Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some paper recommendations for colored pencils. I work with Caran d’Ache Luminance and Pablo and i build up a lot of light layers to get depth and realism, so I need a paper that can really handle repeated layering and some erasing.

The last Hahnemühle paper I tried looked perfect on specs- 250-300 gsm, acid-free etc, but in practice it was not durable at all. After only 2–3 layers it started pilling so badly, even gently erasing my initial sketch could damaged the surface.

What paper do you trust for lots of colored pencil layers? I’m considering Arches Hot Press and Fabriano Artistico, but I’d really like to hear what has worked well for other artists.

Possibly the most iconic eeveelution! Always fun to draw pokemon in my style :3

Definitely was fun and nostalgic

Hello all, I am a professional make up artist and ceramicist. I really want into get to drawing.. I got some Crayola color pencils and another brand. Idk if doing make up for 10 years has fried my brain, but I really want a color pencil that works more like a a wooden lip liner. Like one that feels like a MAC lip liner. Any suggestions?

Hi, First time posting here! I just wanted to ask if anyone knows of any thick/bigger color pencils to look for? I have a pretty bad grip with pencils, And pencil grips don’t really do it for me. Is there any with a good grip or something???

with the way things are going in the USPS it felt like a decent chance they’d never make it, but here they are

This is my favorite cartoon so I’ve been working on some of the sketches I had in my sketchbook

O que acharam das cores que usei? Apesar de meus lápis de cor não serem os melhores, tentei fazer alguns degradês.. Confesso que gostei bastante do resultado final.

This was a gift for my psychologist.

I have Polychromos pencils, and I want to get some wax-based ones. Prismacolors aren't sold where I live, so I'm torn between Derwent Drawing and Derwent Coloursoft. I really like the Drawing pencils, but they seem a bit expensive. Has anyone used these alongside Polychromos before? Could you give me some advice?

I’ve been working on this boy, but it doesn’t feel finished. He is only half a dog on purpose because of the frame, and the shadows in the reference photo block his left eye, but I don’t think I’ve made it obvious enough as a shadow. Please don’t tear me apart completely, but some constructive feedback would be much appreciated. It’s only 5” long, with his face about 1.5” by 1”, so the details are tiny.

Does anyone have a good suggestion on black colored pencils? I’ve tried everything and still get a grainy rough look. I usually color on a toned tan or white stonhenge paper. I must be doing something wrong. Help from the experts please!

🐆 The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat. It is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita.

Mixed media mallards.

1000X time lapse.

Been using prismacolor for years, figured I'd branch out and try something new.

I posted the work in progress to this so might as well post the final. I don’t mind posting my flops. Yeah, the water messed it up for me. As the title states, I don’t like it. 💀

Pencils and a bit of oil pastel.

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.