Comments on: The Colored Pencil Course – Colored Pencil Basics

By: Karen Richards

Karen Richards — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 23:49:45 +0000

In reply to Kim Boychuk. Arches paper and most watercolor papers work for colored pencils. I always use hot press water color papers because they have a smooth surface.

By: Christine Robinson

Christine Robinson — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:31:07 +0000

Hi Matt, I've finally started this course I've really wanted to do. Some more health problems for me, I'm under tests at the moment. So now I start !! Also I've done some commissions thank you to my friends and I've now been asked to draw 2 commissions, my 1st paid one too, only I'm only putting down materials because I don't feel better enough to charge and she is a friend, a new friend and she is lovely.. One is Her cat beautiful cat and one is an Elvis portrait, she loved the one I did for our Elvis group, I donated it for a prize as in his stream every Sunday he does an Elvis quiz and it went to a lovely lady in the US !! She was very happy and I'm always so glad about that. Matt I wouldn't be improving if it wasn't for you and your courses and live streams, man all my love and gratitude x I hope you and your lovely family are well . Also have you tried any of the Castle coloured pencils ? They do a sort touch which are lovely just glide along the page. But also I got the 120 set of their new Gold ones, which are oil based like Castell ones are, I'm doing tour tiger eyes but 1st I'm doing a tigers eye singular and leopard eye singular from an amazing wildlife artist and the colours that are used I don't have them all in my sets so for Castell ones I'll use theirs but also these gold ones together as I only have a Castell 24 set All the best Christine xx

By: Martina

Martina — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:18:00 +0000

I am new to colored pencil drawing and I’m always struggling to choose when enough base layers (light pressure) are put down and then do the next step to go on. Even when I want to draw simple objects like an apple, pear I am very unsure at which point I can go on with layers in medium pressure and finally heavy pressure. My drawings looks very childish and odd and I get stuck since it ends always the same odd way. Sad.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:04:56 +0000

In reply to Alia Al Marar. Alia, Videos are only available as streaming video. We do not provide download links to the video files.

By: Alia Al Marar

Alia Al Marar — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:04:20 +0000

In reply to Lonika Singh. i can't find any download link for the video only for the ebook

By: matt

matt — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:11:49 +0000

In reply to Pearl O’Grodnik.

Hi Pearl,

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By: Pearl O’Grodnik

Pearl O’Grodnik — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:15:37 +0000

I signed up, paid for course on June 14, 2022, but can not gain access to course as I am instructed to pay for course. Receipt number 2625-0157. I would really like to join the members program.

By: Janet Ellis

Janet Ellis — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:35:49 +0000

I have a Prismacolor premier set of 36. I see you use these. So, I hope they work. I don’t have the correct paper. So I will have to get some Bristol 170/m2. I know where I can get some. I m logging out for awhile.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:10:02 +0000

In reply to DEBORAH WYATT.

Hi Deborah,

Thanks for your comment. I know that it is frustrating in the beginning. As for the shadow, the cast shadow created by an object can take on many many different shapes. There isn’t one shadow shape that fits every time for any form. The direction, intensity, proximity, and angle of the light source all greatly affects the resulting cast shadow. Sometimes the shadow cast by a cube looks like “house” and sometimes it looks quite different. I encourage you to do an image search in your browser for “cube shadow”. Take note of all the different shapes a cast shadow made by a cube can take. You’ll also notice that some of them do actually look like a “house”.

But, I’ll also point out that this lesson is not about cast shadows. It is instead about the basics of applying colored pencils. The forms used to illustrate these methods are very quick sketches.

If you would like to learn more about cast shadows, then I suggest taking a look at the following lessons…
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-nine-shadow-and-light/
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/how-to-draw-paint-cast-shadows.html
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/the-guide-to-graphite-light-and-shadow-part-1/
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/the-guide-to-graphite-light-and-shadow-part-2/

By: DEBORAH WYATT

DEBORAH WYATT — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:36:13 +0000

Regarding lesson 2, I am very much a beginner, but I could see that the shadow you created of the cube was the wrong shape and made as much sense as a flower shape would have. Sorry, but this really bugged me because light source and shadow is a real struggle for me and seeing a house-shaped shadow for a cube was confusing.