Today I'm coloring a little differently than usual, using smudged soft graphite shading over markers. For this piece I decided to use just a few marker shades and to color a number of adjoining shapes the same color. Just a little dab of soft graphite pencil is plenty. I'm using a Mitsubishi Uni pencil with [...]
Yesterday I talked a bit about graphite pencil shading and my post turned into a step by step demonstration showing you one of the ways I like to color. Most the time, though, my coloring is just coloring. I don't think a lot about color schemes or about various tools or techniques. Most of my coloring [...]
Today I'd like to give you a close-up look at how I do some simple shading using a soft graphite pencil and a blending stump. I really like Mitsubishi Uni graphite pencils. They feel nice in the hand and are extremely glidey when you apply them to paper. I've got an assortment set that I [...]