#COLORED PENCIL PORTRAITS FREE#

#COLORED PENCIL PORTRAITS FREE#

I used cream in the lightest parts of the face (left side), while the lightest light (on the right) remained free of any shading! I added reds and sienna brown into the modelвЂ™s hair as well. Poppy red was also added into the greens. While poppy red is a warm hue, cool reds are вЂ“carmine red, magenta, and process red. I varied reds by adding both warm and cool hues to poppies and her face. I rotated the paper many times over in order not to create strokes going in one direction. Soft, circular strokes helped me establish blurred shapes. I wanted to bring StelliвЂ™s face into focus more and thus I blurred the background and paid attention to soft edges found there. The darkest values of poppies were drawn with dark umber and Tuscan red. PrismacolorвЂ™s poppy red was applied throughout the mid tones. And thus this color allowed me to make soft transitions from the darkest values to the middle tones and the light.a Step 3: Add red in halftones When applied lightly, sienna brown falls into the category of medium to light tones. I used PrismacolorвЂ™s sienna brown in her eyes, forehead, cheeks, mouth and neck. If they donвЂ™t come out just right, no matter how beautiful the rest of the drawing could be, it would still look wrong. I always start drawing the face from the eyes. The darkest values are in her hair, corners of her mouth, nostrils and the eyelashes. Here I use a single colored pencil вЂ“ PrismacolorвЂ™s dark umber to map out the darkest values in my drawing. This way of transferring the lines speeds up the drawing process but doesnвЂ™t help develop the skill of getting the shapes right). This skill comes from drawing people from life. (However, I know that artists struggle with their drawing after that because they still need to understand the anatomy and how shapes emerge on paper. You can also make a photo printout of the same size as your drawing paper and transfer the lines right from your photo. I secured paperвЂ™s corners with an artist tape to prevent it from sliding. I transferred my lines using 2HB pencil and the window light. I worked on the actual pencil outline on a separate piece of thin, sketch paper. The rotation of her head, a half-open mouth and the play of light on StelliвЂ™s face reminded me of VermeerвЂ™s masterpiece вЂњGirl with a Pearl Earring,вЂќ 1665. What I like about this photo is the whiteness and simplicity of the background space, making the beautiful face the focal point of the image. Sometimes I add harder colored pencils (SOHO, Verithin,etc) to smooth out the surface. Besides Prismacolors, any soft pencils (Pablos, Luminance) will do just as fine to complete a portrait. The smoother the paper is, the better it is for colored pencil drawing.

I often use Prismacolor premier pencils and white drawing paper made by Strathmore or Stonehenge. The idea of juxtaposing her smile with bright red flowers came to my mind immediately.

When I biked in town, I noticed beautiful red poppies growing in neighborвЂ™s garden. Thus IвЂ™ve decided to play with red, subduing other colors. When I think of Stelli I often see her wearing bright lipstick, which is her ultimate color. I give myself liberties to interpret and change things around to fit my concept. I call such drawings вЂњimaginative portraitsвЂќ because I create unique atmosphere in the picture set around the personвЂ™s face. The following steps show how I create a portrait in colored pencils. Colored Pencil Portrait Drawing Demonstration

Colored pencil portraits