You're Starting Colored Pencils | Beginner Supplies & How To Use

In this video I go over beginner colored pencil supplies and how to use colored pencils, what you need to know to get yourself started with colored pencil drawing.

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⚡ (Oil Based Colored Pencils)

⚡ (Wax Based Colored Pencils)

⚡ (Paper)

⚡ (Erasers)

⚡ (Sharpeners)

⚡ (Other Supplies)

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[Chan-znwb]

When using solvents, can you then layer over them with coloured pencils and if so how long do you need to wait?

[scootermom]

6:55 I really like the "Bostitch Twist-N-Sharp" pencil sharpener for my colored pencils. There are several benefits to the sharpener: the BEST benefit IMO is that you literally CAN'T oversharpen the pencil. It has two sharpness settings: "extra sharp" and "dull." The sharpener is designed to stop sharpening the pencil once you've reached the one you selected.

The extra sharp setting gets the pencil - even colored pencils - needle sharp! I have never been able to do this with other sharpeners without a lot of breakage. And with other sharpeners, I rarely could get the tip actually needle sharp (which I like) on colored pencils.

I'm sharing this information after my own frustrations in trying to find the perfect sharpener that works as well for colored pencils as it does for graphite pencils. The sharpness tends to last longer using this sharpener compared to others as well, so I don't have to get replacement pencils nearly as often as I used to. Anyway, I hope this helps. 🤠

[richardduvall]

So what is your opinion of water color pencils

[rontommy]

Could you say a little about sizes. Would you upscale 1.5 times from an A4 ref. Do you have a rule of thumb with sizes for colour pencils. Thankyou.

[cheralynn]

Hi Jessica - can you please tell me how you made these pencil extenders work with Polychromos? I got the set from Amazon and they're beautiful, affordable and practical but there's no way the silver part that separates from the body of the extender fits over the pencil. I tried all five in the set I received and they aren't even close to fitting. This is the third type of extender I've tried and still can't find one that works well. In the Derwent option the silver one was significantly too large and the black one was so tight it chewed away at the pencil and I could barely take it back off. The other was another no-name brand. I'm out of ideas. Thank you.

[rowena_nmart]

Could you please tell how to preserve the white spaces like whiskers, when using a solvent? I draw with burnishing method, so I usually indent the white spaces. But how is it possible to save those white lines if you blend with a solvent? 😊

[greekveteran]

Would you recommend Arches for Polychromos (mainly landscape drawing) ?

[richardduvall]

What about water color pencils which are they oil or wax based?

[learnartwithme]

Pablo's are wax oriented and also professional, same as FC PC.