More infon on blending colored pencil

Another technique I use for blending colored pencil

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• drawing
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[Panditha666]

have you used a colorless blender? how are they at blending colors together? or have you used turpintine ever to blend them?

what kind of paper do you use?

[mjnbfg0410]

Yes I have used the colorless blender. I don't like using them because they dull the color. I have used rubber cement thinner not turpintine to make the colors look like I used a water color wash, however I have only used this method once and wasn't happy with the results. As far as the paper I use it is a 3 ply Strathmore Bristol Board with a Plate finish. I have tried using a Velum finish but I found it has way to much "tooth" to it a therefore really grinds down the pencils to fast.

[coolhead20]

can u do a speedpainting? oh and how long does one of these take you?

[mjnbfg0410]

I don't do "Speedpainting". I understand people do. I think it's kind of a gimmick. My drawings take me 2 to 4 months sometimes longer. Completed my drawings are about 3 feet by 4 feet.

[tecnoborg75]

what brand of color do you used to do this art please?

[mjnbfg0410]

I use Prisma Color pencils. I think they are the best.

[sgtblutube]

So beautiful. How large is the reference photo that you used for this art? (I'm making an assumption that you used a reference.) Also, did you use more than one reference, or more than one --like one for the background, and one for the wolf image? Lastly, did you take the photographs yourself? (I read that you work with wolves.) This is truly inspiring. Thank you for posting.

[cmoursler3]

love this...have you tried odorless mineral spirits...I have very good luck with blending..it's one thing I am actually very good at..but am looking to find different techniques for rendering water and liquid or reflective surfaces...

[rednecklowlife]

absolutly amazing mike! do you referance. or do you draw like say the log out of your head?

[minimouse2105]

you, sir, are a hero... @AnnihilatingAngel, i'm the same- love Prismacolor, but CANNOT lay down colors smoothly!! i tried the blender, oils, rubbing alcohol...still flecks of white! so i tried the white underneath and i was more satisfied than i have been all week of experimenting!

*whew* i feel like a million pounds were lifted off of me!!

[jonescalypso]

Beautiful! Thank you so much :D

[locoyo386]

@tecnoborg75

It's not the color pencils that do the paiting, it is the person that is using the color pencils.

[ZenOneMike]

AWESOME!

[benbrez116]

Your a great artist! I hope I can draw like that when i am older, i am only 13. :-(

Thanks though helped alot!

[AnnihilatingAngel]

Interesting! I use Prismacolors, but they drive me nuts, since no matter how much I use the colorless blender, I can STILL see the paper. Never thought to lay down white before, since the paper itself is of course white.

Why does it work? Because the white layer fills the tooth?

[blueguitar77]

wow thank you very much for the tip

i got a set of prismacolor on xmas

now im drawing with them, and yes i can blend the color much better

thanx

GBU