OMG. that's amazing


i suck at coloring. XD

Well thank you!

I think a lot of people would be surprised to know how much practice it takes to be able to use colored pencils really well.
So it's probably not that you suck, it's just that no one ever taught you the right way to use the colored pencils!
Yep, that's right boys and girls, there's a right way to use your colored pencils.
And of course the brand dictates a lot of the quality you're going to get.
Those things are a lot more complicated than I realized. hahaha

Thanks for the fav too; I really appreciate it.

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fantastic!

thanks!

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no problem
XD

i wanna learn more about colored pencilss<3

The shading here is really neat looking. That's some pretty intense colored pencil going on, too. And like I say, your backgrounds are awesome. ^.^

This is really impressive- way to go with the colored pencils! I love the background, and also her expression.

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Ah. well, it's difficult to teach about colored pencils over the internet, but I'll try to give you some basic tips.

The secret to good shading with the colored pencils is layering. Look at the sky in my drawing.
If I had put down one layer of just blue it would look terrible. Again, if I had put multiple layers of the same hue of blue it wouldn't look much better.
So the idea is to put multiple layers of different hues of the same color, if that makes sense.
On tricky colors like black, what I normally do is put down a layer of black and then go over it with a different color. For example, blue. Or brown. Sometimes gray, depending on what I'm coloring. Then another layer of black. ANother layer of blue, until I have the depth that I want.
I'm sure you know this, but I'll say it just for good measure: each layer of color should go one consistent direction. Then the next layer should go a different direction so that you get nice, full shading.

The best thing you can do is to practice. I recommend getting a photograph with a large variety of colors, re-drawing it, and coloring it, imitating the colors you see on the photo the best you can.

A great thing many people don't know about colored pencils is that they can be smeared to a degree. If you take a tissue and smudge like you would with normal pencil, you can actually blur it together a little. And they can even be erased: a lot of the highlights in this particular drawing, and even some of the stars, were simply lifted out with eraser.

If you want to improve with your colored pencils, just experiment and have fun. It's really relaxing for when you're stressed, and time consuming for when you're bored. And you can never stop improving.
Good luck, and if you do do anything with colored pencils in the nearby future, I'd be happy to look at it.
I hope this was helpful.

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Thanks a lot. I put a lot of work into it.

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