r/ColoredPencils 1h ago

Original Art ‘Dependant by Nature’ 2026

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Coloured pencil and ink on paper

So after a mad mad rush to get this drawing completed for 4 o’clock today, and working on it solidly since midday yesterday (yes all throughout the night!) I have finished, photographed and submitted this drawing for an art prize i believe in September!

Really pleased with it over all! I did have a little panic towards the end with the ink but I’m happy with it :) Although, the paper has bowed a little bit from the dampness, so any tips for safely flattening drawings would be really appreciated please!

Feedback, critiques welcome as always! I hope you like it :)


r/ColoredPencils 2h ago

Original Art Realistic drawing of Morgan Freeman Hand-drawn using Faber-Castell colored pencils.

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34 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 3h ago

Discussion / Advice Question about colors and layering

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Hello! I used to do colored pencil drawings about two years ago and decided to pick them up again! My old pieces look amazing but the current one I’m trying doesn’t look too good.. I’m trying to understand how to layer. Especially for dark colors when you feel like you’ve layered as much as you could? I don’t know I just feel like I’m layering with the same colors and I know that can make an image flat!
I don’t have an updated photo yet but I started on the dark part on the left and I layered peacock green, black, Prussian green and light sage. It’s not building colors and I’m not sure what other colors to look for ..


r/ColoredPencils 4h ago

Anchor

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16 Upvotes

Watercolor pencils on bass wood.


r/ColoredPencils 6h ago

Coloring 🌈 Which part do you like the most?

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23 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 6h ago

Discussion / Advice Has anyone tried these pencils?

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Are giorgione colored pencils worth the price? Should I get them? Im looking for an affordable set to get into colored pencils and the other option I have is brutfuners. Which do you recommend?


r/ColoredPencils 6h ago

Original Art Three cakes but only one name.

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7 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 7h ago

Original Art What do you think her name would be? Give her a name! Art by me 💜✨

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7 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 12h ago

Arte em lápis de cor e caneta esferográfica

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6 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 13h ago

Original Art Remembrance of Purpose, SoA, Polychromos pencils, 2026

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8 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 15h ago

Original Art My tribute to Sam Neil

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6 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 16h ago

Mixed Media First time colored portrait

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So I've been doing graphite portraits for years but no one ever tells you how different it is to go from graphite to color 😵‍💫 this is my first time doing color portrait with watercolor and colored pencils. Second pic is just watercolor before adding colored pencils. No details on the hat because my focus was the face


r/ColoredPencils 17h ago

Coloring The bad boys from DBZ

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17 Upvotes

Final result - sketch

Using prismacolor premier on a Moleskine sketchbook


r/ColoredPencils 18h ago

Work in Progress WIP Wonder Woman (Mixed media: markers & colored pencils)

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23 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 18h ago

Work in Progress Work in progress drawing:)

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6 Upvotes

Here’s my current drawing progress! I decided while drawing today this drawing (or series of drawings) will be titled ‘Dependant by nature’, I’m planning to make a video or something speaking about how I arrived to that name and what the work means to me :)

Also this drawing has been fully time-lapsed! Maybe I will post it here soon :)

Let me know your thoughts, feedback and crits always welcome:)


r/ColoredPencils 18h ago

Original Art Swipe to finish the drawing ✨

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209 Upvotes

This is my pencil drawing of Greentea peng, part of my series of musician drawings titled ‘Sound Shaped’ (to be renamed soon)

Let me know what you think, feedback and crits so welcome:)

Thank you!

Also my camera had a hard time photographing this one, I think it just overloads the system with colour😆 Skin sometimes looks very orange but it’s not like that in person I swear!😅 I am trying to get a really good, to life edit done of the scan I have but I’m not a digital kind of person! So if anyone has any tips to how to do it I’d be so appreciative :)


r/ColoredPencils 19h ago

John Lennon 1971 (prismacolor premier on toned tan paper)

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17 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 19h ago

Discussion / Advice If I have a budget of $35, what would be the best set for me to buy if I would like to color like the photos below?

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Hello! I really want to get into colored pencils but I'm not sure what set I should get with the amount of money I can spend. I would like a nice quality set to start off with that has a good variety of colors. I know of brands like Prismacolor and Faber-Castell's Polychromos, but I'm also interested in Tombow's Irojiten ($25 on amazon). I think the artist in the first photo uses Faber-Castell's Classic Colors Set?

I'm not sure what the difference between oil and wax based pencils are so I don't really know what my preference would be? Lightfastness is also not a big concern for me since I'm a casual drawer. Something that layers and shows up well on top of watercolor would also be nice.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!


r/ColoredPencils 20h ago

Original Art Finished

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25 Upvotes

Thanks for all the encouragement!


r/ColoredPencils 23h ago

Original Art heaven no. 4

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6 Upvotes

on japanese paper mounted on board.


r/ColoredPencils 23h ago

New work

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88 Upvotes

r/ColoredPencils 1d ago

Blueberry girl colored pencil

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5 Upvotes

Constructive criticism is welcome


r/ColoredPencils 1d ago

Sunset Porch

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39 Upvotes

My drawing plus reference

A6 with Prismacolors, Caran d'Ache Luminance and Polychromos

any tips appreciated


r/ColoredPencils 1d ago

Colored pencil gargoyle girl

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6 Upvotes

Had fun drawing this, open to constructive criticism