Coloring a Grayscale Horse with Prismacolors

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This is my tutorial (Ruth Sanderson) on coloring a horse, using Prismacolor Premier colored pencils for a blood-red bay, from my book The World of Horses. The color palette and directions are also below-
Light Peach (PC927),
Mineral Orange (PC1033)
Burnt Ochre(PC 943)
Chestnut (PC 1081)
BLENDER: Prismacolor Colorless Blender
1. Start with layers of the Light Peach over highlight areas first, overlapping the surrounding mid-tones.
2. Work in a number of layers of Mineral Orange over the entire horse. Follow the direction the coat grows with your strokes as much as you can.
3. Add more layers with Burnt Ochre (a slightly darker tone), working it especially into darker areas, usually the undersides and contours away from the top-light source.
4. Use Chestnut, the darkest color, for outlining and carefully deepening shadow areas, eyes. Accent eyes with a Dark Brown. (I suggest a Dark Gray and a medium Cool Gray for the mane. Hit highlights with Cloud Blue or a Light Gray. Save Black for last if you feel you need it.)
5. Go back in with the two medium coat colors, and the light pencil in lighter areas, to blend everything together, pressing a bit harder to burnish the colors together, and hitting the highlights again with the lightest pencil. Use more Mineral Orange in lighter areas and more Burnt Ochre in darker areas.
6. A Powder or Cloud Blue works well over shadow areas of white blaze.
7. For an even smoother finish try blending with Gamsol or a colorless marker, making sure you have enough layers of pigment on the paper. (Note: blending pencils do not work very well on grayscale, as they can sometimes bring the gray back up.)
8. Optional: You can add even more layers and colors after you blend with the marker or Gamsol if you want to add more detail/color.
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[@nickimontie]

I just ordered 12 Dancing Princesses and rewatching all your vids as I wait for it to arrive! ♡

[@alexandrasmith8296]

I love the book and hope to see you publish more horse grayscale coloring books in the future😍🙏🏻

[@tndrhrt64]

Thank you for a fabulous tutorial. Look forward to seeing more, so I can watch the whole picture being colored. I have always put in my own shading and highlights, and have only done one grayscale so far. I found it more difficult to do. It is a learning process. This video made it a bit easier for me to understand. Hopefully, this will make it easier for me to do more grayscale illustrations.

[@alexandrasmith8296]

Just bought this book and can’t wait to get it and do this tutorial!😍

[@desgagneannie4005]

Hi, Ruth, So so wonderful work!!! Please, can you tell me what kind of white marker you use for the final blending and where can I buy it? Thank you and continue your beautiful work!

[@RuthSanderson]

I used a Prismacolor colorless marker, not a pencil blender . Sometimes I use Gamsol oderless mineral spirits using make-up Q-tips. Just make sure you have enough layers of pigment on the paper before blending. (Note: Colorless blending pencils do not work very well on grayscale in my experience, as they can sometimes bring the gray back up.) I plan a blending tutorial soon with 5 ways to blend grayscale.

[@desgagneannie4005]

Hi Ruth, Can I know which blender do you use in this video? Thank you so much.

[@RuthSanderson]

I used a Prismacolor colorless marker blender. Sometimes I use Gamsol oderless mineral spirits using make-up Q-tips. Just make sure you have enough layers of pigment on the paper before blending. (Note: Colorless blending pencils do not work very well on grayscale in my experience, as they can sometimes bring the gray back up.)

[@gloriastendal1868]

I am specifically looking for a Norwegian Fjord Horse. Can you tell me if you have one in your horse coloring book? Or maybe you plan to include one in your next coloring book? I mainly need a portrait including the two tone mane that is so distinctive on the Norwegian Fjord Horse. I plan to do a homeschool lesson plan for my children on the animals of Norway, but am missing a good Norwegian Fjord Horse that shows the distinctive detail of the face and mane. Or maybe you or someone else might know of one they can recommend to me. Thanks.

[@RuthSanderson]

Sorry, I don't have a Fjord in this book. Next horse book I do , I'll include one, but that won't be too soon.

[@gloriastendal1868]

@@RuthSanderson Thank you for the reply. It is nice of you to consider including one in your next book. I will be looking forward to it, even if I find something else to use in the meantime. Thanks again.

[@marygraydon7156]

Is the back of the page white or grey please ? In this book

[@RuthSanderson]

The paper is white, but the image is in grayscale.

[@astoria791]

why is the video image SO small? ruins it.