A Color Pencil Portrait - Start to Finish

[TeAnne]

Thank you Karen, this is absolutely great This will benifit all of us CP addicts. HUGZZZZZ

[Ivyleaf]

Oh, yes, excellent article! Here's the link: A Colored Pencil Portrait: Start to Finish . Thanks Karen for adding this good information to the WC Site!

[Leaflin]

Great article Karen

[Karen Cardinal]

Thank you everyone!

I really do draw better than that now.... please don't look at the hands , but I still use the same techniques.....
for better or worse.

Keep having fun
Karen

PS: I swear I really will try to stop by and join in soon.
The new forum is toooooo cool!

[jweir]

hey,

How long would it take you to do a CP of that size?

Jim

[Pep]

Great article!!! It helped me a lot

[Jazz]

Thank you so much Karen!! ,

This is going to be soooo.. helpful to me when I get on to do portraits in CP. I have only just started out with CP's and I am currently experimenting with Grisaille in complementary colours and so far it is going OK!!

I have printed this off, I hope that is OK? If not let me know and I won't do it again -I promise! I just wanted to start a folder to keep all my tutorials and articles I have found for future ref, so I do hope you do not mind?

Anyway, THANK YOU!! For taking the time to do this! It is very much appreciated!!


Hugs,


ALI (JAZZ)

[gemmag]

Great article Karen!!! Thank You!!

Gemma

[NBrockman]

Thanx helped a lot.

[Karen Cardinal]

Gee Thank you so much for the compliments on this everyone!
I had nearly forgotten about this article.

Hmmm.... this one's getting pretty old now and I do things a little differently now a days. Might be time for a new lesson.

Thanks again!
Glad to hear this helped a little.

[pencilrtist]

Originally Posted by Karen Cardinal

Gee Thank you so much for the compliments on this everyone!
I had nearly forgotten about this article.

Hmmm.... this one's getting pretty old now and I do things a little differently now a days. Might be time for a new lesson.

Thanks again!
Glad to hear this helped a little.

Hi Karen,

thanks again for posting this article. This has helped alot. It clarifies alot as well.

Ricky 8-)

[Joanne Corbaley]

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I'm so glad to find this subject: I've recently started working with colored pencil and have just about everything to learn. One thing that perplexes me is that the Mi Teintes paper that I have isn't a completely smooth surface, so there is texture I don't want. I had thought I'd look for a smoother paper, but I am enjoying the use of colored paper, and I see you are also using it. What do you suggest?

[Katherine T]

Turn it over - Canson Mi Teintes paper has two sides - one has a chicken wire sort of effect (and is regarded by some as the 'right' side for pastel) and the other is smoother.

Just turn the sheet over that you were working on and try doing some shading on the other side - you should find it's a lot smoother.

Katherine

[ChrisArt]

Thank you Karen for the article. I learned a lot! Chris

[HollyGail]

What fixative do you use? And what is wax bloom? Wow!! Sooooo much I don't know, and Mom's sister used to buy me colored pencils for Christmas, the box set kinds. I used them down to stubs.

Holly