Hi Bec! I was scouring UA-cam for tips as I'm trying to get started in coloured pencil art and stumbled upon this really useful video. Then I spotted your lovely Crimson Chat piece I recall seeing ages ago, I realised it was the same Bec I birded with a few times years ago! Thanks so much for the content, I'm sure I'll find it all very useful as I get started in all of this! Love your art!!!
Lovely to hear from you again Richard, I hope you are well. Thank you so much for your kind words, colour pencil is a time-consuming but rewarding medium, I hope you enjoy it. I haven't had as much time for it the last year but still keeping my toes dipped in when I can, same with birding really.
Thank you! Yes I was trying to think of one for the video but I couldn't renmember a precise example from all my drawings. Coincidentally there's one coming up in this week's video though 😆
I need to try colored pencil on textured paper. But I have a bit of a feeling that colored pencil is not my thing. At least not on it's own. The result you can get using them is beautiful but it's such a slow medium. Fingers crossed that I enjoy using the Derwent Drawing pencils I recently bought
Yes it can be a very slow medium, though I do find that it is a little faster on textured paper because the colour laydown is quicker (depending on how detailed I want to be). Some people use panpastels underneath them or watercolour to speed up the process. I love the Derwent Drawing pencils :)
Thank you so much for these advices..I'm new to colored pencils and this video is so precious to me..Have you ever tried to use colored pencils on a watercolored background? (I'm new to watercolors too but I love both theese techniques) Could it work in your exeprience? Liked, subscribed and greetings from Italy :-))
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I have done some watercolour pencil under layers on a couple of pieces, the Brown Hare shown in this video is one of those, but not a background. I do want to experiment more with watercolour underneath though because it makes for lovely rich colour. I'm glad I could be of help. Thanks so much again :)
Love this video thank you! May I ask, are you using solvent between layers? And if so it looks like there not thick layers of pencil down, or is this my eyes? I ask because it’s always been my understanding you needed a lot of pencil down first but if you don’t that would be so much better lol
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. I don't use solvent between layers, no. I'm either just blending with the pencils or with a cotton bud (q-tip).
Very nice tips, I have been using my color pencils more lately.
Excellent, that's great to hear. I'm glad you like the tips :)
Hi Bec! I was scouring UA-cam for tips as I'm trying to get started in coloured pencil art and stumbled upon this really useful video. Then I spotted your lovely Crimson Chat piece I recall seeing ages ago, I realised it was the same Bec I birded with a few times years ago! Thanks so much for the content, I'm sure I'll find it all very useful as I get started in all of this! Love your art!!!
Lovely to hear from you again Richard, I hope you are well. Thank you so much for your kind words, colour pencil is a time-consuming but rewarding medium, I hope you enjoy it. I haven't had as much time for it the last year but still keeping my toes dipped in when I can, same with birding really.
Great tips, thanks for sharing! Would love to see a concrete example of a mistake you made and how you worked through it
Thank you! Yes I was trying to think of one for the video but I couldn't renmember a precise example from all my drawings. Coincidentally there's one coming up in this week's video though 😆
Your cat 😻😻😻
I really like your hint about persevering to fix rather than discard mistakes.
Thank you, glad it was helpful :)
Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Thank you very much. You're welcome, I hope it helps 😊
Great advice, very interesting insight into some of the issues colour pencil artists run into.
Thanks, I hope it helps you.
Thank you so much for all of your videos. They are so helpfull for me!! ❤
You are too kind. Thank you so much, I'm glad they've been helpful to you.
Unreal 😱.. You are so talented..the drawings look so real 😱.. I am sold ❤️
Thank you so much, you're very kind.
all good advice!
Thanks :)
Great tips. Thanks a lot!
You're welcome 😊
I need to try colored pencil on textured paper. But I have a bit of a feeling that colored pencil is not my thing. At least not on it's own. The result you can get using them is beautiful but it's such a slow medium. Fingers crossed that I enjoy using the Derwent Drawing pencils I recently bought
Yes it can be a very slow medium, though I do find that it is a little faster on textured paper because the colour laydown is quicker (depending on how detailed I want to be). Some people use panpastels underneath them or watercolour to speed up the process. I love the Derwent Drawing pencils :)
Consigli preziosi.
Thank you so much for these advices..I'm new to colored pencils and this video is so precious to me..Have you ever tried to use colored pencils on a watercolored background? (I'm new to watercolors too but I love both theese techniques) Could it work in your exeprience? Liked, subscribed and greetings from Italy :-))
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I have done some watercolour pencil under layers on a couple of pieces, the Brown Hare shown in this video is one of those, but not a background. I do want to experiment more with watercolour underneath though because it makes for lovely rich colour. I'm glad I could be of help. Thanks so much again :)
Love this video thank you! May I ask, are you using solvent between layers? And if so it looks like there not thick layers of pencil down, or is this my eyes? I ask because it’s always been my understanding you needed a lot of pencil down first but if you don’t that would be so much better lol
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. I don't use solvent between layers, no. I'm either just blending with the pencils or with a cotton bud (q-tip).
@@brusheswithbec oh wow, they really blend well with the cotton tip, I’ll definitely be trying this thank you
@@jodieofarmer657 no problem, it works better on some paper than others, have a play :)
Good tips
Kunjung balik ya
Thank you, I'm glad you liked them.