How to draw gold / metallic object with colored pencils -- A golden beetle.

In this tutorial, i am sharing some tips for drawing gold or metallic objects in general. I am drawing a golden beetle for the demo as i find it easy to understand the basics with that. I have used prismacolor pencils and faber castell polychromos pencils for the demo.
Time taken for the drawing -- 1.5 hours.
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[@ArsPraestigium]

I can't possibly imagine why 100 people could give this excellent instructional video a thumbs down. This is genuinely excellent from start to finish.

[@cowimmabitch93]

maybe they liked it upside down

[@aoualisouhila1329]

Totally agree !

[@paulamorgan8030]

I think they're jealous. Notice the Debbie Downers never comment their reason why! Jealous.

[@DigitalAscensionSI]

They most likely couldn't do it right

[@user-jx7wr3br9c]

Coz they can't draw

[@teachmechinese]

I'm a complete beginner, just bought me a set of colour pencils. I copied your beetle tutorial and am thoroughly impressed with the result. Thanks so much!!! Great tutorial!!

[@PureEnragement]

Fadil I love your tutorials! They are easy to understand and follow and you have a relaxing voice. I also like that you clearly list everything needed.

[@cindyb1716]

Thank you so much for these incredible tips... so many in one video I really enjoyed watching you ! Thanks again

[@mistiwjordan3268]

At the end of the video with the shadow shavings how many people blew on their screen, I did guilty 🤣very talented and beautiful work thank you I love it

[@ArtFadil]

😂 thank you

[@carlaa.1617]

Thank you again for another one of your wonderful tutorials :) I have always wanted to see someone create gold with coloured pencils on a video.

[@ArtFadil]

its my pleasure :)

[@crystalfranklin2583]

This is absolutely amazing! Wow! Thank you for sharing your technique and talent!

[@basedbattledroid3507]

You are really talented; thank you for sharing your techniques!

[@Euphoriafoxart]

Baby oil is about to be my new best friend! thank you for this video!

[@Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook]

I use baby oil for cleaning cooker

[@aribakhan1975]

@@Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook who needs to know that? Lol

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

Thank you - I have been struggling with drawing/painting reflective surfaces and this really helps! Off to explore some of your other videos.

[@ArtFadil]

+Shoshi Platypus Thank you so much 😀

[@JLConawayII]

That's really cool how it comes together like that.

[@pattigraham9130]

YOU ARE AMAZING! I never would have imagined you could create this golden metallic beetle this way! I have been hoping to find a tutorial that would show the process, thank you so much! I'm subscribing tonight!

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you so much :D

[@asiamarl]

Amazing how this came together

[@beekeenkidsart]

Stunning 👍🏻

[@agnesk5250]

It's insane how great this looks. You are amazing.

[@BEADSAREME]

Wow, that looks like gold. It came out beautifully. If I didn’t see it with my own eyes I wouldn’t believe it. Excellent!

[@rainseed1]

Fantastic lesson, Thank you!

[@brianhanington470]

Magnificent. You are truly inspiring. Thank you!

[@yoursdreamss5496]

amazing effect! 😁😁

[@RichaPatranabis]

you deserve WAY more subscribers! I like how you're mentioning the colours and materials you used.

[@ArtFadil]

thank you so much :)

[@shannonkachline8667]

Thank you! You are so good at this

[@baldwinleatherworks]

Love your excellent tip about using photoshop to identify colors to aid in selecting your color pencil palette. ❤️🙏

[@MistiqueMakeup]

Wow, this is amazing

[@brendawillems792]

Great!!! And tanks for the tip of this kind of airbrush way!

[@3xquisiteLat]

This was beautifully done🙌👌

[@alejandrahuerta427]

Beautiful work!😍 Thank you for your information.

[@silkeschumann7261]

The thumbnail looks perfect where as the bigger and more detailed the image the flatter it became. Though gold presents hard edges within these color patches you still have a gradient produced by light and shades of a 3D form. You can improve this image by introducing a little light and shadow.

[@farhangilani9773]

Thanks for the process and basic knowledge about this.

[@jmciudice]

This is amazing! So much talent.

[@Inkjourney]

Loving this, it's so nice to have someone explain their process. I have spent many hours wondering how some processes are done in a range of media.

[@lizaomara5657]

A great tutorial, thank you

[@CassiopeaInGame]

Really amazing! It looks so realistic! Great!

[@ArtFadil]

thank you so much :)

[@hittingthewall]

Gorgeous!

[@earndoggy]

That is astonishing! Well done! Thanks for sharing.

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you :)

[@HirundoArvensis]

I just bought a box of Prismacolor Premier, waiting them to arrive. Your videos will be of great help for me to understand how to use them at best. I am really grateful for what you do, thank you!

[@ethereal778]

WOW. This is amazing

[@koroblynxthe13th75]

THANK YOU for this! I tried drawing metallic things with no reference and it looked weird! The color picker idea is spot on! (I need red for example for a recent project) This video helped me so much!

[@suzanneoffer3577]

A wonderful tutorial! Thank you

[@it4719]

Thank you. I will keep learning from you.

[@Vikram70345]

Fantastic video. One of the best on this topic. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindagreenwood9055]

Thank you so much-this was a really helpful video,I will certainly watch more.

[@wadebradley7388]

You are an amazing artist.

[@ajarofpotential]

Fabulous! Thank you so much for this vid. You make it look so simple, very impressive results too. Hope mine look this good!

[@leilabrito2983]

Impressionante. Parabéns.

[@DremicosART]

This will help me in my future works thanks.

[@thepinkprayingmantis6541]

YOUR ART IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!

[@43110s]

Wow! You are a wizard with pencils !!! Amazing! And you are a great tutor! And a great artist!! Thank you for sharing your tips and drawings. You are awesome! : )

[@ArtFadil]

+43110s Thank you so much :D

[@lebronfitzgerald8129]

Woah. Dope drawing

[@JRSK99]

Ficou maravilhoso 😍👏

[@suewilkinson910]

Amazing. It just comes to life.

[@ArtFadil]

+Sue Wilkinson Thank you :)

[@celinejeenaa8904]

Really beautiful ! thank you for teaching us your technical

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you for watching :)

[@None.of.ya.business666]

Until the baby oil blending I thought 'Yeah. Right. Ha. Ha.' But all of a sudden - that thing started shining, and when you finally added the shadows I had to pick up by lower jaw from the floor. Wow! This is amazing!

[@marthiescholer4565]

WOH thanks!!!!! Very good.

[@jmoss55ish]

You are so very talented!

[@morningmoon97]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!!!

[@ArtFadil]

My pleasure :)

[@biggdaddyyourhonor5418]

Very good instructional video!

[@MsAmelia1957]

How anyone can say this looks flat I don't know, it's great, I wish I could get a gold effect like this, thanks for sharing, love it.

[@ScaryFear]

amelia garner, self righteous wanna be critics say things like this when they can't even draw a stick figure. Always best to leave positive comments than negative. I totally agree with you. This was a great tutorial and it is very helpful. Not flat at all. The person that said that probably has flat eyes.

[@MsAmelia1957]

@@ScaryFear Lol flat eyes, but yeah your right they must have.

[@ScaryFear]

@@MsAmelia1957 Glad you liked it.

[@davidmaraman855]

Absolutely superb sir. Thank you! 🎉

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you 😍

[@wheelzworld3858]

That's amazing!!! I'm a beginner and I'm just starting back again after not doing anything for over a year. I need to work on basics, but the first drawing I plan to do has a root beer color, so this helped a bit with the colors used. I know my colors will vary some because I'm doing shiny gold. But this is a great tutorial! I just hope I can pull off the desired color I'm going for. Thank you for the video!

[@preciousfox4740]

this is incredible!

[@Sweetgirl-ev6bs]

Omg sooo beautiful 😱

[@bizzitsharma3757]

Terrific Artt

[@KanyeMiddleEast47]

Thank you so much this helped me draw the gold sections in my first poster drawing. Its one of my most nostalgiac posters in my room and now i have a lot of them

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you. I am so glad i could help

[@TheMargaretfletcher]

Stunning

[@ArtFadil]

+TheMargaretfletcher Thank you :)

[@CoxJoxSox]

You do a great job teaching - nice work

[@SathishKumar-pw9fu]

Glad to see you after looooooong time...Nice tutorial anyway!!!!

[@ArtFadil]

haha thank you :D

[@PabloPazosGutierrez]

really nice!

[@yaseminertas5113]

so good !

[@jasm6094]

Good instructions thanks

[@zahrahahmed2996]

Can you use baby oil on normal Faber castle color pencils? And can any oil do as a substitute? Like coconut

[@sharonc6721]

Wow really nice job.

[@elpneto9303]

Awesome. You are a great teacher.

[@ArtFadil]

+Eloisa Pazos Nieto thank you :)

[@lynettemb4532]

WOW, what a truly amazing artist you are. You have an incredible gift - Thank you for sharing :)

[@ArtFadil]

+Lynette Boxall thank you :)

[@Lapinquisautille]

wow! you're very talented!

[@rosemoody9804]

Wow...thank you!

[@manas1021]

Hi.. I do follow your colouring.. Can you suggest me which paper to use with prisma colour pencils.. I love to blend colours without any other material.. Thank you

[@hills625]

You are really awesome! Your tutorials are so helpful!

[@ArtFadil]

+valliq iren Thank you :)

[@hills625]

+Art@Fadil my pleasure!:)

[@cattuccinofung8376]

What a beautiful buggie !

[@AnnaCher]

great job! I like it! Welcome!

[@lesleychapple4424]

Wow! Thankyou.

[@ArtFadil]

+Lesley Chapple my plesure :)

[@dg092163]

Very cool using the pencil shavings!! I was wondering if there was a use for the shaving because I hate wasting any of my colored pencils!!

[@JoseTorres-sl2eq]

Can you tell me the source music you use on background? Its amazing soft and perfect for instructional videos like this one. I would like to get it for a space animation.

[@antoniskyriakou327]

You are a master!

[@angierangel9522]

I love your work

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you :D

[@cateyes3813]

This is very good, but how do I know where to apply the dark/light areas on something other than this beetle 🪲 and something that I don't have a reference picture for? Like an object or the inside of a clock tower in a colouring book?

[@designsofluid8308]

Amazing!

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you :D

[@vikibanaszak4881]

This is amazing! I hate using metallic pencils. They never really look like metal. Thanks so much for showing this.

[@ArtFadil]

Yea they are almost useless. Thank you :)

[@eddiebear34]

what you using to push the baby oil around. is it just a brush?

[@juliem4259]

This is an awesome video. Do you also color bronze statue with the teal patina on it?

[@ludwigvaneugenio9215]

Thank you so much for sharing of this video GOD Bless..

[@whiskitty]

learnt something new. thank you!

[@ArtFadil]

Glad i could help :D

[@russellwickham8709]

Awesome

[@wellend]

very beautiful

[@SaturnCrashing]

I never thought of using baby oil! I have used odorless mineral spirits but it needs many layers first or the "grain" will still show.

[@ncstonecrew]

You can use the baby oil on the Bristol as well without distorting the paper?

[@Reengaaram]

That baby oil is for what, please reply

[@PriscillaStardust]

Beautiful Work

[@ArtFadil]

Thank you :D

[@marlisetp]

Thank you so much.

[@romygime5822]

Great work. fantastic how you produce gold from browns, amazing the blending of colours Great music I usually don't like background music

[@karenvasey4888]

How do I or someone make brass for coloring I would like to know I have some books with musical instruments everything isn't silver please help thank you Karen vasey