What is the process for determining which colors of the Prisma Color pencil set to use ?

How do you know which color should be used to mute another color ?

Thanks

Hi Maritza,

Yes, it sounds as though you may be filling in the tooth of the paper quickly. Once the tooth is filled, the material cannot “stick” to the surface.

Hi Ruth,

1. There are pastel pencils which feature compressed pastel medium encased within a wooden pencil. I am not familiar with oil pastel pencils. There are oil pastels – which are pastels with a oil binder – but I do not think that these are available as pencils. I believe you may be thinking of oil-based and wax-based colored pencils since your question is posted on a module from The Colored Pencil Course. You may check out this article exploring the differences between the two…http://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/oil-based-vs-wax-based-colored-pencils

If you want more information on the differences between some of the different pencils that are colored (not all are “colored pencils”), check out this article…http://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/colored-pencils-vs-watercolor-pencils-vs-the-others

2. Yes, you can use fixative on a pastel piece once it’s finished. I prefer not to do so since it can darken the value (darkness or lightness) of the work. If you’re a member, you can check out this Member’s Minute Episode on using fixative…http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/members-minute-111115/