Colors
• Red, Orange, Magenta, Green, Yellow,
Light Blue Objects, use Navy Blue for
shadow
• For Dark Violet, Navy Objects, use Black
and Navy Blue
• You can sometimes use Violet in addition
to Navy for shadows
• Cast shadows: Use Navy, Brown, White