The Most Important Thing in Colored Pencil Drawing

Contrast matters more than colour choice in coloured pencil drawing. Here's why, and what to look for. Learn with me: 🌐 Website (tutorial library with progress tracking — UK, EU, US, Australia and New Zealand): https://www.gemmachambersart.com/memb... ✨ Patreon (all tutorials, all countries):   / gemmachambersart   📺 Subscribe on YouTube for new videos: youtube.com/c/gemmachambersart?sub_co... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The colours you choose matter less than you might think. What makes a coloured pencil drawing look realistic is contrast, and a lot of people don't push it far enough. In this video, I show two versions of the same drawing: one done with accurate colours, and one with a noticeably blue hue. The difference in realism is much smaller than you'd expect, because the contrast is doing most of the work. I also talk about what I think is the most common reason drawings don't look quite right — stopping too early. A lot of beginners build up their colours to a certain point and then stop, before the darks are dark enough and the lights are light enough. I show what happens when you take that further, and why that final push makes such a difference to the finished result. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Materials List As an Amazon associate I make a small commission on purchases made through these links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support :) Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils: https://amzn.to/2KVIoa4 Pencil Extender: https://amzn.to/36JknKX Strathmore Bristol Board Paper: https://amzn.to/3YynvVO Swordfish Ikon Sharpener: https://amzn.to/38e4wWd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explore my Channel    / gemmachambersart   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow me to see more! 💙 Facebook:   / gemmachambersart   ❤️ Instagram:   / gemmachambersart