Struggling to Find the Perfect Coloured Pencils for your Animal Portraits? | Materials Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 เม.ย. 2020
- In this video I walk through a finished portrait, explaining my use of colour, from the base layers to the final touches. Why I use certain pencils for the initial layers, and what colours complement each other to create beautiful bay horses with your coloured pencils.
I use colour theory to select colours for shadows, and a range of different pencils - some are chosen because of their specific colour, some are chosen because they lay down on the paper in a certain way.
Colours you may not have used together, or pencils you might not have tried, hopefully this video will give you a little more insight into how to combine different pencils to create realistic looking coloured pencil portraits.
Materials used:
Clairefontaine Pastelmat White
Faber Castell Polychromos
Caran D'Ache Pablos
Caran D'Ache Luminance
Derwent Studios
Derwent Drawings
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Thank you SO MUCH for this Bonny, I struggle choosing colours, so this helped me A LOT‼️🙏
Would love to hear more colours of more portraits 👍
YOU STAR 😍 x
thank you so much :) yes I'll do a video for each one I do now I think :)
I love how you got so excited about each pencil and how great they are! Definitely can relate :)
Kira Gürtler ha ha!!
And this portrait turned out absolutely beautiful as always! Another great video. Thank you Bonnie🙂
Thank you :)
So stunning Bonny! Thank you so much for the information. You are so helpful and your artwork is absolutely spectacular!
Thank you so much :)
Absolutely love this!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!! I've been want to draw my bright baby mare for years but have been far too intimidated by the colours in her coat. This helps so much!! Thank you!!
Thank you :) I do hope you draw her - do share when you do :)
Excellent commentary about the use of color, but also the different brands! Thank you!
Jill Barnard glad you enjoyed it 🥰
Stunning work of art. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Wonderful as always. :)
Thank you so much :)
Thank you for sharing your talents, techniques and time. Very helpful.
Thank you so much :)
Thank you Bonny, this was very helpful. It is so easy to get lost when working with colours.
destix5 my pleasure 🥰
Very helpful, taking notes. Thank you!
thank you :)
So helpful, thank you.
Very helpful, thank you!
Thanku Bonny, enjoyed knowing about the pencils, your horse looks awesome 💞
thank you :)
Wonderful video - thank you so much!!!!
it's always so useful to follow your explanations. I wish I had all these amazing pencils but maybe I can purchase some of them individually investing in the ones you recommend the most
You can buy them separately :)
Thank you for this wonderful information.
Susie Westervelt no problem 🥰
what a beautiful portrait!
thank you :)
Thank you so much for this info!
My pleasure :)
Thank you Bonny xxx
Beautiful! Thank you so much sweetie
thank you :)
Some great tips here - particularly regarding using Derwent light fast on top rather than a base layer which is what I would have done. I’m about to do some dog portraits so researching whether to use polychromos or Derwent lightfast or both
Thank you Bonnie! Your work is fantastically realistic! Really appreciate artists who freely share their knowledge. Have you ever used Holbein coloured pencils? Look forward to seeing more like this and the live streaming is great, thank you!
Thomas Paterson thank you 🥰 I’ve had a play with the holbeins but never done a full piece with them. They are beautiful 🥰
The Derwent Studio Pencils have been discontinued since this video was posted. These colours are still available in Derwent Artists Range. Same pencil, just a round barrel but the same core.
This was beyond helpful! I cannot thank you enough for doing this for all of us - especially me as I am true beginner! Would love to have the same tutorial on a chestnut horse and a Palomino! I would never have thought to have used the majority of those colors! Just brilliant! Thank you!
Thank you 🥰 I have a full tutorial of a chestnut over on my Patreon 🥰
Thank you BONNY! How do I find your Patreon?
@@sharklover138 you can find me here: www.patreon.com/bonnysnowdonfineart :)
I found you and I’m signed up! Thank you again and I can’t wait to follow along!
So many very useful informations! Thank you very much! Do you ever use solvents to blend colored pencils?
thank you :) No I don't use solvents
This is a gorgeous horse. I just don't like the chain. The always symbolise the dominance of humans over animals to me. But very impressive art. Just wow!!
Is there a video on how to do the mane for this horse
Hi Bonny. Lovely video full of fabulous information ! My preferred is also Derwent studio, FC Polychromos, and prismas and verithins for fine details. I tend to use HP smooth paper, and notice you using pastel mat on this drawing. Something I've not used, but will give it a try now. Do you use it as preferred? and do you use other papers? Best regards, Jacqui. Western Australia
Hi Jacqui, thank you so much :) I love pastelmat - it really suits my techniques - very different to smooth paper in that you can get light over dark quite easily. I use Drafting film as well which I love :)
Bonny Snowdon Fine Art thanks for replying 😄 nice to hear back from you. I will certainly give both of those a go. I’ve always gone for smooth, to get the detail but oh my gosh it’s time consuming to build up all the layers. If I can get my hands on some pastel mat during lock down I will give it a try . Best regards , jacqui
lovely work. how hard is it to transition from pastels to colored pencils on pastel mat?
crystalzak I think the challenge is the speed - with pastel coverage is almost immediate - coloured pencils takes a few layers.
Thank you for sharing your experience, your videos and work is amazing. What is your opinion on Prismacolour? I have a couple of sets and found them, ok. Do you have any tips on using them for animals?
Thank you :) Prismacolor are a good pencils, they have a great range of colours, they are very soft which is why I don't use them as much. I would say very light pressure and build your layers up slowly and lightly :)
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy thank you, I'll do that and share the results with the Facebook group.
Richard Ward oh yes do 🥰
Is it posibble to make something likes this or animals with one brand colord pencil? Amd what brand do you recommend?
Never clicked so fast on a video :)
lol!!! Thank you :)
Excellent video. It was very useful and informative. I went through Blick Art Materials, and it was about $125 (USD) for the pencils listed in this video. Do you have a smaller set of "essential" pencils listed anywhere?
I've just added my core colours to drop box, you can find the pdf here: www.dropbox.com/sh/c0c4bpe4t2gn9bv/AAAFbCzm5bB9BQibSJNsODY8a?dl=0
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy Thank you so much!
Bonny Snowdon Fine Art - THANK YOU!! You are such an inspiring mentor.
At 3:43 what are the names of those pencils (their colour names)
Oo first ❤️😊