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Let's talk today about picking and mixing colors for colored pencil drawings. This is something that think lot of people feel very overwhelmed by. It feels like very tricky task, but actually want to show you today the methods that use to select colors. And hopefully you'll see it's not as tricky as you might expect. Now, let's start off by thinking about the tools that use to select colors. And the most important tool that have is my set of color swatches. Now, for every set of pencils that own, make set of swatches. This is something that you'll need to make. It's not something you can buy. So, on the kind of paper that I'm going to draw on, what do is go through every single color in the set. go from as light as can go to as dark as can go, and then label it. And generally speaking, lay this out in kind of rainbow order so that have all of my reds together, all of my yellows together. And I'm going to heavily use this to select my colors. So, generally speaking, you don't want to select colors based on the barrel of the pencil or the lead. That doesn't tend to be accurate. These color swatches show you what the pencil actually looks like on the paper. Now, creating these color swatches is reasonably time consuming, but it's not something that needs doing frequently. My color swatches that I've got here are at least 5 years old, and I'm not planning on redoing them at any point soon. So, I'm going to be able to use these color swatches to compare my drawing to my reference photo and these swatches to work out which color is the best match. And I'll talk you through that in second. We can select some colors looking at this lollipop. Now, another thing to think about before we get started is that when selecting colors, you don't expect the match to be perfect. And actually, this lollipop is going to be great example of that. So, my set of pencils that I'm using to create this is the set of 60 Polychromos. So, do have 60 colors to select from, which you'd think would be enough to get perfect matches, but it's not. So, what want to be doing at all times is thinking about the closest color, the best match that have at this point. And what we're then going to do is mix colors together, selecting that best match, putting one color on top of another to make new colors that are closer to what can see in my reference photo. Now, the whole key to this is something called layering. This is where the colored pencil is lightly built one on top of another to mix these colors together. We want to always be working lightly with the pencil and gradually building up those colors until eventually we end up with color that matches that reference photo pretty well. So, let's actually start drawing this lollipop and I'll show you bit clearer what mean. Now, before we get into the drawing, if you want to go through this with me in lot more detail, do have full tutorial available on my website. will go through the whole process in so much more detail than I'm able to in this YouTube video. In fact, have not only this lollipop drawing, but loads of other drawings in whole host of different subject matters. For each and every one of these drawings, include really in-depth instructions which is broken down into manageable sections so you can work one section of the drawing at time. also include all of the realtime footage so you can see exactly what I'm doing. plus list of all of the specific colors that I've used in each drawing. Now, do also include the sketch outlines, both light sketch outline in case you want to print that outline directly onto your drawing paper or darker sketch outline for if you want to trace. And finally, include all of the reference photos for all of my drawings. have some drawings that are much more beginner friendly, maybe little bit faster, and then some much longer drawings as well that are more complicated, but have real wow factor. Check out the link in the description. Now, want to start off this lollipop looking for the closest match have to the lightest color. And I'm particularly thinking about the lightest color that can see in each area. So, there are number of different colors within this lollipop. Let's start off by looking at the yellow stripes. So, the lightest color that can see on these yellow stripes is reasonably light, earthy yellow. So, what I'm going to do is really take my time to get these shapes marked in and get some very light pencil down on the paper. Now, as said before, it's not about trying to make perfect match to these yellow stripes. It's just about trying to get the closest color that think have that matches that really light yellow. Now, you can see here that I'm pressing nice and lightly. You can see I'm holding the pencil further back than you might expect. I'm not holding it really close to the tip, and that helps me press really lightly. So, let's get this color over all of those yellow sections. literally just want to put something down. Once we have something in every area of the lollipop, we then can start building on that color to mix all of the other colors can see and make it little bit closer to the colors of the reference photo. But cannot stress enough that don't expect perfect match. And we're generally going to be working from these lighter colors towards the darker colors. So once I'm happy that I've got something down for all of the yellow areas, then want to move on to think about the lightest color in all of the other areas of the lollipop. So now want to be thinking of the lightest color that can see in the orange stripes, which would actually say is very light earthy pink rather than an orange. So I'm going to put this pink down. I'm going to mark in where these stripes need to go and block this color in. It doesn't matter that this isn't an orange. This is the lightest color can see in this section. And we will be adding lot of other colors over the top of here as well. And then let's think about the lightest color that can see on the bright pink stripes. So this is very bright light pink here as well. And just want to be marking this in really looking at the shapes getting the light pink in the right areas getting something down which we'll be able to build on. So, that's most of the lolly marked in with something, but also want to be looking at the white areas of the lollipop as well. So, so far I've only put some color down on the stripes. once again want to be thinking about the lightest color that can see in those white areas. And you'll see that the white areas aren't really white. In some areas, they're quite dark gray. So, what I'm going to do is use this very light gray to just put again something down over all of these light areas of the lollipop. And then we have some color everywhere. So, from here, we have something down on every area of the lollipop except for the stick. Now, the stick is tricky color because don't have color anything like it in my set. But, as mentioned, just want to be picking the closest color that have to this stick. And then we can tweak it bit later. So, looking at the lighter areas on the stick, actually think that the closest color to it is this same gray that I've used for the white areas of the lolly. So, I'm going to block in this gray down the whole of that stick. And then we can tweak this color and mix other colors together as we work through the rest of the drawing. So now, as mentioned, want to start from the lighter colors and work my way towards the darker colors. And we're going to gradually mix these colors together. So now looking at the yellow sections, the main thing that I'm noticing is that particularly on the darker areas, so either side of the stripes, it's looking much brighter than what have now. So what I'm actually going to do is use the same color that used before, but want to be adding more of it. So this is where it's helpful with those color swatches that can see what the pencil looks like when it's at its lightest and at its darkest. can see that the lightest color matched building up really light amount of the pencil. And then as we move on to the darker, more vibrant areas, we can start building up more of this color to make more vibrant color. So, I'm going to go around every single one of these swirls, brightening up the pencil, adding more so that it gets to be slightly closer match to what I've got. Now, it's important to note that I'm not pressing harder with the pencil here. am just going over the area more times to build up more vibrant color. I'm still going to need to build up lot of the pencil to make it match that reference photo. So, let's do the same for the other areas. want to be looking for the next darkest color that can see within the section. So, here with the orange, want to build up bright orange, which is going to make these orange stripes actually look orange. And am looking at any shapes that can see within the stripes because want to be building up those shapes at this point as well. I'm really looking at the lights and darks and making sure that am building up just light amount of the pencil for now cuz this is really just case of trying to get something on the paper and getting my bearings. And then for the pink sections, once again, want to be building up more vibrant pink. So, I'm still using the same pink. I'm just going over the area more times, really looking at the light and dark areas to try and get closer match to that reference photo to try and get the shapes marked in bit more clearly. So, from here, let's keep working from these lighter colors towards the darker colors. And I'm actually going to start working with quite vibrant red at this point to try and make these pink areas have bit more depth in those darker areas. So, am literally comparing those color swatches to my drawing and my reference photo, thinking about the most obvious darker color from here that's missing. And I'm thinking it needs to have bit more of this kind of red. So, can just add little bit in and it's just taking the color little bit closer to that reference photo. And then can do the same for the yellow areas. So, comparing that drawing to the reference photo on these stripes, think that it needs much more earthy kind of dark yellow added to the more shadowed areas. And according to my swatches, comparing what can see here, this pencil here is the closest match. think this is the burnt ochre. So, I'm going to keep doing this. I'm going to keep working around. So, focusing now on the light areas, making the shadows little bit darker along here. And this gray that we used before, still think is the closest match right now. And actually, I'm going to use this same gray to mark in the lolly stick little bit clearer. Make the shadow down the left hand side bit more obvious before then still want to be working towards the darker colors. Thinking once again about the most obvious color that's missing. So, I'm gradually getting towards these darker colors. And I'm now wanting to fill in the pretty dark shadow around the left hand side of the lolly. And think when add color like this in, it makes it easier to see some of the other colors that need adding to some of the other colors that need mixing together. So can see that need to be building up lot more of the darker shading on the white areas of the lolly stick. So, can use this same dark gray that used for the shadow to really add to those, make these folds around the lolly look lot more 3D. And then want to be thinking about the lolly stick itself. So, we're still working gradually towards the darker colors. And the lolly stick, as I've mentioned, don't think is looking very accurate, but do think the gray was the closest color that have to the color of the lolly stick. So, actually, I'm going to use this pencil. This is raw umber. It's kind of brown yellow, guess. And I'm going to add tiny bit of this color over the top of the lolly. think this is the closest color comparing the drawing to my reference and my swatches. The closest color that have to this lolly stick that's missing at this point. So adding small amount of this color over the top of the gray I've already got is mixing these two colors together and making color that looks little bit closer to the lolly stick is obviously not looking perfect at this point but it is looking closer. can then keep working towards those darker colors. So I'm noticing that need to add in kind of red brown to make lot of the shadows particularly on the pink and the yellow sections bit darker. And then also want to be making those darker areas so like the folds around the lolly lot darker. And then it's at this point that think the mixing together of the colors becomes lot easier. So what want to do now that the whole drawing is marked in roughly is think about the main color that's missing on each of these sections. So I'm once again looking at the yellow stripes. And now I've added in all of these bolder colors. think it's just not looking yellow enough. So, let's go back to that same yellow that I've already used and add this to any area that needs to be this yellow or darker. And then let's do the same thing with the raw umber pencil. Adding to that brown any area that needs to be this kind of color or darker. And adding this raw umber pencil over the top of the yellow I've already got here is mixing these colors together to make almost like very dark yellow. But once I've added that color in, think it's looking little bit too brown. So can then add more of that yellow over the top of that. And that mixes those colors together. So you can see I'm just constantly comparing my drawing to my reference photo, thinking about which color that's missing, focusing on one section at time or one color area at time on this lolly. And my goal is to just always try and get the colors looking closer to the reference photo. want to gradually build up light amount of that color to try and make it little bit more accurate. So here, this is very bright orange that feel need to add not only to the orange sections, but also some of the edges of the yellow as well, where it's in bit more shadow. And then need to brighten up the pink little bit more before then tweaking the vibrancy of the shadow, making that bit richer. And I'm just going over the lolly stick again and again, constantly thinking about the most obvious color that's missing. We're going to build the colors one on top of another, thinking about the next color that's missing. And bit by bit, it does blend and mix all of these colors together. So here, I'm really focusing on getting that contrast looking little bit better. So it's particularly dark at the top of the lolly stick here. And then can once again focus on adding maybe more kind of purple toned red that think need to add to some of these stripes. So the whole mixing colors together and selecting the colors is literally case of building one on top of another gradually mixing them together and always comparing the drawing to the reference photo and thinking about the most obvious color that's missing. And it is at point that think the drawing matches the reference photo pretty well that would say that the colors look mixed and the whole drawing looks complete. So this is the end of this drawing. But it is the color swatches more than anything else that allows me to mix these colors together so that can see which color need to add. Now, if you're wanting little bit more detail, if you want to go through the process of selecting with color swatches in more detail, do have video where covered it really in depth here where picked few household objects that we then mix the colors together to create those colors. And then hopefully that will make it make bit more sense when we look at using the same method on an actual drawing. Happy drawing, guys, and I'll see you in the next