From the book: Colored Pencil Drawing for Adult Beginners
Free printable PDF sheets for the book.
This book is built on coloring outline drawings. An outline frees you from worrying whether the drawing "looks right" — all your attention goes to the technique, and the result appears right away. Print an outline on ordinary office paper, take the pencils you already have, and follow the chapter. A spoiled attempt costs nothing: print another one.
For Technique 1, Getting to Know Your Pencils. Choose the sheet for the number of pencils in your set. Color each bud with one pencil, each petal with a different pressure, then draw a line from the bud to its color name in the center.
12 colors 18 colors 24 colors 36 colors
If your set has more than 36 pencils, use two sheets: two 24-color sheets for 48 colors, two 36-color sheets for 72.
For Technique 2, Transparency of Pencil Pigments. Color the outer ring first, then the inner one, and watch what happens where the bellflowers overlap.
12 colors 18 colors 24 colors 36 colors
If your set has more than 36 pencils, use two sheets: two 24-color sheets for 48 colors, two 36-color sheets for 72.
For Technique 3, Strokes. Color it with different kinds of strokes in a single layer; the chapter colors it step by step — follow along or find your own.
Print at 100% ("Actual size", not "Fit to page") on Letter or A4 paper. Plain office paper works well for practice; if you prefer heavier drawing paper, transfer the outline through a window or a light table, or with a sheet shaded with a graphite pencil as carbon paper.
The complete set — 20 more sheets for the other techniques and the five drawing lessons — is a PDF download for readers of the book. The link is inside the book. About the book →
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