Learn How to Draw Animals with Colored Pencils For the Beginner

by Jasmina Susak

Overview

Learn How to Draw Animals with Colored Pencils For the Beginner

Table of Contents
Introduction
Blending
Mixing the colors
Drawing the shadows
Proportionality
Golden eagle - drawing tutorial
Tiger - drawing tutorial
Fish - drawing tutorial
Parrot - drawing tutorial
Ladybugs - drawing tutorial
Horses - drawing tutorial
Author Bio

Introduction:
Drawing with colored pencil is super easy if you use the right colors and have drawn a good sketch. Unlike the graphite pencils, colored pencils cannot be easily erased, so we have to draw carefully, particularly the darker areas. Always draw parts with colored pencil pressing down lightly and if it looks good, color over the same area pressing down hard. Buy good brand of colored pencils and smooth paper. If you don't have a lot of say red pencils, you can get more nuances with only one pencil, by controlling how hard you press when you draw. In the image below I've drawn with one red pencil three nuances. In the first example I pressed hard, in the second I pressed normally and in the third example I pressed lightly. Even more nuances can be created this way:

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046071139
Publisher:	JD-Biz Corp Publishing
Publication date:	07/22/2014
Series:	Learn to Draw , #25
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	804,200
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John Davidson
Born and raised in Wyoming and Canada on Ranches. Studied at Utah State University and taught design and drafting at a Technology College for 26 years. Own and run several businesses, an architectural design business, a web design business and a construction and sawmill business. Married to Karla for over 28 years and have 4 great kids, living in Mendon, Utah. I just finished my 200th book and have over 300,000 Downloads of my books to date.