All of these colors and textures were from a single soft leaded graphite pencil. No blending or smudging this time, just variations in coloring pressure.

Today’s coloring progress slideshow:

Today’s book: Nifty (A Coloring Journal)

Colored with: Mitsubishi Hi-Uni graphite pencil (10b hardness)

I finished this coloring picture just in the nick of time! (And it sure helped to have a pencil extender for the very last bits!)