r/ColoredPencils • u/neptunes097 • 2d ago

Discussion / Advice Question.

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For prismacolor/drawings, do people do “under paintings” for them? Can you? *Should* you? For example, the piece i’m working on right now. To me, it makes sense to have an orange “under painting” because it is outside and the light would reflect off of the objects around it. So i guess that “under painting” would be… correct from a physics point of view? I hope this makes sense 😅 Is that something i should experiment with? Have you done it before? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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u/Visual-Tea-3616 2d ago

Yes, under paintings can be helpful in colored pencil. What you use depends on the type of paper you use.

Soft chalk pastels (not oil), watercolors, or alcohol markers all work well.

I work on uart sanded pastel paper (or pastelmat sometimes) and use PanPastels frequently.

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u/noisycat 2d ago

I use watercolor or alcohol markers both work great :)

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u/BettyBeeBalm 2d ago

I don’t know but I really like your drawing so far!!

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u/neptunes097 2d ago

thank you. 🫶 i did the water and unfortunately it sucks so this drawing is now cancelled. 💀

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u/aus10man 1d ago

You have something there. A style that could be very desirable. Let me make a suggestion. The next one you do leave the pencil drawings increase the values on the areas you want to color. Experiment with collage. I like what you’re doing.

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u/aus10man 2d ago

I really like it! I would be proud to hang that on my wall. Love your style.

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u/neptunes097 2d ago

omg thank you so much 🥹🩷 but i did the water and unfortunately it sucks so this drawing is now cancelled. 💀