Many people know how to draw with lines. In this lesson, it is proposed to study the methods of toning and drawing in several layers, which certainly complicates the drawing and makes it deep and rich.

Colored pencils are so versatile and easy to handle that they allow you to use any drawing technique that suits your temperament and your needs. However, most artists use the technique of so-called multilayer toning.

Toning

When toning, pencil strokes are superimposed tightly, forming solid areas of color. Multilayer - implies the imposition of several translucent layers of tone on top of each other.
For example:

Section A - painted over with a blunt pencil

Area B - painted over with a sharp pencil, which reduced the gaps in the paper and increased the saturation of the tone

Section B - the tone is superimposed in such a way that the impression of surface roughness is created - the texture gives the drawing credibility and vitality.

Layering

There can be 4 main reasons for laying flowers in several layers:

1. To tone down the natural brightness or sharpness of individual pigments

2. To mix and get new colors

3. To modulate color, vary shades and with their help color areas of volume, complexity and richness

4. To create and change the texture of the displayed surfaces.

In most cases, the effect of expressiveness is achieved using two or three layers.

The blackness of the cat in this tonal drawing was achieved not with a black pencil, but with a successive padding of three other colors: red, blue and dark purple.

Laying layers with strong pressure.

Demonstration of methods for depicting smooth, devoid of texture objects.

1 method - traditional

1. Various tones are applied with light or medium pressure on the pencil. The whiteness of the paper remains very noticeable.

The entire surface of the drawing is painted over with a white pencil with strong pressure. This mutes previously applied tones and significantly reduces gaps in the paper.

3. New color layers are superimposed on the smoothly bleached surface of the paper.

4. For polishing the remnants of paper texture over the entire surface, re-used white pencil. Now the surface of the drawing looks like a painting.

5. At the end of the work, colors are again applied to the waxed surface of the drawing, restoring tonal saturation and eliminating the last gaps and roughness of the paper.

Method 2 is fast.

1. Soft paper is used. In dense layers with strong pressure on the pencil, the background and the surface of the table are painted over. Tones on the apple are superimposed more light movements, because they have to almost imperceptibly connect with the next layer. Compare this method with the white pencil polishing method.

Complementary colors are densely overlaid wherever needed. White color was used very limited. The picturesque effect of the drawing is achieved only due to strong pressure on the pencil when mixing colors. The colors themselves look more saturated, since smoothing the surface with a white pencil was not required.

Two-layer toning

A surefire way to save time when layering is to use fewer layers. Try the two layer method. Remember that the main motives for using multiple layers are to mute too bright colors, creating new shades, tonal transitions and creating surface textures.

The superimposition of layers of two bright close colors on top of each other leads to some decrease in brightness.

2.Applied on top of each other, bright complementary colors create an almost neutral tone.

3. When two low-saturated colors are superimposed, it seems that a much larger number of shades were mixed.

Spot Toning Technique

The idea of ​​this toning is to build up colors in small fragments or spots for better modulation of colors and smoothness of hue transitions.

Accented spot toning

detailed drawing

Spot toning can be pronounced, accentuated, or more subtle, subtle, muted - depending on your style and the work itself. In this drawing of strelitzia, the color is applied quickly and boldly, which emphasizes the natural expressiveness of the flower.

First graphite pencil composition is created. Then the negative space is painted over with warm pink, strokes are applied in all directions. Then, with the help of spot tinting, the flower is applied: sunny yellow, orange, and also blue on the “tongues”, and grassy green on the “boat”. The tips of the leaves are painted over with sunny yellow. A few spots of purple tone are added on top of the pink background.

The "boat" of the plant is modeled in olive green. A little lavender and blue bring the flower closer to the original. Blue "tongues" are being finalized with ultramarine and green. A purple tone is superimposed on top of the pink tone, so that pink can be seen here and there. Red is added in some places of the background.

The "tongues" are finished with alternating specks of orange, scarlet, warm pink and red. We return the original grassy green color to the “boat” and leaves. The edges of red spots in negative space are softened. The picture is ready.

Interaction of colors

The tone set by one colored pencil looks "raw" and rustic. You can create a more complex layer of overlapping colors that interact with each other.

Close colors

They are similar to each other, these are neighboring tones on the color wheel.

Complementary Colors

They are opposite each other on the color wheel. In the figure, the field is colored in Blue colour, and the flowers are depicted in different shades of orange and yellow.

All bright colors

The very whiteness of the paper is involved in the "bright colors" scheme.

All dull colors

It's about subtle colors.

Colors of contrasting "temperatures"

The "temperature" of the same color may change depending on the surroundings.

Using lines in tonal drawing

A purely linear drawing is the fastest technique for working with a colored pencil, but when drawing, all the expressiveness of colors is provided by mixing colors and, as a rule, lines alone are not enough.

Some of the possible uses of the line in tonal drawing are:

• A - Careless line arbitrarily crossing the tone
• B - Purposeful hatching. The stroke color can be changed as needed.
• B - Eccentric calligraphic lines forming an intricate pattern.
• G - Tone laid over the lines
• D - A line created by two separate colors and limiting the tonal area.

Flowers on a white background

Lines have been used in two ways in this figure. The most obvious way is a linear drawing on the petals. The color here was set by a simple closure of close red and orange tones. Adding lines helps emphasize contours and texture.

Color Removal - Two Methods

1.Using masking tape

Small pieces of tape are glued to the areas from which the tone will be removed. Due to the strong adhesiveness of the masking tape, it must be applied very carefully. Lapping in this case is done with a wide wooden spatula.

Now we remove both pieces of the tape, exposing two strips cleared of pencil pigment. But they are cleaned differently: the even boundaries of the upper section are provided with a thorough rubbing of the masking tape to the very edges, in the lower section the lapping was not so thorough. Remember this difference and use depending on the result you need.

2.Using self-adhesive film

After tearing off the film from the protective base, move it a little before sticking it on the base again, releasing part of the sticky surface. Then, with the sticky side, it is superimposed on the area that needs to be cleaned of pigment or to create a texture on it. Do not press your fingers on the film to avoid unwanted stains. The result of this process is largely determined by the type of lapping tool. Shown here is a special tool with polished metal balls at the ends, which can be driven over the film to get the desired lines and marks.

Demo drawing

This colored pencil drawing needs a lot of editing. It is necessary to give more drama and variegation to the overall color, as well as to correct the weakness and isolation of the central details, the hat and wand, surrounded by too wide empty areas. Before the advent modern technologies removing color, these problems would seem almost insurmountable.

First, using self-adhesive film, masking tape and a medium-width lapping tool, the hat and part of the background are removed. Pieces of duct tape, on the tablecloth in the background, are left for possible reuse. Pay attention to the outline of the stars in the upper left corner. They were painted "negatively" by removing the corresponding tone areas with self-adhesive film and a pointed tool.

Discolor the background to a very light tone, which is visible on the stars and lay out new, more complex colors. We repaint the tablecloth and cane. Let's remove enough tone from the black hat so that a white rabbit can take its place.

color introduction

The introduction of color is understood as its addition to a previously clarified area of ​​\u200b\u200ba different tone. This technique is similar to spot tinting, but it is more suited to large, uncomplicated areas and focuses primarily on modulating color rather than shape.

When tinting a large area, you deliberately leave small “gaps”, and then enter a different color into bright places. Or, gently remove the desired area with an elastic band without making sharp corners.

Underpainting technique

Underpainting in painting is called the preliminary study of the picture in a solid tone, on which the rest of the paint is then applied.
Along with significant savings in time spent on tinting the background, underpainting has an additional advantage. This tone, which is involved in all subsequent mixtures, usually helps to unify the overall color scheme drawing.

First, underpainting was done with a blue pencil with medium pressure. It can have gaps or be applied quite tightly - the choice is yours.

The overall color is similar to the selected underpainting color. Leaves and grass are painted in various shades of green, with some underpainting showing through. The background is left unchanged.

In this blue underpainting drawing, the warm color scheme contrasts with the blue background. Various areas of the underpainting are clarified with a plastic eraser, and violet is introduced there using the spot tinting method.

Good luck!

based on the book by B. Johnson

Dear friends! In my last article, I talked about the features of working with colored pencils, but now it's time to put this wonderful artistic material into practice. In this step-by-step drawing lesson using the example of drawing peonies, we will learn how to do contour drawing, learn about the features of working with colored pencils, learn how to select and mix colors.

Required art materials

✔ A thick sheet of A4 format (I use Whatman paper, with a density of 200 g/m); ✔ Ruler, sharpener, eraser; ✔ Simple HB pencil (I like working with an automatic pencil more); ✔ ; ✔ A set of Faber-Castell colored pencils. To work on each element, we will choose 2-3 primary colors, and a few colors to add accents in the final. For example, to draw leaves, we need three shades of green: light, dark and intermediate. An intermediate color is needed to smooth the transition from light to dark. I will use the following colors of Classic Color Pencils, Faber-Castell: - for petals and bud: 330, 319 and 325, 327 - for leaves: 370, 359 and 357 - for color accents: 327, 383, 378, 392 - for stamens: 309.

The next stage of work is the selection of references. If you already have artistic experience, then you can draw peonies from nature, but for beginners, I would recommend finding a photo on the Internet first. It will also be useful to see how other artists depict flowers. You can choose one photo and draw from it. But in order for the drawing to turn out to be interesting and not an exact copy, we will select different photographs and assemble our author's work from this. It is not necessary to draw the entire image, somewhere we can peep a beautifully folded sheet or notice a picturesque petal. Look for interesting angles and details.

Step 1: Sketching the Peony in Pencil

Let's start drawing our peonies with a pencil. We take a sheet of A4 format, with the help of a ruler and a simple pencil we find the middle of the sheet and draw auxiliary lines. Now we know exactly where the center of our future composition is. Next, we very schematically outline the image of a peony. I decided to draw large flower, with multiple leaves. So that the flower is not lonely, I will add a bud to it. Such details are very important, due to them your work will look more interesting. When sketching, remember that it is better to place large elements at the bottom, and leave more air at the top. That is why we determined the center of the sheet.

Step 2: Working on the details of the peony with a pencil

So, we have a schematic drawing of a peony flower with a pencil. Now we understand where and what we will be located. The next step of our step by step lesson drawing will be a more detailed study. To do this, we carefully study the references or nature. We draw the petals, leaves, bud, outline the stems. We try not to press too hard on the pencil, soft pencil also do not use, so as not to dilute the dirt on the sheet. We should get a fairly detailed, but light sketch.

Step 3: Outline the Pencil Sketch of the Peony with Liner

Now let's start working with liners to get a beautiful finished outline drawing. To begin with, take a 0.3 mm thick liner. Slowly, very carefully outline our sketch along the contour. We try to keep the line straight. As a result, our drawing will have a clear, finished outline.

Step 4: Draw the Details of the Peony Flower with Liner

Our drawing lacks liveliness, so now we will add details. We take a liner with a thickness of 0.2 mm. If you are not yet very confident in your abilities, then you can first draw small parts pencil. We draw stamens to our flower. We add veins to the leaves to make the drawing look even more interesting. Add some strokes to the leaves and petals. When everything is drawn, take an eraser and erase the entire pencil.

Step 5: Coloring the Peony Petals With Colored Pencils

The main principle is this - first we put a light shade, then a dark one and make a smooth transition using an intermediate color.

Ksenia Oskolkova

Now we will learn how to draw a peony flower with colored pencils. Let's start by drawing the peony petals. Using the example of one petal, I will show you how to work with colored pencils. Main principle like this - first we put a light shade, then a dark one and make a smooth transition using an intermediate color. We take the lightest shade that you have chosen for coloring the petals, I have a pencil 330. Gently paint over most petal, while adjusting the pressure of the stylus. We can put the color more densely at the top, we try to loosen the pressure of the stylus towards the bottom, due to which the color will fall a little paler. Next, take the shade that was chosen for the dark areas. Take a pencil 319 and paint over the dark area. We are not afraid that one color is superimposed on another, as it should be. The border between the colors will be hard for now. To soften the border, again take a light shade number 330, and lay several layers on top of the entire petal. We work carefully, we try to make the pressure not very strong. Our first petal is ready. As you can see, there is nothing difficult, you just need to be patient! Guided by the same principle, we paint over all the remaining petals, with the exception of the inner ones, we will make them darker.

Step 6: Draw the inner petals of the peony with colored pencils

Now in the course of our step by step drawing lesson we will draw the inner petals of the peony flower. We take a pencil 319, which was used to draw dark places on the petals. Paint over the inner part of the petal with this color. Next, take the darkest shade 327 and paint over the bottom of our petal with it. Do not forget that at the very bottom we do more pressure on the stylus, the higher we rise, the weaker the pressure on the stylus. To even out the color, take the lightest shade of 330 and paint over the entire petal. By the same principle, we work with all the other inner petals.

Step 7: Draw Peony Leaves With Colored Pencils

With leaves, we will act a little differently. First, let's put the main color, then select the light and dark areas and make a smooth transition.

Ksenia Oskolkova

Now it's time to draw the leaves of our peony. With leaves, we will act a little differently. First, let's put the main color, then select the light and dark areas and make a smooth transition. I decided to make the leaves a rich grassy color. Therefore, my main shade will be 359. You take the color that you chose as the main one. We paint over the entire surface of our leaf with them. Next, we take a light shade, I have it 370, we paint over the light areas of the sheet with it. We work out the dark places of the sheet with the darkest shade, I use 357. We see that the border turned out to be quite clear, now we need to soften it, make a smooth transition. We return to the main shade, let me remind you that I have it 359, and in the manner we are used to, we apply this color over the entire surface of the sheet. We make several layers to smooth out the color transitions well. Our beautiful leaf ready! In the same manner, paint over the remaining leaves of the peony.

Step 8: Draw the Stamens and Peony Bud with Colored Pencils

We continue to detail our peony. We take yellow, I take 309, and paint over the stamens. Our flower is changing more and more. Now, according to the same principles that I described above, we draw a bud near our peony. We take the lightest shade 330 and paint over most of the petal with it. Next, with a 319 pencil, paint over the dark section of the petal near the leaves. With a light shade of 330, we soften the border between the colors. We do the same with the leaves. We paint over the entire surface of the leaves with a pencil 359. We draw light areas of the leaves with a shade of 357. To make a soft transition between colors, we return to the main shade of 359. We apply this color over the entire surface of the sheet. Our bud is ready!

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw Sasha Brause, as well as how to color the resulting drawing using a simple technique (from light to dark). Start by tidying up your workspace and sharpening your pencils.
For work you will need:

• simple pencil (HB)
• soft eraser (preferably Milan triangular)
• compass
• gel pen
• colour pencils
• white gouache

We draw Sasha Brouz with colored pencils in stages

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• Step 1

  We plan with a simple pencil frame of a girl's figure. Using a compass, draw a circle for the head, which we then divide in half with a line extending beyond it. We outline the lower part of the face.

  
  
• Step 2

  We draw the body with basic geometric shapes. We show the depth of the waist with ellipses, in the future it will help to draw a belt. The girl's hands go behind her back, there will be no particular problems with them. Let's prepare the basis for drawing the face.

  
  
• Step 3

  Smooth lines draw the contours of the figure. We outline facial features, hair and clothes. Let's not forget the belts.

  
  
• Step 4

  Schematically we outline the spatial maneuvering drive (SPM), taking into account only some of the main details. At the same time, we erase the production lines.

  
  
• Step 5

  We start to detail. (PPM) has a rather complex structure, so start with it. Try to include as many details as possible. The girl’s right hand from us goes behind her back, in it she squeezes the handle with a replaceable blade. The second handle is without a blade and is located behind the bosom.

  
  
• Step 6

  This is how the whole drawing looks in detail.

  
  
• Step 7

  Outlining gel pen. Erase the soft pencil lines, leaving only the folds on the clothes.

  
  
• Step 8

  We start to paint. We don’t put pressure on the pencils, now we just need to lay a strong color base. We paint the hair red, the loincloth - dark brown, the shadows on the blouse - soft pink, the jacket - light brown, the belts - the usual brown, and the drive - gray.

  
  
• Step 9

  Now go over the entire drawing with light brown, but only slightly.

  
  
• Step 10

  Add gray to the whole drawing.

  
  
• Step 11

  Working with dark brown, we are gaining tone. Repeat Step 8 with more pressure on the pencils. Add a little bit of blue to the drive for a steel sheen.

  
  
• Step 12

  Now, working with just black, give the drawing some depth. Enhance the shadows. To make overflows on the legs, hatch by laying the pencil lead flat. To top it off, use white gouache to highlight the eyes. That's all, the drawing is ready.

Colored pencils are a versatile tool that everyone can draw with. They do not require special skills and are ideal for the first sketches. We chose 8 tips from the book "The Diary of a Naturalist Artist" - try to create your first painting right now.

1. Mix colors with streaks

Pencil colors rarely match the desired shade. A huge set is not an option: it is heavy and uncomfortable to wear, but the search desired color takes a lot of time. Better buy an average set and learn how to make colors. The main colors are sky blue, yellow and magenta. From them you can get other shades.


Diary of a Naturalist

Usually the color of the pencil is intense and saturated. In nature, the tones are more subdued. Therefore, another plus of mixing is the ability to muffle pure colors to natural shades.

2. How to hatch in layers

To learn how to hatch in layers, you need to consider two points. First, choose a slightly grainy paper. Don't press too hard on the pencil or the paper will become polished and the pigment won't stick to it.

Secondly, the black eyeshadow pencil looks unnatural - it seems "glued". So use complementary colors for the shadows. Their pairs lie on a circle opposite each other:

• magenta and green
• blue and orange red
• yellow and violet blue.

Use color circle to define colors for shadows

Combining an object's color with a complementary color produces a muted brown or gray shadow. Here's an example of how to use tints to represent a shadow.

1. Start drawing an orange ball with a shadow with an additional color - blue.

2. Put a layer of dark orange over the shadow.

3. Add other colors: yellow, red and green. The picture will glow with glimpses of different shades.

3. Choose the right stroke technique

It is the stroke technique that affects the result and the speed of the drawing. Choose the appropriate option for the desired effect.

• Small, light, round strokes ideal for even coverage and maximum control. The stylus crumbles less, the colors are easier to mix. Requires perseverance, but the mood is very relaxing.

• Scribble- fast and interesting technique, but not as accurate. The smaller the doodle, the more accurate the result. The texture will be visible in the finished drawing.

• lines- series parallel lines. Also fast technology. Draw lines at an angle comfortable for the hand. Control the pressure and do not increase it at the end of the stroke, otherwise there will be streaks.

• cross stroke- a series of intersecting lines. The more layers, the smoother the texture: the next layers hide the roughness of the previous ones. Cross strokes can be done with the same color to deepen the tone, or with a different one if you want to change the hue.

4. How to quickly and easily draw shadows

Shadows give the image volume and depth. Don't forget about them and don't leave them for later. Remember that it is more difficult to add shadows at the end: it is a pity to overlap carefully mixed colors, and the paper is almost completely polished. First paint the shadows, then match them with a local color.

• Shade for shadows. Most shadows can be drawn with a Black Grape pencil. It's a muted purple that makes for a compelling shade when paired with most other colors.
• Yellow shades. The most difficult thing is to draw shadows on yellow objects. If there is even a hint of blue in the color of the shadow, it immediately turns green. "Rescue" - color Greyed Lavender. His pale purple hue when mixed with yellow it gives a pleasant neutral brown or grey.

5. How to go black

If you paint shadows or the background with only black, the picture looks flat. Relive the shadows additional colors, and the black areas of the drawing with dark pencils. What? Indigo Blue, Dark Green and Tuscan Red in combination they give a rich black with glimpses of the original colors. You can start with a layer of black pencil and add one or more of these colors.

6. Why you need paper embossing

So you draw green leaf, and you need to get thin light lines on a dark background. How to do it?

• White lines. Push the paper with a thin blunt tool (you can make it yourself from a thin ballpoint pen with dried ink) - and the lines will remain white against the background of the colored pencil layer. It must be blunt so that the stylus does not touch the embossing.
• Colored lines. If you want to get thin colored lines, first apply a color, then emboss and put another color on top.

7. Use an unscented thinner to blend

Most often, small sections of paper are visible in the drawings. An odorless solvent (white spirit) will help to get rid of them, shade the strokes and make the color brighter. This is a common gasoline thinner from which harmful volatile substances have been removed.

Apply it over uniform, close strokes. For convenience, pour into a brush with a reservoir and smear over the pattern with a cotton swab / disc or shading. When the paper dries, you can continue to draw: the texture is completely preserved. An odorless solvent can be used in combination with a colorless pencil - a blender.

8. Colorless blender - also for shading

Another good tool for shading - a blender. How to use it? in a circular motion rub the drawing. The colors will blend, the gaps will disappear, the paper will be polished. The color layer will become uniform and bright. But it is only suitable for strokes that are close.

For the lesson on how to draw a tree in stages with colored pencils, we need three colored and one simple pencil. Colored pencils are brown and two green pencils (one darker than the other lighter). We will make a sketch with a simple 3B or 4B marking pencil.

How to draw a tree step by step

Let's start the lesson how to draw a tree step by step from a sketch with a simple pencil "3B" or "4B". Lines with a simple pencil can always be corrected with an eraser, therefore, despite the fact that the drawing will be with colored pencils, it is better to make a sketch with a simple pencil.

We draw a tree trunk and designate the approximate shape of the crown.

We take a brown pencil and draw a tree trunk. Please note that I try to give the trunk different shades Brown color. To do this, you just need to change the pressure on the pencil. When the tree trunk is ready, move on to the crown - this is the next step in the lesson on how to draw a tree.

In order to beautifully draw the crown of a tree, you need two green pencils - one lighter, the other darker. If you don't have two shades of green, you can use one pencil. Again, by changing the pressure on the pencil, you can draw with one green pencil.

So, erase part of the sketch with an eraser and draw with a colored pencil. As you can see in the picture below, the shade is lighter in the middle and the shade is darker around. I draw with small strokes in different directions.

Erase the sketch step by step and paint the crown of the tree in two shades of green.

If you use one green pencil, apply less or more pressure on it.

Thus, in the lesson on how to draw a tree, we gradually drew a crown.

But there is one more action that will help make the crown of the tree more beautiful.

Take a simple pencil "3B" or "4B" and darken some parts of the crown with it. You can take not a simple, but a black pencil. Which pencil you have on hand - darken it.

Everything, the drawing is ready. It remains only to correct the small details, and wipe the extra lines with an eraser.

Thus, in several stages we drew a tree with colored pencils.

I would be grateful for your opinion in the comments to this lesson.

See next lesson- and the lesson on how to draw a tree in stages with colored pencils is over.