BURNISHING Colored Pencils - What is it, and Why? | Prismacolor Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Burnishing with colored pencils is something you'll hear mentioned in many of my videos. It's such a fundamental technique that I think it deserves its own video explaining what it is, why you should do it and when it's useful.
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You are brilliant Gemma, just discovered your channel and can't wait to go through it. Women definitely dominate the coloured pencil drawing TH-cam universe 😊
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I love your art Gemma Chamber....I'm a huge fan.. it really helps a lot❤🤞✌️(Collins from South Africa 🇿🇦
You are generous by sharing this video. I am part of your Patreon now!
Hello. May I ask whether Gemma‘s Patreon videos include her initial sketches? I know that she makes the sketches available on her Patreon but do you see her sketch the image in the videos? I’m trying to get a rough idea of how comprehensive they are. I want to join a Patreon where I see the progression from a blank piece of paper.
I love your work and your explanations of your processes. Thank you.
Very inspiring. Pencils are so versatile. I'm glad I've decided to learn.
Terrific video as always. Thank you for all the work you do to put great quality videos on your channel. Much much much appreciated
Relative beginner here. I notice Derwent do a burnishing pencil, as well as a blending pencil. I use the blending pencil a lot, but have done little burnishing. Thanks for showing us burnishing with colours. I note that both the blending and burnishing pencils do seem to make the colours more vibrant as well as smoother.
That is a great point - a few of the main pencil brands offer blending/burnishing pencils, sometimes called colourless blenders. I think there's nothing wrong with using them at all, but I do like the opportunity to make my final colour adjustments by burnishing with a colour.
WOW! Love your artwork and teaching! Thank you! SUBSCRIBED!!
So so helpful, Im learning so much. Thankyou!
Que lindo pintas. Recién volveré a dibujar y pintar después de muchísimos años. Empezare a practicar con esta técnica. Muchas gracias
Hello. I love your tutorials. Thank you so much
WOW - great tutorial. I will try to apply this technique to my own pencil sketches. 👍
Question: I'm a graphite portrait artist who wants to try Prismacolor Pencils. What worries me is that often the next day or two when I look back at a finished portrait in graphite, I'll see mistakes on the face that need to be a little lighter or darker to be more realistic, specially on human portraits. Help. Is it impossible to fix or can I lighten or darken an already burnished area? .... Love your video!
Great explanation. Thank you!
copic clear markers are terrific as well
...very informative!-subscribed!
Awesome, thanks!
I like you maam.. your very good in color pencil, thanks.... 😊
I get nervous about which colour to use for burnishing, so I always go for white, creating a sort of milky effect. Is the sensible thing to do to burnish in a colour a few shades lighter than the underlayer?
The way I understand is you don’t burnish the hole picture with the same color/tone. Use the same tones you used for the layering underneath.
@@Falco2Itachi But which color do you choose to burnish an area with multiple tones/colors?
@@frankkennedy6388 I’ve seen another TH-camer mostly choosing either the midtones or something like that but I forgot which it was. I suggest trying it out on paper scraps and decide afterwards. But I don’t think the difference will be that prominent when the drawing is ready.
thank you!
Vou comprar o seu curso de desenho. você ministra algum curso de desenho? me lembrei agora que não falo seu idioma, então como vou entender o curso, como vou a prender a pintar? você não facilita
Do you offer free teaching tutorials? A lot of people try and charge money for what you said in this video, but do you have anymore pointers especially for drawing portraits?❤️ also tysm for this video!
Pattern doesn’t work in my country Egypt 😢
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I try not to burnish, dont really like the shiny look you can get soemtimes
roses are red violets are blue.. i watched this whole video and it left me with no clue
nothings helping..