I tell beginners all the time that having the exact colours that are used in a tutorial is not needed. values,tones,lighting etc are way more important than colour
I have a certain system for colours: Choose how many colours you wanna have in the drawing (1, 3, 7, 20,...) Asign a number to every pencil/marker/whatever Put the ammount of pencils/markes/whatever in a random number generator Generate the amount of numbers of pencils/markers/whatever you wanna use Start drawing with the things you get This is not for everyone. I just like to do that because the restriction and randomness helps me get creative.
True, i litterally drew a portrait 2 years ago trying to get the exact colors and then i didn't draw for 2 years any portraits, cause i couldn't find the same one and was stressed that i would mess my drawing up, so i started looking up and learning, more in the 2 years, the basics of drawing, i started buying a lil bit better quality pencils, started looking how well a pencil blended with another and i started looking how much pressure i could put on em, i had a blue color and could use the exact same one with black and a lil more pressure so i could get the same result with for example a dark blue. I learned a lot in the 2 years, i also didn't just focus on portrait drawings, i also drew doodles, comic book style, i learned a lot, and i definitely learned how to get creative with a drawing. Love your vids you helped a lot with your tutorials. (I recently made another portrait after 2 years and it is way better and more detailed cause i didn't care to much about the colors.)
I find it a little hilarious that a video on color selection features a black and white drawing. But truly, it emphasizes the importance of value as opposed to hue!
It's really difficult to choose a color when following some people's tutorials when they just use names and when they don't give you a swatch for you to freezeframe so you can match. I felt very pressured to got the biggest prismacolor colored pencil set because that's what most tutorial artists use on RU-vid. I didn't want to invest that much money in a set of pencils I didn't know if I'd like. I got a tremendous deal on a prisma set recently but you know what? I don't like them as much my castle art and arteza sets. They are so soft, they don't hold a point long and the tips break off easily and some colors, well, the sharpener just eats them.
Kristy, I've been an artist for almost 49 years now and I still make mistakes constantly. We're not all perfect and ive realized this after this many years. My biggest problem I have at the time being is I've not been doing any art for a little over a year now and trying to get back into the swing of things is a pain. 😟😟 😇love the video keep em coming 😀
Anything you talk about is so informative and helpful.....any format you choose is helpful.....and I appreciate you sharing your talent! You are so very talented!
This is so true! I used to hard core struggle with this to the point i would not even try a tutorial if I did not have the exact supplies. I eventually decided to just give it a go and try and since then It has not been an issue. I find it is rare that the absolute exact product is needed. Thank you for the video!
I love your tutorials, Kirsty. I have taken up drawing with coloured pencils as part of my therapy treatment for depression with amazing results. I just wish I had half your talent! Thanks.
I absolutely LOVE how you draw such awesome artworks whilst giving other art tips!!! I really want to do that on my channel too when I make these types of vids one day😂😂🙏 great video Kirsty❤️👌
I figured out that I can save colors by using basic colors to blend. This was also related to the making skin tones with 5 colors. Thank you for the tips.
Thanks Kirsty. I was intimidated by all of the colour names, expensive mediums (alcohol based markers for example) and specific papers that apparently were needed for each course I saw online so I just gave up because I'm on too tight a budget.
Great video Kirsty! I'm being more adventurous in my art thanks to you!! I'm doing more in colored pencil than I used to, I'm still learning in colored and graphite mediums. You inspire me to keep trying and to not give up just because a drawing I did wasn't a beautiful masterpiece. Thank you so so much 😊👍✍👨🏼🎨❤
Kirsty that squirrel is cute, just like the ones we get in our garden, we get about 4 at a time, especially because your dad constantly feeds the birds and encourages the squirrels in the garden lol. Gorgeous drawing sweetheart, I do love your charcoal drawings the best, but to be honest anything you draw turns out fantastic 🥰😘👍
true, most of the time I didn't follow the same as reference image shown because sometimes hard to get match same colors, i prefer chase the values.Good tips and great painting anyway👍💙
Your art work is very good Kirsty. And I do understand what you mean. I use only lighter colours in my pencil drawing and still get a realistic look.. By only add contrast and highlights.
Omgoodness feels like you are talking to me, I'm actually being held back right now by Color selection on a drawing I just completed. Just watching this video has solved my problem. Thank you very much for this video @kirsty
I didn't see why charcoal or graphite drawings were a big deal. Now my interest is peeked. New artist, on your Patreon. Debunking myths would be lovely.
As a beginner I keep changing my direction as far as how to teach myself how to draw and to use graphite or colored pencil. In order to practice values I will try gray colored pencles that have values printed on them, a value scale and use color on grayscale coloring books.
This really hits me, I bought your courses (portraits) like a month ago but haven't got to follow anything yet because I'm overwhelmed by the colors you are using, I don't really know how to match the colors in different brand (im using prismacolor) and I'm afraid to try because it just might not look right. I hope I can overcome all of this, thank you for the tips again :)
Thank you so much for this video Kirsty. I am partially sighted and born with no functioning cones in my eyes, as a result I have no colour vision whatsoever. For many years I have steered clear of coloured work bar a few pieces that sort of happened accidentally. I recently bought a set of watercolors to start just painting what I see, guessing the colours and hoping it doesn’t look absolutely mad lol, I had been avoiding getting started due to fears of things looking ridiculous to everyone except me but this video has motivated me to give it a try! 💪 thank you again, I know I’m a little late to this vid.. better late than never I guess! 🤣
Thank you for this video, I'm currently into color pencil drawing and watched your videos, I'm still practicing this medium so I don't want to use an expensive pencils yet so far I'm using prisma colors, I'd like to ask if you have tried Faber Castell gold Faber and what is your opinion on that pencils, thanks and God bless 😊
@@johnhernandez3134 😂. I coloured in a crocodile picture green. My teacher (thinking back) took the pi** out of it and said it should be brown. I think she was colour blind 😳😂
Thanks a lot for this beautiful video, I enjoyed the detailed advice you gave and the awesome squirrel drawing in the video. It has encouraged me greatly as a beginner! You are the best, Kirsty! Keep up the good work! :)
When I started watercolor and red was called for, I'd just use whatever red I had. Then I started learning about warm and cool shades of red (and all other colors), and that threw me off. So like, do I put a cool color next to another cool color, or should I surround it with warm colors. Are shadows always cool colors, or can they sometimes be warm colors? Those are my challenges now.
Thank you so much for this video! As a beginner I was stressing about colours as my budget doesn't stretch to the really large sets. I would love to see more videos on the beginner pitfalls to look out for. I'll also take up your suggestion to do some more monochrome work so I can understand the values better. You've probably been asked this a million times, but what is the program you are using to change your reference photos or find which colours to match please?
Hi I know what I am going to say is not related to the topic of this video but I wanted some advice. I really want to learn how to draw realistically but I don't know where to start and how to learn
Hi I am new to your RU-vid channel and just became a one of your Patron’s. I love your video’s, they’re so informative. I’m interested in learning to draw animals. If I purchase your wildlife class, will I have lifetime access to the class or is it for a time period?
The only thing which holds me back is to start finally... When I was a kid/teenager, I draw a lot and it was "a part of me". Until I grow up and got my job in an office, it became really hard to still draw... Sometime I stopped it and until then I can't get back in this like before... like an inner blockade although I still have my materials and I still have ideas in my head... it makes me sad...
Hey kirsty , was wondering if you do anything to fix your colour pencil drawings once theyre finished to preserve them and stop smudging etc many thanks
I am having trouble drawing and coloring natural raffia ... I'm having trouble making it look real, I think it might be my color choices, can you help.?
I use the regular sharpener that comes in the Lyra charcoal set. But the key is to go slow when sharpening charcoal, don’t apply too much pressure and frequently check the pencils after each rotation in the sharpener 😊💕
hey could you do a review on digital art? Its hard to transfer from traditional to digital because I can't blend colors the same way, I recently did a portrait of Lebron James and Kobe on my youtube channel, I think there good but I feel its missing some spark and idk how to add it
I guess this isn’t a problem I’ve really had, especially since I find coloured pencils to take so long to use that I don’t often bother with them. I use a cheapish 12-pack of watercolour pencils and then just go for an abstract/impressionist (?) style with bright, unrealistic colours. Trying to make realistic pieces would take hours and hours and destroy my wrists haha. I’ll probably take this advice more on board with my watercolours though - found myself worrying a bit earlier about not having any Mars Black
I do calligraphy using 2 pencils and I fill it up with pencil and always I have to adjust the margins with eraser if I use charcoal can I use the eraser ?? another word can I erase a charcoal??
Amazing video Kirsty and congratulation on the pregnancy.btw what are you thinking of calling your baby boy and will you teach him how to draw or paint?
should i study color theory, I want to improve on identifying colors much better. Did you study this topic. If you did, could you explain it, i have spent hours, and hours trying to understand it, but nothing is working.
