The amount of pressure applied on the paper as well as the strokes you can achieve are all determined by how you hold your pencil. Hand position and the pressure applied changes »
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To get the most use out of your colored pencils, you could when they become too short to fit into the electric sharpener, or you could glue a short flat-ended pencil onto »
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There are a wide variety of suitable sharpeners for use with colored pencils. Whether you choose to use a more conventional hand-held sharpener or electric sharpener, sharpening »
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Properties of Color: - Each color has a name = hue - It is either light or dark = value - Colors are either warm or cool = temperature - Either »
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Recognizing Values: For a beginner it can be difficult to isolate or distinguish values from each other, some find it difficult to make distinctions between the various middle »
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Getting to know your COLORED pencils: Unlike mixing paints that fully combine together, colored pencil layers and mixes of color remain separate and visually mix together. »
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The way you apply pencil to paper as well as the colors you choose all depends on the look you are going for, everyone will develop their own style and color palette over »
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Drawing and Planning: It may help to see the process of learning what makes great artwork as learning to play a musical instrument. First you must learn to read the music, »
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Organizing materials and drawing space: It is ideal to have a nice big well planned out studio, but not always feasible. No matter what kind of space you have »
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