BURNISHING Colored Pencils - What is it, and Why? | Prismacolor Tutorial

Burnishing with colored pencils is something you'll hear mentioned in many of my videos. It's such a fundamental technique that I think it deserves its own video explaining what it is, why you should do it and when it's useful.

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[thehighpriestess]

You are generous by sharing this video. I am part of your Patreon now!

[igorm]

You are brilliant Gemma, just discovered your channel and can't wait to go through it. Women definitely dominate the coloured pencil drawing YouTube universe 😊

[TravisBrady-wnfr]

Very inspiring. Pencils are so versatile. I'm glad I've decided to learn.

[SuzanneLegault]

Terrific video as always. Thank you for all the work you do to put great quality videos on your channel. Much much much appreciated

[Collins_artwork_colour_pencil]

I love your art Gemma Chamber....I'm a huge fan.. it really helps a lot❤🤞✌️(Collins from South Africa 🇿🇦

[Bassbarbie]

Relative beginner here. I notice Derwent do a burnishing pencil, as well as a blending pencil. I use the blending pencil a lot, but have done little burnishing. Thanks for showing us burnishing with colours. I note that both the blending and burnishing pencils do seem to make the colours more vibrant as well as smoother.

[CrowPilotGamesLife]

WOW - great tutorial. I will try to apply this technique to my own pencil sketches. 👍

[MirandaChelala]

Hello. I love your tutorials. Thank you so much

[erikaeyza]

Que lindo pintas. Recién volveré a dibujar y pintar después de muchísimos años. Empezare a practicar con esta técnica. Muchas gracias

[diptarupghosh]

copic clear markers are terrific as well

[wildaviyo]

I like you maam.. your very good in color pencil, thanks.... 😊

[Artlebartle]

Do you offer free teaching tutorials? A lot of people try and charge money for what you said in this video, but do you have anymore pointers especially for drawing portraits?❤️ also tysm for this video!

[reaceness]

I get nervous about which colour to use for burnishing, so I always go for white, creating a sort of milky effect. Is the sensible thing to do to burnish in a colour a few shades lighter than the underlayer?

[nourhaneldash]

Pattern doesn’t work in my country Egypt 😢

[fuzzydragons]

I try not to burnish, dont really like the shiny look you can get soemtimes

[gabrielnussbaum]

roses are red violets are blue.. i watched this whole video and it left me with no clue