r/ColoredPencils

I mostly work with Faber-Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premier pencils :) (Paper: Strathmore Toned Tan)

Some birds from an Avian August challenge that I decided to start tackling on another app.

Take this everlasting rose, to remind you of them. It will be painful to walk with your grief, but it is better than to forget.

Spooky Cute - Coco Wyo

Polychromos pencils with Caran d'arche luminance white

Uniball Signo Gel

Spent a good few hours on it, first time using my Polychromos pencils, I just replaced my Black Widow pencils with them as I wasn't enjoying them. Really happy with it, and didn't make it spooky for once :)

Whilst colouring I thought of the little poem thing. I've never experienced grief, myself, but I adore the sentiment of not forgetting, but walking with your grief. I see Death as a kind figure, someone who helps others move into the afterlife, here he feels sorry for the dog's loneliness and wants to help him too.

One of my favourite animals. I wanted to capture their strength and emotional depth here. Drawn with Derwent Drawing pencils on Clairefontaine PaintON mixed media paper. Background with Arrtx and Liquitex acrylic markers.

Wow what a learning curve. My hand is now a claw and my wrist hurts but I really liked them! Anyway, here’s a barred owl to add to my bird collection. Polychromos on Strathmore 400 toned gray paper.

New Border Collie portrait finished. Had this one on the board for a couple of days. A really fun one to work on. Nice mix of light and dark with plenty of texture and room for subtle colours to pop the whole thing.
He’s 20 x 30” on Art Spectrum pastel paper and drawn with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and Windsor & Newton white calligraphy ink.

These are two residents at my local non-profit parrot sanctuary.
I only started using PastelMat paper less than a year ago, but I really enjoy it!

Polychromos & Prismacolor

Fun one to make