The Colored Pencil Course: Portrait Drawing - Part 3
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Lesson Description
The third module in a series on portrait drawing with colored pencils. This module looks at drawing the mouth.
Lesson Materials
Bristol paper, Prismacolor colored pencils, colorless blender.
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Course Curriculum
Lesson 1: Introduction and Materials (4:12)Lesson 2: Colored Pencil Basics (15:44)Lesson 3: The Magic of Burnishing (19:20)Lesson 4: Value and Underpainting (17:11)Lesson 5: Color Theory (21:53)Lesson 6: Composition and Still Life (23:08)Lesson 7: Reflection and Transparency (15:56)Lesson 8: Transferring Images (9:03)Lesson 9: Creating Texture - Part 1 (17:13)Lesson 10: Creating Texture - Part 2 (15:55)Lesson 11: Landscape Drawing - Part 1 (14:42)Lesson 12: Landscape Drawing - Part 2 (16:05)Lesson 13: Portrait Drawing - Part 1 (15:55)Lesson 14: Portrait Drawing - Part 2 (11:29)Lesson 15: Portrait Drawing - Part 3 (12:13)Lesson 16: Portrait Drawing - Part 4 (13:03)Lesson 17: Portrait Drawing - Part 5 (9:37)Lesson 18: Watercolor and Colored Pencils - Part 1 (15:03)Lesson 19: Watercolor and Colored Pencils - Part 2 (10:48)Lesson 20: Watercolor Pencils - Part 1 (13:07)Lesson 21: Watercolor Pencils - Part 2 (11:07)Lesson 22: Conclusion (4:32)
What would you recommend when following these lessons, if using Faber Castells?
Hi Christina,
You can generally follow the same approach with the exception of using the colorless blender (Turpenoid will behave better with the oil-based pencils). The oil-based pencils will still layer, but it may be best to establish the values from the start, rather than build them up while mixing the skin tones. In other words, it may be best to create an “underpainting” with a dark, but warm color like Walnut Brown. Then, layer tones that will mix as skin tones over the top. A mixture of red, yellow, browns, and white should do the trick.
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Thank you. Will you be doing any further lessons using these pencils? It would help to see the difference in the behaviour to build up the colour.
Hi Christina,
I hadn’t planned to in this series, but I’ll create an individual video for them.
do you use vellum bristol board for portrait work or smooth bristol board?
Hi Nancy,
The work is done on the Vellum surface.
I am enjoying the method of presentaion in the video segments. I learn by frequent reviewing of the visual presentation. Right now, I am relearning my ways of working.
I love your work and u teach me allot
Thanks Lumumba!
How do I find out the equivalent colours in Fabre Castells?
Portraits are so hard for me! After getting into the 3rd portrait video (the mouth), I’ve decided to lay this aside and complete the portrait drawing course. Even when using a grid, something always looks wonky! In this case, it was the nose and mouth. I didn’t throw it away, but I have laid it aside for now. I’ll come back to this course later. Up until the portrait lessons, I was really sailing along! You’re an awesome instructor!