COLOURED PENCILS - Lesson & Project for Beginners

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

Hope you find this coloured pencils lesson and project useful. I'll be uploading more projects like this (and a bit more advanced) in the coming weeks. There are lots more of my free lessons over at ArtKula.com if you don't want to wait!

[@gaiaphoenix18]

You are an excellent instructor who broke these foundational skills down in a truly understandable and doable fashion. Thank you for the lesson!

[@gil4you]

Vielen Dank Phil für die wunderbare Anleitung und die PDF zum download

[@angelawatercolour4759]

Best coloured pencil video I've seen. Most people concentrate on application. Choosing the colours was really useful.

[@chenkeith7272]

I like that it is step by step in real time and shows the whole process with a reference photo as guidance and comparison. Awesome especially the real time and dtrp by step

[@snuuby5468]

Phil, I wanted to thank you for the informative and helpful tutorial. Your explanation of how and why you chose those colours with such a limited palette was very enlightening. It was helpful to see how you started laying down the colours and creating transitions. Your thought process was well-described and easy to follow. Additionally, I really appreciate your easy-to-listen voice.

[@kittygreenwoodmusic]

Thank you Phil. My previous attempts at drawing have ended in frustration but your thoughtful videos are exactly what I need to get started again.

[@gholdrege8989]

Thank you for your help with us beginners. It is helping me with My mental health.

[@piedaderudman6043]

You have made such a beautiful and thorough explanation on the colour transitions. Just what I needed. You've really encouraged me to give this a go. Thank you so much! 😊🙏

[@gordonstrong5232]

I love this channel, great to see a new video!

[@susanobyrnes1524]

This was one of the best pencil video’s I’ve watched ! Thank you

[@christinearnold-green8540]

Sooo looking forward to the fried egg -so realistic!

[@B3Kusa]

You're the best instructor for me, anyway. Thank you so much ❤

[@RobertFinger-e8f]

Great video. Very well explained. Thank you!

[@jeanalford7020]

I loved that lesson on the Pear. Thanks so much. Looking forward to the rest of them.

[@teresaemery1339]

It’s the simple subjects which teach best, I think. All paintings are made of simple subjects, each needs individual attention and then continuity within the composition.

[@barbaragemin5117]

Great to watch this excellent demo again after several years. I needed a refresher lesson, and it’s really very thorough. After the first time I watched it, I did a very satisfying drawing of a doorway from the south of France, which is now framed and hung up. Thanks again Phil.

[@FMC-wf3nq]

First good video I've seen and tried. Excellent!!

[@piedaderudman6043]

Love your videos Phil! You explain how to use the colours extremely well. Thank you so much for your help. 😊🙏

[@yellowrose7405]

This is an excellent lesson demo. I like how you compare and get a feel for the original photo on what colors will emulate the color of the pear. I am new to colored pencils and techniques and looking forward to giving it a try with my own projects. Thank you.

[@rosiefarrell3833]

Brilliant, Phil. Thank you !

[@TheSfsdfds]

Just getting started. This’ll really help!

[@khrysnv9080]

Woow you've just show me that I don't need the biggest set of colors to create real pieces of art 😮👏

[@suehenningsgaard8976]

Phil: I am currently enrolled in your Draw Awesome course and loving it. I have never done anything with colored pencils, but I sure am looking forward to doing some in your Draw Awesome course now!!

[@stephenwelham]

Brilliant lesson as always regards Steve

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

Thanks Steve :)

[@deannakent600]

Thank you, Phil. I loved this video. I've just read through your free guide and I'm looking forward to creating this drawing and learning how to use colored pencils. Your future projects also seem interesting and challenging.

[@DorothyStansfield]

You are always brilliant

[@shirleycovey7309]

Beautiful art!! Thank you.

[@skipperry63]

You make it look so easy! Wow!

[@marytesta3003]

Thank you for a fabulous tutorial. Watching step by step is really helpful.

[@MsAlliances]

Outstanding! Thank you for sharing ❤

[@sophiebella53]

Great video! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@Arquitekt]

Amazing! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jackieconnell7183]

brilliant, moved on from colour pencils but will go back and try this pear, cheers

[@dougg1075]

Awesome

[@janeoliver6379]

Really inspiring video. Thank you

[@DesertAZ]

Great tutorial.

[@shasta.learns]

Thank you so much. I hated it the whole time then the last 2 minutes it came together better than ever before

[@juliesulinski5814]

Thanks! This was very helpful.

[@hkjt-q7c]

Very impressive lesson👍👍👍

[@suzanneboily5224]

Perfect love it

[@pradipkotecha4058]

Hi Phil. Hope this finds you safe and well. I have just recently subscribed to your channel...a quick look into it found me mesmerized and am looking forward to your tutorials and teachings with drawing and colouring:). Especially as i have just been through a major surgery (have recovered very well and am semi retiring from Photography-although as I love it passionately wont be totally hanging my cameras yet:)) Thank you so much for your selfless acts:). Stay safe and blessed my friend.

[@judyeinberg2157]

Phil, thank you for the pear drawing. Have tried 2 drawings with watercoloured pencils. Watered one and not the other. It might be the brand of pencils but better with the watered one. Loved the exercise. Getting quite excited with what I’m trying. 😀👍 Judy E. Aust.

[@raycarter4030]

this is a truly fantastic tutorial. But you know that luminous green you rejected at the start? that would have beautifully given you that reflected light green at the bottom of the apple.

[@Mahbubaartandcraft]

Fantastic 😍😍😍😍

[@vivarium6754]

This is awesome!! really easy to follow the instruction and techniques. Hope you can make a tutorial about how to draw a pearl with colors pencils. Thank you in advance🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ love your videos!!

[@mieczyslawapascoe7234]

Thank you for this great lesson. I'm a complete beginner but still managed to pick up a few valuable tips eg. mixing /transitioning colours or living the highlights free. I would be grateful for some general advice as to paper; should it be smooth or toothy etc. When I draw the paper gets clogged up and won't take more pencil at some point.

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

If you download the free ebook from the link beneath the video it covers paper recommendations for coloured pencils

[@mieczyslawapascoe7234]

@@PhilDaviesArtist Thank you.

[@91004941]

Hi Did thisturned out great, did not have all the colours, still good.

[@brentboyer79]

Being colorblind I tend to use less colors. I just work on getting values right rather than trying to match color.

[@dougg1075]

I can see colors and use the same technique. Values are more important than color

[@umerjawwad6085]

You should use graphit or charcoal then

[@freddywines6431]

I'd imagine you're a better artist because it's harder to concieve the colors you use, my gratitude goes to you ❤

[@donwalls8192]

I like prismacolor pencils which are wax based. But I also like inktence water soluble.

[@sharonbroadrick5341]

Swatching colors as you have before beginning is something I’ve never seen with colored pencil, only other mediums.,I learned so much! Thank you. Wat paper do you recommend?

[@עליזהכץ]

Thanks for the video @PhilDaviesArtist! Could you write how the paper you use is called? And in general, what is the best paper for coloured pencils? Thanks in advanced!

[@jayvee1387]

i have crayola colored pencils in hand and im ready! Wish me luck... 🤣

[@B3Kusa]

Thank you sooooo much ❤❤❤❤❤

[@glynnismcc4549]

Thank you. A very useful exercise. I did use a blender pen, however, because I unwisely (I'm still experimenting with paper) used a textured pastel paper. Even pressing hard left lots of paper showing through but the blender worked well. Can you recommend paper that works well with coloured pencils?

[@SuzanneCarmichael-j9h]

If you buy the Faber Castellated 24 pencils today, the colors/numbers are different, at least they are in set I bought from Amazon in U.S.

[@averyandrewgardner614]

Just a beginner with coloured pencils. Where do I find your ebook?

[@renel7303]

If you click on the title it's in the description. Click on "more" to find it. Happy drawing. 😊

[@dee8212]

Hi, always enjoy your videos. I have the Fabriano toned paper, sand colour, and I've struggled to colour on it. Am I doing something wrong? I still see like holes, if I can say that, where the pencil has not coloured and when I rub over with my finger or tissue, the colour wipes off, leaving it looking dull and like I've not coloured much. I've used Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils.

[@misakmisakyan3051]

excelent!

[@مرشدمرشد]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@selmaopler8962]

😊

[@AmritaKarve-p6z]

How do you start off with the initial deawing if you are already using a white piece of paper? a white colored pencil wont show. Help 😬

[@alanmason_za]

How did you transfer/trace your original drawing to your drawing paper, please?

[@pavel-zq5yq]

hey what do you mean by squinting the eyes exactly ? I'm not sure I get this right I can"t see the shadows any better trying to squint or close my eyes what am I doing wrong ?

[@misakmisakyan3051]

excelent

[@terrikionka4057]

Where is the reference photo

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

See the link beneath in the video (in the video description)

[@debrastrayer8600]

Gheeze, take a photograph. Good technique practice tho.

[@ginabisaillon2894]

Why would you want it to look like a photograph?

[@ginalarson]

It's called realism!

[@rmalus10297]

You mean what someone else did a couple years ago.

[@WallyMahar]

🤓really?.🤨🙄

[@pesto12601]

and this is why I don't care of colored pencils... they are too fiddley and take waaayyy too long to produce results. A watercolor painting could be done in 1/3 the time.

[@renel7303]

It isn't a race to see who gets finished first. You see fiddley, others might see an opportunity to focus and meditate while expanding their observational abilities. Plenty of room for all techniques.

[@pesto12601]

@@renel7303 Sure.. depends upon what your goals are... my goal is to create something tangible in the 30-60 minutes a week I might have available to me. If you have 3 hours to create a small object with colored pencils and enjoy the layering and blending of 5 shades of the same color... then more power to you! 🙂

[@eliciabonnie]

Why are you even commenting on a video about colored pencils technique? People watching this are actually ready to spend that extra time because they love colored pencils. It's like if I were to go to a watercolor painting video and say how that is not for me because I hate brushes (and it's not, because I couldn't care less about watercolor).

[@pesto12601]

@@eliciabonnieWell.. if you did do that I would say.. GREAT! you are sharing YOUR OPINION with others.. making conversation and perhaps sparking a lively debate about brushes and watercolor... that is what the COMMENTS section of youtube is for. Thx for reading my comment and starting a conversation about it! 🙂

[@eliciabonnie]

@@pesto12601 but this is not a debate it's you telling us we should use something else, like none of us ever tried other methods to draw. We're into colored pencils, we don't care if watercolor painting takes less time. That's not the point. We want tricks to improve with pencils, not brushes. For that we'd obviously be watching the wrong video. So if you don't care, don't comment here to patronize colored pencils users about the wrongs of our choices and rights of yours. Newsflash we don't care.