How to Draw Holly Leaves - Christmas Colour Pencil Drawing

[@carolj-m8685]

Would be interesting to see the original image for our reference.

[@ramintaart]

Such a lovely drawing and very well explained! ⛄

[@fuzzydragons]

the leaves have a nice shiny waxy look to them 🙂

[@MohKouba-kv1wx]

Well done

[@paulinedavis3660]

You are amazing 👏

[@rev.bobertbockstop7057]

I am commenting here because it is the latest post by you I could find. I admire your skill and fine technique with colored pencil. I am a professional level artist who worked for years with oil and acrylic however of late I have come back to pure drawing which was my earliest love as a child just starting out in art. I have really been drawn to the colored pencil. I am 69 years of age now with some tremors in my right and left hands from wounds and PTSD I got in combat in 1992 in Serbia while serving 20 years with Norway’s Jaegerkommandoen which is the Norwegian version of the American Navy Seal. My first degrees before I joined the service were in the fine arts in oil painting and drawing. I never used colored pencil but love it now. My problem is the pencils strokes. I have no trouble drawing form and fine detail but pencil strokes, say on reproducing human skin, is problematic for me. I have a tendency to let the skin color and strokes get streaky no matter how lightly or finely I try to apply the color. Part of my problem is my tremors but they don’t keep me from doing good drawing. My problem is the coloring of human skin on whatever paper I am using. I looked at your video on pencil strokes and it has helped. Any other tips or ideas on how to improve my coverage without turning skin blotchy or streaky? I know you are probably very busy but any advice would be appreciated. Thank you so much. Your pencil work is excellent. Your channel well done and so helpful. If I can get these pencil strokes under control I may be able to keep my subjects from looking like they have a tropical disease and a bad sunburn all at the same time. Thanks for reading this! Sorry for any typos or auto corrects.

[@FlickfX2]

Hello,do you have any tips for getting good quality reference photos

[@BesideMys3lf]

I would like to bud in and say that sometimes the best references can literally just come off of google, just google what you want and draw it :)