COLOUR pencil PORTRAIT

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Jake’s materials

•Coloured Pencils Mars Violet, Black and Plum, all Derwent Procolour pencils; Dark Orange, Amber Gold, Natural Brown, Wild Lavender, Mid Ultramarine, Turquoise Green, Strawberry, Flame, Moonstone, Oyster and Flesh Pink, all Derwent Lightfast pencils

•Paper Seawhite 220gsm Cartridge Paper, A3

•Plastic eraser

•Pencil sharpener

1 Create an under-drawing

I began with a loose establishing drawing in Mars Violet Procolour pencil. Hold the pencil with a distant, underhand grip to keep the marks playful. Although most of the drawing will be made with oil-based Lightfast pencils, I prefer