Colored Pencils PLUS

Blend posca markers with colored pencils on Strathmore toned gray paper to draw avocados and seed. Use graphite to map edges and contours before applying markers in the next lesson.

Apply Posca marker as a bright base on avocados, then mute with colored pencils, burnish for depth, and build realistic highlights and shadows with layered greens, yellows, and browns.

Layer colored pencils over Posca marker shadows to build warmth and depth on two avocados, burnish with colorless blender, and use sepia and marine greens for realistic texture.

Finish avocados using colored pencils and Posca markers by adding highlights with white Posca, burnishing with cream, layering greens and grays, and refining shadows to complete the piece.

Combine alcohol-based markers on marker paper as an underpainting, then layer Prismacolor Premier colored pencils and finish with white gouache. Prepare surfaces with Bristol underneath and sketch light contours.

Use alcohol-based markers for marker applications as an underpainting to shape value and form on strawberries and leaves, then layer creams, reds, and warm grays for depth.

Apply marker underpainting to strawberries and leaves, building value with layered red, gray, and green transitions, then prepare for colored pencils in the next lesson.

Explore colored pencil applications in this lesson, building on marker underpainting to layer light peach, grays, and reds on a strawberry, with burnishing and colorless blender for a smooth finish.

Complete a colored pencil drawing by applying final pencil layers and burnishing, then add gouache highlights to three strawberries. Build depth with layered colors and mindful transitions.

Sketch blueberries and leaves in graphite on hot press paper, then apply a carbon black ink wash as an underpainting, followed by Prismacolor Premier pencils to create glaze-like depth.

Learn to use acrylic ink wash as an underpainting for blueberries, building light-to-dark values. Then apply colored pencils in glazes to develop texture and color while preserving value relationships.

Master ink wash techniques on three blueberries and surrounding leaves by applying light washes, progressively darkening values, building shadows from the left, and using glaze and brush control for depth.

Apply colored pencils as a light glaze over an ink wash underpainting, building value with blues and violet, then use a colorless blender to smooth while preserving texture.

Complete the leaf drawing by layering apple green, kelp green, and chartreuse over an ink wash underpainting, then blend with colorless blender and gray shadows to define veins.