Cat in colored pencils on sanded paper

Explore practical methods to build a black background on sanded paper for colored pencils, including panpastel, neocolor2 washes, and indigo-led layering, with tips on thin layers and masking.

Apply the transfer by taping the line drawing to the board, using white transfer paper with colored pencil, then mask and fix smudges with a sponge for the background.

Block in the eye’s base with white highlights and earth tones, then blend with a panpastel. Move to the nose using black and cool greys, lifting white lines as needed.

Layer cold greys and paynes grey to create a three-dimensional cat fur illusion on sanded paper, adding lighter hairs for thickness while following fur direction and tonal values.

Master starting the other ear in a cat drawing on sanded paper by laying a light first layer with cold greys, then using blacks for depth and definition.

Apply a base layer of cold grey 2 on black paper to build midtones, then vary pressure and sharpen the pencil to form ear hairs and fur clumps.

Render fur strands with colored pencils on sanded paper, using light over dark and dark over light to build shadows. Watch real-time steps as black forms new shadows.

Apply a base layer with midtones and lighter tones to model cat fur; deepen tones after spraying, then refine strand-by-strand details by treating fur as abstract shapes.

Learn to render long strands of cat fur with colored pencils on sanded paper, starting by using pencil J and then applying pencil N with cold grey five.

Shade the nose with cold grey five and three, layer with l for dark and j for light tones, correct on the surface, then add longer hair.

Use two colors to build long fur by drawing strand after strand, avoiding individual hairs, while softening transitions with a soft applicator and finishing background with PanPastel or colored pencil.

Mask the background, prepare and spray with textured fixative, then build depth with layered colors for the eye and fur, while managing fixative droplets and drying times.

Apply the second layer to build fur texture using van dycke brown, black, and white, working from dark to light to create depth and highlight the eye region.

Continue shading the next piece of fur by establishing midtones and softening transitions from darks to lights, using panpastel, a paintbrush, or a color shaper.

Build form by shading from dark to light, blend harsh transitions, and study the hair reference for length, direction, and tonal values, using the reference as inspiration.

Apply the second layer with a white charcoal pencil to create the brightest highlights on colored pencil work, using Koh I Noor white, which is even whiter than polychromos whites.