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I'm a complete beginner. I wanted to learn how to color in adult coloring books. I don't like Prisma Premiers because I find them too soft. Would you recommend learning to draw first or getting comfortable with adult coloring books first? I'm interested in animals mostly and sometimes nature.
what i appriciate alot about Kristy is that even though she sells courses she makes her youtube video so educative and rich of information, others just use it as a 5 min promo for their class with barely any explanations. Right now i can't afford the courses but when i get a job i will make sure to get them and really level up my art more, thank you so much for your youtube channel
Excellent tutorial! As an educator, I see a lot of talented artists on RUclips that struggle when it comes to teaching viewers how to do what they do, but you really excel at giving clear, precise instructions.
I can also relate I’m like under the ocean below an average artist and my friend is leonardo da vinci and some other students in my last year class were sick and drawing
@CLIX X i mean yes you can practice with that but if you really want a full effect you can get more materials, the paper is ok but i really recommend you some quality pencils
I know this is a long video but I hope by the end of it you will feel more confident with giving coloured pencils a try 🥰 What did you learn from this video?
I hope that you put a translation in Arabic because I do not understand the English and because | write thanks to Google for your follow - up from the Arab world. Thank you. ❤❤❤❤🥀🥀🥀🥀😭😭😭😭
You are an amazing artist and teacher! I started doing art late in life and I am not sure I will be a detail pencil person. I have a fetish for collecting pencils, but I am scared of them cause they will show how bad my technique and drawing skills are. I haven't done the work and I tend to like messy stuff acrylics. However, you give me hope that if I am patient and persistent my art will improve in ways cause watching you makes me melt into the details so that I can actually see them. Before it was just some strawberries and an impossible task, now I feel like if I take my time it may not look like a blob of color but a piece of fruit. You really do a great job! Loved the information on the pencils and tools!
"tips for beginners" "lightfastness is important if you want to sell your pictures" Yeah, my mom definetely needs the best quality when she buys my drawings out of pitty xD
This was a very informative tutorial. I generally blend my layers with a colorless pencil but watching you with your solvent that you use, I like this method much better. Your strawberries look fantastic. Great tutorial.
I'm trying to learn the colored pencil medium. I love to make art with this medium but finding it a little hard to make realistic portraits. These tips helps me a lot. I request you to make more tutorials on how to use colored pencils. Thanks Kirsty. ☺
She probably has some on her Patreon. :) I'm a super beginner so I feel like some of these tutorials will go over my head, but when I get a little more experience I'm definitely joining.
There are lots of videos on RUclips titled ‘How to draw ...’ but there is no tutorial, it’s just watching them draw, which has some benefits I guess but this video actually taught me so much and I am so grateful. I studied art and design at college for two years and then went into digital design. Now, many years later, I’m trying to get back into drawing and painting, this video has been so immensely helpful and taught me skills I never learnt at college. I don’t know why I’m actually crying. Thank you for your hard work and excellent tutorial video.
These comments have me in tears! Thanks guys. I so needed that. Kirsty is fantastic and I love her tutorials. She doesn't skip over vital tips, plus she gives alternatives if you don't have that certain thing like solvent.
ATX Fine Arts Seriously! I feel like they didn’t actually teach us anything in school! Just assigned projects and said hurry up and have it done by this due date...
I've been watching tons of tutorials in the past few weeks as I'm starting out and I must say that, without a shade of a doubt, this is the best one I've seen so far. You have taught me new things and also given answer to lots of doubts I had, as I didn't quite understand how did they achieve certain results and now it's all clear. So thank you ever so much for this video. I truly loved it.
I was so depressed yesterday Couse I failed in my Paint and then I left it and try to learn some technical about colored pencils I didn't find someone who can learn me and surprise Kristy updated a video about what I want , I love you and thank you so much , wash you the best ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She is amazing she explains it very well and she doesn't hold back some artist won't reveal all their secrets she does not to mention she's extremely talented and very beautiful she definitely keeps you interested
Storytime: Today I was cleaning my room looking for some color pencils (Crayola twistable) so I went to this shoe box in my room where I put my color pencils i was getting some when I find this color pencil that had the word "PRISMACOLOR" in it so I was like "I bet it's a fake prismacolor" since I have never had prismacolors I found another one and decided to make a test so I swatched it and it was so pigmented so i was like "Omg is this actually a prismacolor?" So I kept looking for more and found 18 in total turns out they were my sister's but she moved out of the house so I kept them and I'm only missing 6 since she had 24
Loved all the tips and tricks! Just gonna add a quick one as well in terms of archival (this goes with any media). Now keep in mind I don't sell my artwork, but I do this method to preserve it for my own sake. Whenever I finish a drawing, I personally do a spray coating overtop of it FOR A FEW REASONS: * preserves the vibrancy of the colors * prevents the paper from yellowing overtime * especially useful for when you're working with graphite: I find that no matter how much you brush off your finished piece, it will smudge in your sketchbook against the opposite side of the paper. Coating it will keep the graphite in place. * sometimes a specific coating (like high-gloss) can really bring out the colors in some drawings. Found this to be the case with watercolors. Now there are a few options in terms of coating, and you kind of just have to play around with it to find out what works with you and your media. Some ones I've used in the past: **Workable fixative** great all-purpose and forgiving coating for dry-media. I use this mostly for my sketchbooks. It prevents yellowing, smudging and wrinkling without adding a noticeable "finish". It's also one of the only coatings you can actual remove (with like, an eraser) * matte finish is nice sometimes for graphite, because graphite just by itself is quite reflective. It kind of helps with the viewing angles of the drawing * kamar varnish - useful for "wet" media like watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc * clear coat, semi-clear, acrylic clear, and alike are all useful for boosting the saturation and depth of your colors (think of a glossy professional photo vs matte). I REALLY don't use it often to be completely honest, but I do use it at times for specific media.
Wow you just showed me 10x more techniques and methods in a far more intuitive way than I have learned in 2 semesters of art classes. Why have I literally never heard of solvent until now, that's so useful. Thank you
Thank you!! This is such an incredibly helpful tutorial!! ❤ thank you for sharing this free on your RUclips. We're a homeschooling family and we love to do art. So far, no color pencils since they don't look as nicely as the paintings... but now you convinced me to get a solvent, white pencils and an exacto knife!! Looks like we're going to be learning how to properly color with color pencils!!
OMG I REALLY NEEDED THIS VIDEO I’ve just started finally using my colored pencils I started off doing a cartoony drawing but I wanna get to realism and I just needed this
This is the most informational video ever!! I’m a third semester Art Student and we didn’t get this run down before. I appreciate you, especially for linking the products. I love your work! I’d love to have a piece of yours in my art room ❤❤❤
Some years ago I got the 36 pack of polychromos without doing any research. Now, I found what I actually like to draw and that is mostly portraits. I am going to get prismacolors but right now There are some more serious things going on in the World. I want them for the smooth blending but while I was watching this video I realized that I was making some mistake when using solvent. Thank you for all the videos you make I really enjoy them and I also learn a lot from them.
I'm an artist and always have been but I have never been able to figure this out. I watched this 3 years ago and because of you my career has skyrocketed and now I'm amazing with colored pencils you might not read this but...thank you for everything you do 🙂
Kristy, you got 666 views and 30 comments in only 10 minutes! I hope this shows you how much your videos are appreciated! Keep up the great work for us! Thanks!
I can’t tell you how incredible you are as a teacher! You really have what it takes to teach people! I honestly don’t say this lightly either! I mean by that, I don’t tell just “anybody“ that! 😊 I’ve honestly learnt SO much from just this video alone, and I thought I knew “it all!” 😅 So a MASSIVE Thankyou Kirsty! ❤
I usually use acrylics for my assignments but i thought the reference i chose will go better with pencil colors and so it brings me here(but i actually own zero pencil colors)and after watching this video i feel like going right now to the stationary store and get alot of pencil colors and start right away!!Thanks for so much of inspiration.
Finely someone who explains everything step by step. I love how you say what you use and how you explain everything so well. IV been looking for someone like this for so long. This video was amazing
I am a musician and accountant but not an artist. I have loved sketching since I was 6 years old and now 67 and working, need a relaxing hobby. I long to pick up my long ignored love for sketching. Thank you for this video.
Kirsty: “You don’t need loads of colored pencils to begin with” me with a 40 pack of Prismacolors I hardly touched and regret buying more every day: oh..
And here was me thinking all I needed was blank paper from B&M and some crayola pencils 😂 Edit: OMG thx for the likes, I've never had this many before!
But that really is all you need. You can draw with just a sharp rock on a smooth rock when it comes down to it (we did in fact do this tens of thousands of years ago when we were just cavemen). Technique and creativity will always be the most important thing for an artist to have.
I use Crayola Pencils and their Crayons. (I love the feel of crayons on the paper.) I only draw simple things. (I am not even close to Kirsty.) But I get really nice results for the coloring part with Crayola. I also just bought some "Cezanne" 120. We'll see! All you really do need is some paper and Crayola.
My dear......it's MUCH more complex than that!! I think we should go back to the days of wax crayons and that awful nasty rough 'children's' colouring paper!! Things were much easier then.....😊😊
Wow. What a nice surprise to find a color pencil RUclipsr that ACTUALLY does artwork with their pencils. Almost everyone else I’ve found on here just waste their pencils doing page after page of swatches and blended rainbow gradients. It’s the same with watercolor enthusiasts on RUclips as well. Just people offering artistic advice who simply just don’t know how to paint themselves. Beautiful work, and very informative video. Thank you.
I can’t tell you how appreciative I am of your tutorial. I have learned so many of your “secrets “. I’m definitely going to benefit from my next two projects: one of lilacs in my garden and the second of the roses that are really starting to get going as the weather warms. Thank you so much !
Yes, but she put a lot of dedication into improving her art to hecome this good. Yes, some ppl are a little bit better than others naturally, but everyone can learn😁😁
I am such a newbie I had never knew about the blending brush. Makes a HUGE difference. I would LOVE to be able to paint realism. Maybe one day… learning a lot from your videos. Thanks and nice job!
“Become the artist you want to be” Meanwhile My mom: “Stop Drawing Stupid Peoples faces Your never going to make money when you grow up doing that trash” Me: *Cries On paper while drawing a car* Edit: uh oh, she liked this comment, It’s not a bad thing, but uh.....w o w.Never thought this was going to happen but thanks for everything! Also, I don’t plan on using mainly art and selling it like most people would usually think. I was focusing on becoming a architect when I get older, if this doesn’t fit anything I’ve read in the replies, sorry. I’m still young to be able to understand most of this, heh! But overall, thank you for you’re support and advice if Any of had given any. Have a beautiful day.
Parents aren’t always right, you can definitely make a living from art if you work hard and learn about how to grow an art business. These times are very different compared to when your parents were younger, when it was harder to make a living as an artist. But time’s have changed and there is so much opportunity out there to create a living from your passion nowadays. Your parents probably just don’t understand and maybe if you learn about how you could make money you could educate and persuade them. I actually made a recent video on 15 ways to make money from art 🥰
Kirsty is spot on there, as her mum I was very dubious at first when she told her dad and myself that she wanted to make a living out of art, I thought how is she going to manage that!! She did work to help fund her art channel at first until she became self sufficient and could start to make a good living from art. She certainly proved me wrong, and I have told her this. Her dad and I are incredibly proud of her and everything that she has achieved, she has worked extremely hard over the last 5 years. Never give up on your dreams and hopefully one day your mom might change her opinions, good luck 👍😊
It's so fucking true of our world and our lives!) Not everybody can make money with this profession. Maybe your parents are normal and they wish you a good life with normal MONEY !))
Thank you. I normally work with ink but I got a 300 set of color pencils for Christmas 😂. This has been an amazing watch and you have an amazing talent. Thanks again 👍
I seriously cannot thank you enough! I have learned so much from your videos!! Thank you for sharing your secrets. Sometimes I feel like these things are "ancient Chinese secrets" and professional artists all have a club with a secret handshake and the main rule is to never divulge the truth to the methods that made their work so amazing! All the practicing in the world would never get these results without some of these methods so I am really grateful you have broken free of the code of honor and are rebelling by telling us how to get the most out of our work...along with practice of course!
I got some 13 dollar ones off of walmart and i've tried using them once and they felt like holding a magic wand. Then again, maybe it's because i've been using crayola my entire life.
Literally the best teaching video ever, I am an artist and went through so many videos but didn't find a video that gives you so so many tips in one shot.. you are amazing in explaining, very clear and organised in your transitions...I will definitely sign for your website tutorials 😊 thank you so much for the rich information you provided us with.
I found using an embossing stylus much easier than an Exacto blade to create creases in the page. They come in different sizes and are perfect for signing your name in the corner of the paper before you start drawing. "Longdex Embossing Stylus Set 5PCS" I loved the video!
I wish I could show you the pictures I just took of my extremely SHARP & POINTY Polychromos, Luminance, and Prismacolor pencils I sharpened with my new Derwent Super Point hand-crank pencil sharpener. Thank you so much, Kirsty, for recommending this sharpener. I have about ten other sharpeners I bought after learning about them on various artists' websites. NONE of them can make my pencils as sharp as Derwent's Super Point hand-crank sharpener. I am eager to sharpen all of my pencils with this. The stop mechanism works VERY well. Oh, and I really enjoyed this instructive video! I just purchased your Legacy Art Class Collection and can't wait to get started. Your teaching style fits well with my learning style. Keep up the good work, Kirsty. Thank you!
I have been seriously waiting for this for forever. I’m good at drawing but I want to start realism people in colored pencil. I want to get better so I’ve been binge watching all ur colored pencil vids 😂
4:35 and 6:30 ! 2 of my favs. Just started my first attempt at a multi colored full portrait. Usually just use a single color ( black, grey, red, ballpoint) it’s definitely very time consuming constantly switching between 10-20 colors. Thanks for the advice on solvent and watercolor paper and the x acto knife technique. Never even considered this. 👏👍👌this was honestly thee most informative videos I’ve ever seen on utube. Thank you. I guarantee this will be beyond helpful in my work. Ok
Her work is amazing. Like damn. Beautiful! Definitely a truly skilled artist. It's amazing how far something as cheap and simple as color pencils can go when in the right hands
I have a 72-color Prismacolor set and a 120-color Polychromos set, plus 36-color packs from other brands. I can never have too many pencils. I love seeing the color form on the paper!!!
Wonderful tutorial! I've been drawing portraits in b&w for a while with decent results, but I thought adding color would take them to a whole different level. Your instructional video gave me what I need to get started exploring this new layer of experience, pun intended!
You have made into so much a better artist. I can’t wait to watch this one and to support you on patreon when the pandemic passes over and I’m more economically stable. I love you so much. Stay safe! Keep up the amazing work :)
Why genius people like you having 1.3 million subcriber.... It's not okay! You have to number 1 on RUclips your videos totally amazing, I'm not artist and I don't know how to drawing correctly but I really love it all your videos easy to understanding. I hope everyone appreciate it your best efforts.
Your Creative Push thank you for the offer 🥰 Unfortunately, I am very busy at the moment and can barely keep up with the work tasks I have to do now that I’m pregnant 😂
It's clear from the video of your art and the details you go through when explaining everything that you love your passion, and I felt that. From that alone you get a like and with that soothing voice, i dont get why you dont have many more followers
I rediscovered coloring a year ago and was digging through all the videos I could find. Why didn’t I find this one? There are so many useful tips I still didn’t even hear of. Amazing 😻 although I like to color coloring books and I only started to try and paint myself with my watercolor paints 😊 Thank you so much for this well organized and well explained video ❤
Just getting into colored pencils myself. I love your channel. I dream of one day being half as good. Thank you so much for creating such high quality content.
Thank you Kirsty for sharing SO MUCH helpful information and amazingly fun and helpful techniques!!! I learned so much in such a short amount of time. Thank you for sharing your love of art with so many of us...even with those that leave comments showing they don't take it seriously enough, you deserve more respect. Thank you for your kindness and time.
Hi, I would like to say your the best artist on RUclips and the most helpful one too. out of respect I watch the ads in the video because you are amazing and are giving amazing tips that are really helpful. It’s like a free masterclass. Not only that but you have amazing art it is on believable. On top of that I’ve been waiting for this video for awhile because I am currently working on improving my coloured pencil techniques. I Wasn’t waiting I was just looking for a video similar to this and this is perfect. Great job!😁
Kirsty, thank you sooo much! What an eye opener! I didn’t know about the pencil blending solution until now and I had absolutely no idea that you could make portraits with pencils. But not just an ordinary portrait, but very realistic ones like yours. I thought I was looking at photos!! I’m so glad I came across your channel today. Brilliant!! Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏
This has been a really informative video. I'm just recently getting back into drawing, and the techniques you show (especially with white pencil and knife highlights) inspire me to add those techniques to my future color pencil works. Thank you so much for this guide.
Attempt #5, I was able to shade my sketch and reached stage 27:24. To continue, I'll need to find that fine pointed eraser and the solvent. You're talent is absolutely amazing Kirsty. You made this video look so easy breezy but it needs a vast skillset which is acquired over thousands of hours of practice. :)
Was just smacked up side the head with the pitfall of being a primarily self-taught artist and am wavering between mortification that I've accepted the title of artist for more than a few decades and the heady wonderment of learning the truth behind life-changing mysteries. In the first minutes of this video I learned the most important benefit of several materials and tools I've been using for a long, long time. Weird feeling, but heck of a boost to inspiration, which is always a blessing as is knowledge! Thank you!
You should have seen the childlike wonder in my eyes as you used the solvent on the strawberry LOL. Wow this helps so much!! Thank you so much. What a talented artist with exceptional techniques to match
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I'm a complete beginner. I wanted to learn how to color in adult coloring books. I don't like Prisma Premiers because I find them too soft. Would you recommend learning to draw first or getting comfortable with adult coloring books first? I'm interested in animals mostly and sometimes nature.
I am watching now. WOW!
what i appriciate alot about Kristy is that even though she sells courses she makes her youtube video so educative and rich of information, others just use it as a 5 min promo for their class with barely any explanations. Right now i can't afford the courses but when i get a job i will make sure to get them and really level up my art more, thank you so much for your youtube channel
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Not true several artists give at least hour long videos in drawing, coloured pencils, etc. Look around!
If you're interested in watercolors, I recommend Lindsay Weirich! She's got classes but her RUclips videos are so beautiful!
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Someone who actually gives information and cuts it into parts instead of a 10 minute course advertisement! New sub!
Umm...i think u got the wrong picture.
Jotaro doesnt look like a that😂
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@@bubbles447 y'know jotaro is an adult he wouldn't willingly show his face in a RUclips video about colored pencils
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Excellent tutorial! As an educator, I see a lot of talented artists on RUclips that struggle when it comes to teaching viewers how to do what they do, but you really excel at giving clear, precise instructions.
She is so amazing!!! 😍
158 likes and only 1 comment? Let me fix that
My eyes: This is easy
My brain: Okay I got this
My hands: No you don't
Hahaha. keep trying
😂😂 me too
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Exactly the conversation I had with myself!
It’s takes years of practice I’m getting better I started since I was little then when I got older I started watching vids 😂😂
Her beginner pencils: primsmacolor
My beginner pencils: CRAYOLA CRRAYONS PEOPLE
@Kerem's Art r/woooosh
It's a joke your not meant to go into detail about it. Professional or not, a good artist will make great art out of shit if they have to.
@Skibble Smoothie my bad it sounded like she/he was being a dingleberry sandwich. 😅
Im gnna use faber castle which are not polychromos
@@mmmpatitas2204 dingleberry sandwiches are delicious
This lady’s art is unreal what the heck!!!! I am shocked !!!!
I was an art student back in school and I don't even know there's different types of papers. Then again, i wasn't good at art either. hehe..
I can relate
Art class in schoop taught me nothing about actually how to make art
@@vanessawebb3904 mine was good but I left it mid way 😅
I can also relate I’m like under the ocean below an average artist and my friend is leonardo da vinci and some other students in my last year class were sick and drawing
Paper is paper xD
Kristy: I recommend getting an exacto knife
Me: *quarantined*
*uses a kitchen knife*
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@@seapossumsforrest8162 I don't see why not
Kirsty, I did Higher art at high school and have learned more from you in 2 videos than I did in 4 years. You are so talented 💗
I thought I knew all the tricks. I didn't. Thank you Kirsty, pencil drawing is so relaxing.
I’m glad you could learn something new Barbara 😀
Barbara Gemin we never stop learning in life!
@CLIX X i mean yes you can practice with that but if you really want a full effect you can get more materials, the paper is ok but i really recommend you some quality pencils
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I a hundred percent agree
my parents: you're such a great artist!! wow!!
me: haha ok
me: *watches this video*
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At least you got praises, some people got none. :')
😂i can relate
Such a generous large hearted artist !!! I’m
Totally surprised at how much you’ve shared and taught , in just one video . Thank you Kirsty !!
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I know this is a long video but I hope by the end of it you will feel more confident with giving coloured pencils a try 🥰 What did you learn from this video?
Thx I learned that use pencils for almost everything thx I love the lessons longer since im not allowed it because im only 11
I hope that you put a translation in Arabic because I do not understand the English and because | write thanks to Google for your follow - up from the Arab world. Thank you.
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This is why i love your channel i leraned a new tech with the xacto knife, the leaf vein trick is aaaawesome!
Im loving your videos but can i just say that its pronounced ar-te-za not ar-tee-za
You are an amazing artist and teacher! I started doing art late in life and I am not sure I will be a detail pencil person. I have a fetish for collecting pencils, but I am scared of them cause they will show how bad my technique and drawing skills are. I haven't done the work and I tend to like messy stuff acrylics. However, you give me hope that if I am patient and persistent my art will improve in ways cause watching you makes me melt into the details so that I can actually see them. Before it was just some strawberries and an impossible task, now I feel like if I take my time it may not look like a blob of color but a piece of fruit. You really do a great job! Loved the information on the pencils and tools!
"tips for beginners"
"lightfastness is important if you want to sell your pictures"
Yeah, my mom definetely needs the best quality when she buys my drawings out of pitty xD
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My parents threw away my (old) drawings when i wasn't home.
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This was a very informative tutorial. I generally blend my layers with a colorless pencil but watching you with your solvent that you use, I like this method much better. Your strawberries look fantastic. Great tutorial.
love your username 😉
@@ryiamackie4442 Ahhhh...you are acquainted with the Greek Goddess Hecate!
yes!I really want to work with her but I haven't been able to.
I'm trying to learn the colored pencil medium. I love to make art with this medium but finding it a little hard to make realistic portraits. These tips helps me a lot. I request you to make more tutorials on how to use colored pencils. Thanks Kirsty. ☺
She probably has some on her Patreon. :) I'm a super beginner so I feel like some of these tutorials will go over my head, but when I get a little more experience I'm definitely joining.
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There are lots of videos on RUclips titled ‘How to draw ...’ but there is no tutorial, it’s just watching them draw, which has some benefits I guess but this video actually taught me so much and I am so grateful. I studied art and design at college for two years and then went into digital design. Now, many years later, I’m trying to get back into drawing and painting, this video has been so immensely helpful and taught me skills I never learnt at college. I don’t know why I’m actually crying. Thank you for your hard work and excellent tutorial video.
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These comments have me in tears! Thanks guys. I so needed that. Kirsty is fantastic and I love her tutorials. She doesn't skip over vital tips, plus she gives alternatives if you don't have that certain thing like solvent.
I wish I learned all these "methods" in school. Anyway, thanks for the tips!
ATX Fine Arts Seriously! I feel like they didn’t actually teach us anything in school! Just assigned projects and said hurry up and have it done by this due date...
Ai Li Lol true
@@DanceObsessed8 Oh good. Now I can just "do the assignments" at home.
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Im doing art at school and i feel like my lecture is a bit useless cz i have to get all the information by myself like damn
I've been watching tons of tutorials in the past few weeks as I'm starting out and I must say that, without a shade of a doubt, this is the best one I've seen so far. You have taught me new things and also given answer to lots of doubts I had, as I didn't quite understand how did they achieve certain results and now it's all clear. So thank you ever so much for this video. I truly loved it.
I was so depressed yesterday Couse I failed in my Paint and then I left it and try to learn some technical about colored pencils I didn't find someone who can learn me and surprise Kristy updated a video about what I want , I love you and thank you so much , wash you the best ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I gave up painting with my coloring pencils years ago.But now a days, I'm starting it just like a beginner.
Thank you so much for the video.☺
You are by far the best pencil artist Kirsty, who also generously shares all the tips n tricks. I have learnt so much from you. ❤
The best guide for beginner i've ever seen. I wish it was online when i started with colored pencil.
Kristy you are the most helpful artist on RUclips thank you so much
Keep inspiring
Daiquayn Scott Agreed 😁
She is amazing she explains it very well and she doesn't hold back some artist won't reveal all their secrets she does not to mention she's extremely talented and very beautiful she definitely keeps you interested
Me: buys a pack of 72 prisma colors RUclips recommendations: how to draw with colored pencils
Yep happened to me too i was so freaked out. RUclips is creepy these days...
They're watching us 👀
I can only afford the 3 dollar faber castell...
SAME
Me too.... And I bought nameless cheap color pencils
Storytime:
Today I was cleaning my room looking for some color pencils (Crayola twistable) so I went to this shoe box in my room where I put my color pencils i was getting some when I find this color pencil that had the word "PRISMACOLOR" in it so I was like "I bet it's a fake prismacolor" since I have never had prismacolors I found another one and decided to make a test so I swatched it and it was so pigmented so i was like "Omg is this actually a prismacolor?" So I kept looking for more and found 18 in total turns out they were my sister's but she moved out of the house so I kept them and I'm only missing 6 since she had 24
Haha this is funny. I saw your same comment on a different RUclips video! Lol hi again!
Oh wow so I got someone else also who puts his stuff in shoebox xD
@@Subsinweekchallenge Yup
Anyways I still wish that it happened to me...😂😂😂
@@Subsinweekchallenge I use shoe boxes too! Lol
Loved all the tips and tricks! Just gonna add a quick one as well in terms of archival (this goes with any media). Now keep in mind I don't sell my artwork, but I do this method to preserve it for my own sake.
Whenever I finish a drawing, I personally do a spray coating overtop of it FOR A FEW REASONS:
* preserves the vibrancy of the colors
* prevents the paper from yellowing overtime
* especially useful for when you're working with graphite: I find that no matter how much you brush off your finished piece, it will smudge in your sketchbook against the opposite side of the paper. Coating it will keep the graphite in place.
* sometimes a specific coating (like high-gloss) can really bring out the colors in some drawings. Found this to be the case with watercolors.
Now there are a few options in terms of coating, and you kind of just have to play around with it to find out what works with you and your media. Some ones I've used in the past:
**Workable fixative** great all-purpose and forgiving coating for dry-media. I use this mostly for my sketchbooks. It prevents yellowing, smudging and wrinkling without adding a noticeable "finish". It's also one of the only coatings you can actual remove (with like, an eraser)
* matte finish is nice sometimes for graphite, because graphite just by itself is quite reflective. It kind of helps with the viewing angles of the drawing
* kamar varnish - useful for "wet" media like watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc
* clear coat, semi-clear, acrylic clear, and alike are all useful for boosting the saturation and depth of your colors (think of a glossy professional photo vs matte). I REALLY don't use it often to be completely honest, but I do use it at times for specific media.
Wow you just showed me 10x more techniques and methods in a far more intuitive way than I have learned in 2 semesters of art classes. Why have I literally never heard of solvent until now, that's so useful. Thank you
This is the first art video I don't regret watching.
Thank you!! This is such an incredibly helpful tutorial!! ❤ thank you for sharing this free on your RUclips. We're a homeschooling family and we love to do art. So far, no color pencils since they don't look as nicely as the paintings... but now you convinced me to get a solvent, white pencils and an exacto knife!! Looks like we're going to be learning how to properly color with color pencils!!
So THAT's how people draw fine lines. Holy Guacamole-- thank you for the tips!
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OMG I REALLY NEEDED THIS VIDEO
I’ve just started finally using my colored pencils I started off doing a cartoony drawing but I wanna get to realism and I just needed this
Conflicted _contortionist yay 😁 I hope the video helps you! It’s packed with info so hopefully you will learn something 💕
@@KirstyPartridgeArt is they any cheap good pencils that are realistic
Yes i am doing the same as you!!!
This is the most informational video ever!! I’m a third semester Art Student and we didn’t get this run down before. I appreciate you, especially for linking the products. I love your work! I’d love to have a piece of yours in my art room ❤❤❤
Some years ago I got the 36 pack of polychromos without doing any research. Now, I found what I actually like to draw and that is mostly portraits. I am going to get prismacolors but right now There are some more serious things going on in the World. I want them for the smooth blending but while I was watching this video I realized that I was making some mistake when using solvent. Thank you for all the videos you make I really enjoy them and I also learn a lot from them.
polychromos will do just fine, some artists even quit prisma to go with polychromos for portraits ;)
her: uses brush to get the shrapnels out.
me: tries to do it with hands
her: don't do it with your hands. Get a brush.
me. blows all of it away.
OANFOWNFOWNDJD what a relatable mood.
Smudge City
I'm an artist and always have been but I have never been able to figure this out. I watched this 3 years ago and because of you my career has skyrocketed and now I'm amazing with colored pencils you might not read this but...thank you for everything you do 🙂
Kristy, you got 666 views and 30 comments in only 10 minutes! I hope this shows you how much your videos are appreciated! Keep up the great work for us! Thanks!
I'm an art youtuber myself and I didn't know the tricks so thank you for that and I just found another army that is.....YOU KRISTY!!😍❤️✨
I can’t tell you how incredible you are as a teacher! You really have what it takes to teach people! I honestly don’t say this lightly either! I mean by that, I don’t tell just “anybody“ that! 😊 I’ve honestly learnt SO much from just this video alone, and I thought I knew “it all!” 😅
So a MASSIVE Thankyou Kirsty! ❤
I usually use acrylics for my assignments but i thought the reference i chose will go better with pencil colors and so it brings me here(but i actually own zero pencil colors)and after watching this video i feel like going right now to the stationary store and get alot of pencil colors and start right away!!Thanks for so much of inspiration.
They didn't teach me any of this on my year-long art course all those years ago.
Thank you so much for opening our eyes to this stuff.
Finely someone who explains everything step by step. I love how you say what you use and how you explain everything so well.
IV been looking for someone like this for so long. This video was amazing
The demonstration of the use of solvent was a real eye-opener for me and has made such a difference to my artwork. Amazing! Thank you.
7:15 i didn’t expect to see jimin here
I thought that too haha!!
I am a musician and accountant but not an artist. I have loved sketching since I was 6 years old and now 67 and working, need a relaxing hobby. I long to pick up my long ignored love for sketching. Thank you for this video.
Kirsty: “You don’t need loads of colored pencils to begin with”
me with a 40 pack of Prismacolors I hardly touched and regret buying more every day: oh..
u could have given those to me :}
Give them to me 🥴
Donate to me leh
Pls give them to me😏😏😏😏😏
@@ryanerasmus1962 they are very mistreated sadly
And here was me thinking all I needed was blank paper from B&M and some crayola pencils 😂
Edit: OMG thx for the likes, I've never had this many before!
You can get started with anything 🥰
But that really is all you need. You can draw with just a sharp rock on a smooth rock when it comes down to it (we did in fact do this tens of thousands of years ago when we were just cavemen). Technique and creativity will always be the most important thing for an artist to have.
I use Crayola Pencils and their Crayons. (I love the feel of crayons on the paper.) I only draw simple things. (I am not even close to Kirsty.) But I get really nice results for the coloring part with Crayola. I also just bought some "Cezanne" 120. We'll see! All you really do need is some paper and Crayola.
My dear......it's MUCH more complex than that!! I think we should go back to the days of wax crayons and that awful nasty rough 'children's' colouring paper!! Things were much easier then.....😊😊
Its Good with www.artsgoya.com
Wow. What a nice surprise to find a color pencil RUclipsr that ACTUALLY does artwork with their pencils. Almost everyone else I’ve found on here just waste their pencils doing page after page of swatches and blended rainbow gradients. It’s the same with watercolor enthusiasts on RUclips as well. Just people offering artistic advice who simply just don’t know how to paint themselves. Beautiful work, and very informative video. Thank you.
I can’t tell you how appreciative I am of your tutorial. I have learned so many of your “secrets “. I’m definitely going to benefit from my next two projects: one of lilacs in my garden and the second of the roses that are really starting to get going as the weather warms. Thank you so much !
How to use a colored pencil:
Step 1: literally be amazing at drawing
That is true
Yes, but she put a lot of dedication into improving her art to hecome this good. Yes, some ppl are a little bit better than others naturally, but everyone can learn😁😁
Not true
No shame in coloring books
I am such a newbie I had never knew about the blending brush. Makes a HUGE difference. I would LOVE to be able to paint realism. Maybe one day… learning a lot from your videos. Thanks and nice job!
“Become the artist you want to be”
Meanwhile My mom: “Stop Drawing Stupid Peoples faces Your never going to make money when you grow up doing that trash”
Me: *Cries On paper while drawing a car*
Edit: uh oh, she liked this comment, It’s not a bad thing, but uh.....w o w.Never thought this was going to happen but thanks for everything! Also, I don’t plan on using mainly art and selling it like most people would usually think. I was focusing on becoming a architect when I get older, if this doesn’t fit anything I’ve read in the replies, sorry. I’m still young to be able to understand most of this, heh! But overall, thank you for you’re support and advice if Any of had given any. Have a beautiful day.
Don't give up.
Parents aren’t always right, you can definitely make a living from art if you work hard and learn about how to grow an art business. These times are very different compared to when your parents were younger, when it was harder to make a living as an artist. But time’s have changed and there is so much opportunity out there to create a living from your passion nowadays. Your parents probably just don’t understand and maybe if you learn about how you could make money you could educate and persuade them. I actually made a recent video on 15 ways to make money from art 🥰
Kirsty is spot on there, as her mum I was very dubious at first when she told her dad and myself that she wanted to make a living out of art, I thought how is she going to manage that!! She did work to help fund her art channel at first until she became self sufficient and could start to make a good living from art. She certainly proved me wrong, and I have told her this. Her dad and I are incredibly proud of her and everything that she has achieved, she has worked extremely hard over the last 5 years. Never give up on your dreams and hopefully one day your mom might change her opinions, good luck 👍😊
It's so fucking true of our world and our lives!) Not everybody can make money with this profession. Maybe your parents are normal and they wish you a good life with normal MONEY !))
Hey random stranger, same here
Thank you. I normally work with ink but I got a 300 set of color pencils for Christmas 😂. This has been an amazing watch and you have an amazing talent. Thanks again 👍
I seriously cannot thank you enough! I have learned so much from your videos!! Thank you for sharing your secrets. Sometimes I feel like these things are "ancient Chinese secrets" and professional artists all have a club with a secret handshake and the main rule is to never divulge the truth to the methods that made their work so amazing! All the practicing in the world would never get these results without some of these methods so I am really grateful you have broken free of the code of honor and are rebelling by telling us how to get the most out of our work...along with practice of course!
Her:get the good color pencils
Me being broke af:👁👄👁
try getting Fabre castell classics, theure good for the price and better than crayolas
@@andrewjamez9741 or arteza they are good wax based alternative
I got some 13 dollar ones off of walmart and i've tried using them once and they felt like holding a magic wand. Then again, maybe it's because i've been using crayola my entire life.
😂
I just have some random colouring pencils and she’s talking about all these different brands Idk about 😭😭😭
This is the best art tutorial I have seen for any art medium.
Literally the best teaching video ever, I am an artist and went through so many videos but didn't find a video that gives you so so many tips in one shot.. you are amazing in explaining, very clear and organised in your transitions...I will definitely sign for your website tutorials 😊 thank you so much for the rich information you provided us with.
I found using an embossing stylus much easier than an Exacto blade to create creases in the page. They come in different sizes and are perfect for signing your name in the corner of the paper before you start drawing. "Longdex Embossing Stylus Set 5PCS" I loved the video!
I wish I could show you the pictures I just took of my extremely SHARP & POINTY Polychromos, Luminance, and Prismacolor pencils I sharpened with my new Derwent Super Point hand-crank pencil sharpener. Thank you so much, Kirsty, for recommending this sharpener. I have about ten other sharpeners I bought after learning about them on various artists' websites. NONE of them can make my pencils as sharp as Derwent's Super Point hand-crank sharpener. I am eager to sharpen all of my pencils with this. The stop mechanism works VERY well. Oh, and I really enjoyed this instructive video! I just purchased your Legacy Art Class Collection and can't wait to get started. Your teaching style fits well with my learning style. Keep up the good work, Kirsty. Thank you!
I have been seriously waiting for this for forever. I’m good at drawing but I want to start realism people in colored pencil. I want to get better so I’ve been binge watching all ur colored pencil vids 😂
4:35 and 6:30 ! 2 of my favs. Just started my first attempt at a multi colored full portrait. Usually just use a single color ( black, grey, red, ballpoint) it’s definitely very time consuming constantly switching between 10-20 colors. Thanks for the advice on solvent and watercolor paper and the x acto knife technique. Never even considered this. 👏👍👌this was honestly thee most informative videos I’ve ever seen on utube. Thank you. I guarantee this will be beyond helpful in my work. Ok
You are an amazing teacher! You went through the guide + tips so nicely but also included a demo. Thanks so much!
Her work is amazing. Like damn. Beautiful! Definitely a truly skilled artist. It's amazing how far something as cheap and simple as color pencils can go when in the right hands
Her:Talking about toned paper
Me: OuHh ItS jImIn
🤣
Me 😂
I don't get the joke... can someone please explain??
@@rainbowmaneunicorn7338 The drawing on the paper is Jimin (?) A BTS member
@@rainbowmaneunicorn7338 Jimin is the person she Drew, he's also the dude in my Profile picture. He's a BTS member
I have a 72-color Prismacolor set and a 120-color Polychromos set, plus 36-color packs from other brands.
I can never have too many pencils. I love seeing the color form on the paper!!!
Wonderful tutorial! I've been drawing portraits in b&w for a while with decent results, but I thought adding color would take them to a whole different level. Your instructional video gave me what I need to get started exploring this new layer of experience, pun intended!
You have made into so much a better artist. I can’t wait to watch this one and to support you on patreon when the pandemic passes over and I’m more economically stable. I love you so much. Stay safe! Keep up the amazing work :)
Ralph Zurita thank you so much 🙏🏻🥰 stay safe!
Why genius people like you having 1.3 million subcriber.... It's not okay!
You have to number 1 on RUclips your videos totally amazing, I'm not artist and I don't know how to drawing correctly but I really love it all your videos easy to understanding. I hope everyone appreciate it your best efforts.
Bro, she didn’t even draw that. She got a strawberry and smacked it on the paper.
Edit: Issa joke.
😂
Those hackers.... XD
Ikr, she is not tricking me
ReliteXTM So rude.
HAHA
This is the perfect tutorial for my audience! Would you consider coming on the podcast?
Your Creative Push thank you for the offer 🥰 Unfortunately, I am very busy at the moment and can barely keep up with the work tasks I have to do now that I’m pregnant 😂
@@KirstyPartridgeArt no worries! I'll definitely be sending my audience to your channel, either way. Super helpful!
@@KirstyPartridgeArt Congratulations!!!!! 💖
I'm pretty sure your son/daughter is going to be an awesome artist!! 😂💖💖
Your pregnant amazing ❤❤ maybe she would be an amazing artist like her mom and do amazing lessons for the new generation ☺️❤❤❤
@@KirstyPartridgeArt Congratulations 🥳🤰🥳!!!
I wish you and your family all the best!!!!💃🥰🤰🥳🤱😁
Very helpfun! Thank you.
I'm gonna try starting color pencil sketch, I hope I can do well ㅠㅠ
7:15
Me: Is dat Jimin
Hmmm tries to find comments to confirm it's Jimin...
Also Me: Stares at my Crayola and my life savings of $3
*Cries in broke*
I thought the same thing lol I was like tf is that jimin
Excellent video for rookies like me. No annoying background music and straight to the point.
Thanks so much! ❤️❤️❤️
a whole new world for me who can't draw but love coloring. Ending up but adult coloring books to paint. Thanks for the guide!
You are so talented, I really loved this video and I learned a lot! I especially loved the drawing of Jimin💜
It's clear from the video of your art and the details you go through when explaining everything that you love your passion, and I felt that. From that alone you get a like and with that soothing voice, i dont get why you dont have many more followers
I rediscovered coloring a year ago and was digging through all the videos I could find. Why didn’t I find this one? There are so many useful tips I still didn’t even hear of. Amazing 😻 although I like to color coloring books and I only started to try and paint myself with my watercolor paints 😊
Thank you so much for this well organized and well explained video ❤
Her: There is a lot of different types of papers!
Me: ( rips out a paper from my school notebook) A PAPER IS PAPER
Edit: Guys this is just a joke xD
I still remember when i gave money to a prefect cause she asked for a piece of paper... She gave me the "Wtf, are you bribing me?!" look lol.
haha
Ya.............. paper is paper 🤔👍
🤨
Some papers are better use for art like water colour art
I’m so glad I watched this video, Kristy, I have been wanting to dive into color pencil drawing and this might give me the confidence I needed.
Thank you. I'm excited to begin using these techniques.
Just getting into colored pencils myself. I love your channel. I dream of one day being half as good. Thank you so much for creating such high quality content.
Omg im learning so much😍👍🙏 i wish i would get this at school instead of math
You deserve a recognition
Definitely was not expecting to see a Jimin pop up haha 💗
Thank you Kirsty for sharing SO MUCH helpful information and amazingly fun and helpful techniques!!! I learned so much in such a short amount of time. Thank you for sharing your love of art with so many of us...even with those that leave comments showing they don't take it seriously enough, you deserve more respect. Thank you for your kindness and time.
I got to know about drawing with pencil more than for all my previous years of life!!! Incredible!!! ❤🎉 thank you for such great video!!
Hi, I would like to say your the best artist on RUclips and the most helpful one too. out of respect I watch the ads in the video because you are amazing and are giving amazing tips that are really helpful. It’s like a free masterclass. Not only that but you have amazing art it is on believable. On top of that I’ve been waiting for this video for awhile because I am currently working on improving my coloured pencil techniques. I Wasn’t waiting I was just looking for a video similar to this and this is perfect. Great job!😁
Kirsty, thank you sooo much! What an eye opener! I didn’t know about the pencil blending solution until now and I had absolutely no idea that you could make portraits with pencils. But not just an ordinary portrait, but very realistic ones like yours. I thought I was looking at photos!! I’m so glad I came across your channel today. Brilliant!! Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏
Been a month since I've been surfing through lot of color pencil tutorials .. this was the best by far
This has been a really informative video. I'm just recently getting back into drawing, and the techniques you show (especially with white pencil and knife highlights) inspire me to add those techniques to my future color pencil works. Thank you so much for this guide.
Attempt #5, I was able to shade my sketch and reached stage 27:24.
To continue, I'll need to find that fine pointed eraser and the solvent. You're talent is absolutely amazing Kirsty. You made this video look so easy breezy but it needs a vast skillset which is acquired over thousands of hours of practice. :)
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Was just smacked up side the head with the pitfall of being a primarily self-taught artist and am wavering between mortification that I've accepted the title of artist for more than a few decades and the heady wonderment of learning the truth behind life-changing mysteries. In the first minutes of this video I learned the most important benefit of several materials and tools I've been using for a long, long time. Weird feeling, but heck of a boost to inspiration, which is always a blessing as is knowledge! Thank you!
You should have seen the childlike wonder in my eyes as you used the solvent on the strawberry LOL. Wow this helps so much!! Thank you so much. What a talented artist with exceptional techniques to match
Omg thank you sooo much for making this video! I really learned a lot from it. Can't wait to try these new techniques!
Wow! I'm blown away at how little I knew about colored pencils!! Thank you for enlightening us all!
You’re my most favourite art teacher! Everyday I learn so much from you. Thank you so much♥️