So do you draw with colored pencils?If you don’t want childslop that doesn’t blend well like nameless school brands or Crayola that cost like literal cents for each colored pencil, be prepared to spend much more money on better brands. The benefits of colored pencils is that it gives you more discipline because there’s only a finite amount of color in those pencils, they’re meant to be used, of course, but they’re meant to be used well. You also need to know and be well established in your knowledge of color theory, actually, you need to be good at drawing to even attempt to use colored pencils. Colored pencils really are one of the highest skill requirement in traditional art.It also takes HOURS for your shit to start looking good.Thoughts on colored pencils overall?
>>7809084also erasers? yeah they don't work well on them.
>>7809084>So do you draw with colored pencils?Only when concept arting.
>>7809084I've heard before that it's quite a demanding medium. Impressive when done well, unfortunately, I don't really like the end result that much.
Colored pencils are chad, kino, and SOVL-pilled. They have been my preferred medium since like age six. Use Faber-Castell as they are oil-based. I like how much precision you have, and how easy it is to apply texture. It just sucks all the mainstream colored pencil art you see is from hyperrealism fags.
>>7809084I use them, but not to make detailed works like pic rel. usually I just use one color on a Subject so that I can learn the value ranges and versatility of a specific color . They’re a nice medium for sure I just find that art like pic rel gets a bit boring to see after a while
>>7809182>>7809089I really don’t like how colored pencils are seen like you can either draw like a kindergartener or hyper-realistic, there’s that middle ground between that I like. I think why hyperrealism is so popular with good colored pencil artists is because they probably want to use their pencils in a way that they think doesn’t “waste” them.
>>7809084I tried to sketch a drawing using colored pencil before transferring it to watercolor paper. It was meant to be a polished 'thumbnail' but instead of smol framed drawing like any other thumbnail it was drawn on a4 paper -bigger than my own watercolor canvas- and I ended up rendering this thing instead kek. But then as you can see I didnt finish the entire piece; I stopped rendering that thing after I finished coloring the cap, and I quit midway, and it was like 3 months ago.Tbf doe, colored pencil is a good medium, assuming that you have the time and willpower to render and burnish your entire composition, its just that the medium is not for everyone, but maybe I'll try to draw something with colored pencil again some day, I dont know>>7809087You can use plastic or kneadable eraser, they are pencils after all. People often think that colored pencil cant be erased because during render process, they pressed their pencil a little bit too hard on their paper surface to make the colors popped up while damaging/flattening their paper tooth in the process, leaving permanent mark on their paper
