![]() ![]() ![]() Not much color will come off on the drawing paper, but it is possible to create tinted color fields with an almost ethereal look. Rub the drawing paper with the cotton ball or clean cloth. You can then deepen the color either by repeating the process with the same color or with another color.Īnother option is to burnish the color you want to use on a piece of scrap paper, then rub it with a cotton ball or piece of clean cloth to pick up color. The color that is left will look almost like stained paper. Depending on the pressure, it may look like you’ve removed a lot of color, but don’t worry. Use light pressure for minimal blending or heavy pressure for more blending. Fold a piece of paper towel into a small pad and rub it over the area. To get an even lighter “tint” or stain, use paper towel or a cotton ball to blend the color. You want to almost breathe the color onto the paper. Use a well-sharpened pencil and apply color with the side of the pencil using very light pressure-no more than a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10. The closest I get is a lightly tinted background like the one below. My favorite drawing paper is white, but I rarely leave a white background in my finished work anymore. I added some slightly darker tones to the corners, but it would have worked even without that.Īn additional bonus with mat board is that you can use the same color and type of mat board when you frame the piece, thereby creating a unified work of art with museum quality framing.Ĭolored pencils are ideal for creating “whisper soft” tones and tints. To give you an example, here is a colored pencil painting on gray mat board. Other options are sanded papers, pastel and printmaking papers, even wood and other rigid supports. In addition to a rainbow of colors, you also have a choice of textures from very smooth (ideal for detail work) to high-textured surfaces. Today, there are a wide range of papers and mat boards available in acid-free, archival versions that not only look great but that help preserve your work for years. (And that was years ago when my choices were pretty much limited to regular paper and mat board.) I balked at trying colored paper for a while because I wasn’t sure how it would work with colored pencils, but I shouldn’t have worried-it’s great! The first, and most obvious choice, for a fast and easy background treatment is a colored support. Today we’re going to explore a few of the background treatments that have worked well for the type of portrait art I make. if you’re doing a vignette-style composition, however, the last thing you want is to spend a lot of time on the background. By Carrie Lewis in Art Tutorials > Drawing TipsĬolored pencils are wonderful tools for creating artwork of all types. ![]()
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