Tutorial: Snakeskin / Scales in Coloured Pencil

[@Wilcoxmomma1103]

I really enjoyed this tutorial. I know it’s years later, but you really explain and demonstrate things that just make sense to me. I have no artistic ability or insight so I have to break it down then reconstruct and explore from there. Thank you❤ the green and purple/ blue are my absolute favorites!

[@ColourwithClaire]

Awesome, thank you!

[@autumnrain3844]

I just decided to color a dragon and was struggling so I decided to hit KZbin and you were here to save the day.

[@13Moondancer]

You really are a generous person to show us mere mortals your tips and tricks in your easy style 🙏

[@dawnmahoney4958]

Just love this tutorial. I have a few dragon pictures that I had no idea how to tackle, now I am feeling that maybe I will be able to try one. Thank you Claire

[@connieedwards6580]

Who knew snakeskin/scaled could look so great. Thank you. Love #2 & 3 the best

[@francine2206]

This would look awesome for mermaids as well. Great tutorial as usual. Thank you!

[@debbl7311]

Extremely helpful thank you so much! Love the black one

[@chawal78]

Claire you are the best I learned a lot and I was able to reach the next level I never get tired of watching your videos thank you very much ☺️

[@suzanneoffer3577]

Such a useful tutorial…great for mermaids, too

[@dariavitale7325]

You are the combo queen!

[@fionascott5492]

Claire really is 😊

[@nancyhappily9503]

What a surprise of combos of colors. I especially liked the greens, blues, and blacks. The white highlights really made them all pop. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@sarahstevenson6088]

I like them all but the greens are my favourite xx

[@adriengilfillan]

Thank you @Colour with Claire you have shown me an excellent way to do scales now I have the courage to tackle the dragon in Johanna Basford enchanted forest? The chinese dragon atvthd back of the book

[@dianebarker6868]

I was about to start a Kerby Rosanes dragon double spread and was going to do something different, but after seeing this, specifically the black, I am going to go in a totally different direction and I'm feeling excited and inspired! By the way, I just love the sound of your voice and I could listen to you all day!

[@ColourwithClaire]

Aww thank you!

[@EllieBeanz637]

Absolutely love the blacks 😍

[@arlenelewis1908]

Wow. Just the very thing I was yearning to learn, (that and moving water). Thank you so much Claire.

[@Mirrigold]

Excellent tutorial and a great idea for multiple surfaces, you could do a similar thing with bricks or stones as well as scales.

[@ColourwithClaire]

I have brick and cobblestone tutorials on here already xx

[@ajwinberg]

Loved this video. I loved all the combos. I think they are all very effective and really look like snake skin. You make every thing so simple and that's why I love your channel so much.

[@karendegoede4433]

So beautiful and very effective. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@suewilkinson910]

Those are really beautiful Claire. I love the red/orange combo best, but the blue comes next with greens close behind. They work so well.

[@susannebuchholz785]

That’s really gorgeous!I love the different combination of colours....snake skin looks great....✍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@galebee]

This is a brilliant tutorial, Claire! I love the blue scales but think they're all so effective. I've always struggled with scales now I can colour mermaids tails with more confidence.

[@debbien.3315]

Thank you for making something hard to color so much easier! I love all the combos but I love the green combo best. I started to color a snake with it it it's amazing the difference in the scales by just changing the true green and the chartreuse. I stopped and wrote down all the rest of the combos. The black looks really fun to try also.

[@pamcarr4963]

wow!!! awesome tutorial

[@kathyevers3910]

Perfect for me to try in my first Kerby Rosanes book. Super technique, time consuming but simple.

[@dominiquedoucet-lavigne4207]

Great tutorial! I think the blues are my favorites but the black looks amazing too! I'll be using this technique soon :)

[@pattytolliver2651]

I wished I had seen this video before I colored the Dragon's Eye in World Within Worlds, My picture would look different, Since I have finished coloring the scales , I guess I can add the white gel pen to make it look shiny. Thanks for showing us a new way to detail our pictures.

[@elainewines4687]

I really love all of them! Thanks Claire!

[@quitecolorist8274]

Beautiful! I love all the combos! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️

[@Mrsbooklover]

This was very helpful Claire, thank you so much. I really like the blue one as those blues with purples are some of my favourite colours 😊

[@fionascott5492]

Fantastic tutorial Claire ❤ I always love and use your colour combinations! I need to remember to leave a bit of white! I learn so many helpful and fantastic things from you. 🥰👌🥰

[@alli_went_bonkers]

This is fantastic...especially for coloring dragons, creatures I love who can be intimidating to color! Btw, some of us think you are “artistically brilliant,” working smarter, not harder! 😉👍🏻 I love (and value) the tips and tricks you teach that make my colored works look good, even when I don’t have the energy to scrutinize what I am coloring.

[@teranhoover2078]

I love how simple this is and yet you still get an amazing effect. ❤️

[@KeniDiane]

The scales look very cool, thank you, Claire! 💖

[@beckyorstevejohnson7838]

Another wonderful video from Claire! Love this. I have not colored one thing with scales yet but it was amazing to see the depth of color and then the shininess that you achieved with a simple technique. Thank you! Becky

[@victoriablanc761]

wow! what great combos and ideas. gives me a whole new way of looking at scales. I always thought they were so boring to do but now I have all kinds of new ideas. Love your stuff. thx for doing these.

[@rbdreamsart]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks.

[@janebeacham5941]

Absolutely amazed by this tutorial, it’s so simple but so so effective. I would have had no idea how to colour scales before but now I’m flicking through my books to see if I have anything scaly 🐍 lol. Really keen to try it out 😍

[@suzeh9535]

Can’t pick one fav, all fabulous 😍

[@Kirstycolourandsketch]

They all look fab but I’m drawn to the reds and black ones x

[@margaretsmith9954]

Thank you for sharing Claire 💖🇬🇧

[@catlady256]

great tutorial as always, hard to choose as they are all brilliant. I am originally from the UK Birmingham now living in Australia so I love to hear your accent :)

[@cassiezcreates2878]

Oh wow, thank you Claire!! This is much needed. I always struggle with coloring scales. Beautiful work!

[@jocelynemontevrain]

Bonjour Claire. Merci pour ce tuto 😊 je n'aurais pas penser à utiliser de telles couleurs pour les écailles, c'est très joli. Je n'ai pas les prisma mais les polychromos et les luminance, j'essaierai d'adapter les combos 👍😘😘😘😘

[@tjmce101]

Thank you soooo much. I've just purchased Colouring Heaven's Dragon's Special and after completing my first one (with no help) I thought I'd have a look to see if there were any good tutorials to help make my work better. . Luckily I found your video very quickly and have now xomplwtely changed my technique. Thank you so much for making a brulliant, easy to follow video. . Watched more than my share of videos that claim to be tutorials but are nothing more than people showing off. . Your video is amazing!! I will be back to check out more of tour videos whenever I'm looking for ways to imorove. Have a great day. Terry.

[@ColourwithClaire]

Thanks Terry!

[@scruffyscrubs5468]

What a neat subject! Beautiful! Thank you!

[@barbarathompson2314]

Brilliant. I am saving this one cuz I love the combo so much. And I got the "Back in Black" reference from AC/DC. Rock On!!🧚‍♀️ Sorry I can't pick a favourite.

[@chawal78]

Claire eres lo máximo e aprendido mucho mucho e podido llegar al siguiente nivel no me canso de ver tus vídeo mil gracias ☺️

[@ColourwithClaire]

Thank you Joshua!

[@melissalong7387]

You are AMAZING Claire...you have an ability to take something that seemed impossible and make me feel like now it is totally doable! Thank you for all your tutorial videos...I am now going to go look for any snakes, fish, or maybe even dragons (all of which I have been too scared to color) and give your method a try...I look forward to your videos more than you will ever know!

[@patriciasarginson7243]

Thanks for the inspiration Claire.

[@sundancesladytiffany3995]

Thank you so much for this, I love your tutorials......

[@CubNan]

Great tutorial, as always.

[@dawnblank593]

Thanks again Claire. Love the color combos. Can’t wait to try them out.

[@kendraiacouzze4930]

I have avoided several different illustrations by Alena Lazareva because of scales. Yeaaaa I can try now. Thanks so much for a great tutorial 💖💎💓

[@vimsa55]

I really liked them all, specially the green and blue, I think I ll try them out in my book now 😁😁 That black was so great and so lively-look I dont dare using it. Vipers in Norway look ecactly that way and Im terrified of them! Guess thats great feedback for you, you made it so realistic-looking I got scared! 🤣 Thanks Claire, I ll now try out my first snake 😁😁😁

[@drdmom9700]

Love them all!

[@AnnieMorandArtisteFlyée]

Ooohhh I LOVE the third one...🤩 I'm definitely gonna try it on my Mermaid colorings ! I will also attempt a Turquoise/Blue-Green combo as well. Yay! Thanks for the Tutorial Claire 🤗💖

[@carolhowell3671]

Thank you this is very helpful!😊

[@catherineharper6927]

Love them all

[@traceycromwell864]

I have passed so many pages in my coloring books, especially pictures like Medusa in Kerby Rosanes, bcuz I didnt know how to color a snake. Thank you for this video. Also, I can use the orange/red combos to color fish in Johanna Basford World of Flowers book. My favorite were the green & blue combos.

[@Jgilmer42]

Love this Claire! Whenever I get my Arteza pencils I'm going to do something close what you're doing, just with Artezas. Thanks hun for doing this video.

[@sallyannmales4676]

Claire my favorite is blues

[@janicechurchman1192]

Brilliant tutori.al as always, Claire. I have a snake picture that I have been looking at all day! I had an idea in my head of what I wante to do and have been trying different things all day, but nothing was working. I'm going to draw these scales on it which will help me immensly ❤️

[@ColourwithClaire]

Glad it was helpful!

[@amberlesilencia3728]

Awesome tutorial!

[@Boobatz490]

Thank you so much for the tutorial Claire, I am now ready to tackle dragons😁. I think I like the blue and black ones best, but they all look beautiful.

[@dianahiatt80]

Wonderful! loved them all. what combos would you use for brown scales?

[@rbunk2495]

I like them all! What would you use for pinks and pastel lavenders??

[@jamiiiepilton1530]

Love this ❤️

[@honeybreath]

Thanks for this very useful video :)

[@becmelville913]

Thanks for a great tutorial Claire! all the colour combos were really interesting - I liked the blue/purple one the best. I'm going to test this technique on the sea snakes in Lost Ocean now. I'll share it with you on Instagram when I'm finished. :-)

[@ann-or6ev]

My fave is the black/greys

[@mariamary6294]

Hi Claire thanks for doing this for us. I have written do all the colours for reference to use later. Could you do the same for sample of pastel colours for fairies and magically creatures ?

[@slhs18]

This technique is great only if you want to get a more accurate snake skin look its better to gradient the lighter tone on the outer curve and apply the deepest tone to the inner vee. Basically reversing the order of the colors. It makes it look much more realistic.

[@KlingonPrincess]

Thank for for the tutorial. They are all beautiful. One question, what led you choose cool grays instead of warm to go with the reds?

[@ColourwithClaire]

It reminded me of koi carp scales, they're more silvery x

[@sarriedoherty4577]

Love the tutorial. But wouldn't the darker colour be under the scale on top, and thus opposite to where you put it?

[@MartianCandies]

Thank you SO SO SO much for this, I needed it soooo badly for my giant nature Naga (basically a mermaid but with a snake tail instead) character Im drawing, but I didn't know how to go about coloring scales, as I didn't want it to just be flat colored. This is so so perfect for it!!!! Thank you so much again, and it's funny because every color combo you did here represents a Naga character I have lmfao, it's like I was meant to find this vid!!!

[@ColourwithClaire]

It's fate!

[@MartianCandies]

@@ColourwithClaire indeed!!! You definitely earned a sub from me, i love your personality and how you go so in-depth, love your colored pencil blending vids too!! Another perk of wax based pencils that I've found out is that if they're constantly breaking when sharpening, if you wrap them in a steaming towel i think, there's a few methods people use, but basically it melts the wax back together so you don't waste half your pencil sharpening it (',',',',':

[@AnnieMorandArtisteFlyée]

Claire, could you please write down each color combos (number and names) in the description box ? That would be so helpful 😁 Thank you in advance!!! 🤗

[@kerry4421]

Another great video Claire. Will you be finishing your Christmas Post colour along video or are you going to wait until next christmas to finish?

[@ColourwithClaire]

In all honesty, I'm not sure. I started it and then my Grandad and aunt passed away within 6 days. I feel a little stuck with it for that reason xx

[@catherineharper6927]

Thank you

[@ahippy8972]

What brand are those pencils? They are beautifully pigmented

[@ellym279]

Dear Claire. I watched the dark velvet roses on my cell phone, but now I cannot find it here. Where would I find it together with the name of the artist on Etsy. Thank you so much.

[@ColourwithClaire]

I think you're looking for Claire Holoway's channel lovely x

[@lisafeldman1073]

May I have permission to post this in our FB group?

[@ColourwithClaire]

Yes of course!

[@Artistmom2011]

Mermaid tails.. :) and dragons. Lol

[@joannakuzyk4983]

Are you going to buy some crayons for testing in the near future?

[@ColourwithClaire]

Which crayons?

[@joannakuzyk4983]

@@ColourwithClaire Master 150 Colored Pencil? Colored Pencils Set Schpirerr Farben? In addition, you are doing very nice reviews of coloring books and crayons. I look forward to new color combinations with arteza pencils.

[@jdbuder]

Thank you