Transcript Exploring Colored Pencil
Slide 1
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 2
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 3
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 4
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 5
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 6
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 7
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 8
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 9
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 10
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 11
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 12
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 13
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 14
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 15
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 16
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 17
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 18
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 19
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 20
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 21
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 22
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 2
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 3
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 4
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 5
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 6
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 7
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 8
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 9
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 10
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 11
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 12
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 13
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 14
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 15
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 16
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 17
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 18
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 19
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 20
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 21
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.
Slide 22
Vincent van Gogh
Drawing and Printmaking
The Lives of Lines
Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
1888, Van Gogh
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/van_gogh/menu.html
About van Gogh, his drawings, his technique, and his
tools
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/van_gogh/slideshow/
slide.asp?item=0&ss=play
Slideshow of some van Gogh drawings
Holland
Where was van Gogh born?
Seeing works of fellow artists:
Impressionists & NeoImpressionists
What inspired van Gogh’s style
when he was in France?
Linear Perspective
What method do artists use to
make objects appear smaller and
closer together when they are
farther away?
Three Colored Pencil Drawing
Techniques
Transparent Layering
Burnishing (Opaque Layering)
Grisaille
Transparent Layering
“Because colored pencil is
transparent, a rich spectrum of
hues as varied as those found in
nature can be created simply by
layering one color over another.”
(Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra McFall
Angelo)
Ann James Massey
http://www.annjame
smassey.com/
Henri Berenger,
1995.
Black colored pencil
9 1/2” x 7 1/4”
Bill Nelson
http://billnelsonstudi
os.com/pages/about
bill.html
Stallone
Colored pencil
Opaque Layering
Burnishing
“When you burnish a drawing, you
apply the final layer of color with
such heavy pressure that all
colors underneath meld together
and create an opaque wax
barrier.” (Exploring Colored Pencil, Sandra
McFall Angelo)
Debora Zeller
Hands of the Potter
Colored Pencil
Burnishing: 4 stages
Create a line
drawing
Develop a value
drawing with
transparent layers to
establish light,
medium, & dark
tones
Layer local colors
over value study
until drawing looks
like a completed
transparent layered
drawing
Add final layers of
colors with gradually
increasing pressure
Burnishing tips
Do not apply heavy
pressure until all layers
of color have been
applied, as pressing
hard will flatten the
tooth of the paper.
Let medium tones spill
into both lighter and
darker areas.
Do not let light color get
in the darks and do not
let darks get into light
colors.
Brush paper and
drawing surface often to
keep crumbs from
embedding in the
paper.
Grisaille
(greez EYE)
A technique in which a
black-&-white underdrawing is
followed by a glaze of color.
Victoria Peterson Laird
“El Cazador”
Andalusian
pastel and graphite
19" x 16"
Grisaille: 4 steps
Create a contour line drawing of subject.
Complete a black-and-white value study
(graphite or black/gray colored pencil),
keeping values on the lighter side.
Spray with workable fixative.
Cover with transparent layers of colored
pencil.
Grisaille tips
Use this technique for subjects that have
subtle tones.
Use for drawings of antiques, nature,
animals, old photographs.
Use this technique for anything with dull
colors.
For brightly colored drawings that are done
with grisaille, make the underdrawing with a
gray colored pencil rather than a graphite
pencil.