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How to use colored pencils! Layering, blending, & more!

PencilStash

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We go over 6 essential techniques to use with your colored pencil work! Whether that be pencil drawing or adult coloring, these tips are universal.

1. Pressure
2. Stroke
3. Layering
4. Blending
5. Highlight
6. Shadow

I hope you enjoy!

Medium: Crayola Twistables colored pencils
Coloring Book: Color the Rainforest by Marty Woods

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20 Comments

@PencilStash Creator 4 years ago Pinned

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@veritasveritas9520 9 years ago

"Do not compare your work to anyone else's. The style you develop is uniquely yours and therefore incredible". THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT & INSPIRATION!!!

@syazanaothman7457 6 years ago

My family and friends keep belittling me whenever I start colouring. They thought it's only for kids. But I understand that not everyone understand the joy of colouring and making arts. 😃

I came from a poor family. We can't afford coloured pencils back then when I was at school. I'm glad I can now channel my inner love for arts today. Thanks for producing this video to guide clueless newbies like me. 😃😃 Keep on doing this. 😀

@JAAAA09383-Y 6 years ago

Me: Sees a lot of color pencils
Also me: crying with my 7 color pencils that i randomly found in the house

@bronwynburke270 5 years ago (edited)

OKAY couple things
1. You explain things SO well. usually when i watch tutorials the artist does not explain at all what they are doing and leave me more confused than when I started
2. your voice is so soothing this made it so much nicer to listen to

@TravisBrady-wn8fr 2 years ago

Deciding to learn colored pencil is one of the single greatest hobbies ive ever done. Thanks for all the great tips.

@samriddhijain9244 7 years ago (edited)

i screamed when she said "in one direction only."

@mollycinnamonanderson1879 1 year ago

Pressure..stroke.. layering..BLENDING highlights..SHADOWS Fantastic video great information ***

@lorimulder9836 9 years ago

i just bought the 150 set of prismacolors for $86 on ebay...:)

@violetqueen450 7 years ago

Just bought a new sketch pad and a set of colored pencils. First time I'll use them in like . . . 50 years or so. Thank you for youor instruction, I plan on watching more of your videos to enhance my old / new hobby!

@tammiisthequeen 7 years ago

I am an author/illustrator, and I had originally started my work with colored pencils. I switched to digital because I didn't like how my art looked when I scanned it. But recently, I've started to realize that there was nothing wrong with my work, just with my scanner! I'm definitely switching back to colored pencil! Your video made me remember that I love my own work, and never should have drifted away from my own style! Thank you so much!

@isnatchedcupcakkeswig706 4 years ago

Instead of buying water color pencil, i Accidentally bought classic color pencil. Thx for the tutorial

@connieann3 9 years ago

This is the ideo that I should have watched before I picked up a pencil to color. How instructive it was and truly entertaining as well! What a great sense of humor you have!

@the_review0913 5 years ago

Thank you for this. I have been drawing all my life but never learned how to use colored pencils properly.

@kats_125 5 years ago

Thankyou sooo much i was looking for a tutorial like this for soo long but all of them were way advanced and hard for someone new like me i am so glad i watched this video.

@MikeC19100 1 year ago

Thanks for making this very helpful video. You covered a lot of territory in a short video, but the information is relevant on many levels. One thing that I don’t see on very many videos is that when you do a shadow on an object and then add a shadow on the bottom of where it sits it helps to add some of the color of the object into the shadow too. If you sit a red ball on a white surface you will most always see some red on the surface too. Adding the base color to the shadow might seem more advanced, but in reality it makes the picture look more realistic too.

@c16621 3 years ago

This lady has some skillz - I saw her use her fingernail while blending out with the colorless blender and said “what!”.
I rewound the video to see what she did. I’ve never seen anybody else coloring on Youtube using their fingernail like that to support their pencil. Great technique!!!!!!!!

@limocreations1911 8 years ago

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to teach us how to do this! I'm a new owner of a complete set of Derwent Coloursoft pencils and I have never drawn/coloured on a more "professional" level, so I'm having a blast looking at video's and trying things out. Please keep up the good work!

@hiangmarahimin517 5 years ago

I'm just starting. Your tips are great. Gives me confidence to go on.

@SabrinaLink8888 4 years ago (edited)

Sometimes I have to look at my artwork to remind myself of how good I really am at coloring but for some reason I continue to look up techniques to make my work better trying to make it better.I layer my colors sometimes and instead of shading from light to dark. I shade from dark to light because it takes entirely to long to go over one spot 5 to 6 times. Everyone's work is different. My coloring is beautiful.