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Post by toonMom on Jan 16, 2004 6:35:03 GMT -5
I would love to color some of my caricatures with colored pencils, but I have no idea where to start. What palette to use, how to out-line (do I use a light or dark color) and how to get depth.
If anyone has any advice on how to start, please post it here.
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Post by corky on Jan 16, 2004 17:59:42 GMT -5
i do most of my colour work in coloured pencil...so here's some of my tips. when you outline, use terra cotta pencil, rather than a graphite. if you use an hb or 2b, the line tends to show up and make the drawing look kind of unreal. the terra cotta colour blends with most skin tones. use the lightest colour to draw the outline of the hair. so, if the person is blonde, you can use a warm yellow. if it's brown, use terra cotta or sienna. if it's dark brown hair, use burnt umber. i always build the tones lightest to darkest. it's always easier to add than it is to take away, with colour pencils.
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Post by Rosemary on Jan 16, 2004 18:02:04 GMT -5
Toon it is very difficult to post colored pencil techniques without demonstrating in person or having a visual book in front of you to take you step-by-step. Colored pencil requires a lot of layering of many colors to get the depth you want. Depending on what color you are using, it requires many colors. Are you familiar with Ann Kullberg? She has two very excellent books out that I would highly recommend you get. They are mostly on portraiture but I have done a workshop with her and she is among the best colored pencil artists around.
Her two books are:
1. Colored Pencil Portraits -- Step by Step. 2. Capturing Soft realism in Colored Pencil
Both these books can be purchased at Amazon.com
I will say that depending on the color you want, you take a lot of the colors from that family pallette and start from light to dark and go from there. That will get your depth.
Say like you want to paint the face of the carcature. You would start out with the skin tone family and there are three.
Yellow skin tones:
Cream, Jasmine, yellow ochre, goldenrod
Organge skin tones: Beige, Peach, Mineral orange, Pumpkin orange, Burnt Ochre, Terra Cotta
Pink skin tones:
Light Peach, Deco Pink, Pink Rose, Rosey Beige, Blush Pink, Clay Rose, Pink, Henna, Tuscan Red.
Brown skin tones: Light umber, Dark Brown, Dark umber, black
Now I use colors (maybe one or two) from each skin tone to create depth, shadow, value.
Hope this helps.
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Post by toonMom on Jan 16, 2004 18:08:30 GMT -5
Thank you both for your help.
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Post by toonMom on Jan 23, 2004 14:56:14 GMT -5
Not really a tip, but this is how I store my pencils
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Post by Rosemary on Feb 19, 2004 2:28:18 GMT -5
Stoontoons, that is a really good idea about using terra cotta pencil. The reason why I do it in graphite pencil is so I can more easily erase any mistakes I might have made in the process. When I apply color, I lighten the graphite with a gum eraser and then apply what color I want from there. I have heard of many people using Indigo Blue as their outline color too. I have done that and it works well too. But I do like your idea of Terra cotta color and may try that myself.
As far as storing pencils, I bought some clear white plastic tackle boxes from the fishing store and I can easily grab what color I want. Darn..........wish I had a digital camera to show you. I will take a pic.
Anyway, maybe we can all share our techniques, paper, pencil, eraser, etc., advice here for all of us who like to use colored pencil and ask questions of each other too. I had forgotten about this thread....sorry!
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