Colored Pencil Rainy Days: Preclass

This is an intermediate course, therefore supplies for the Colored Pencil Jumpstart course are assumed. Any brand of colored pencils is welcome; for the techniques in this class, Stonehenge is highly recommended.

(This Pre-class lesson has no videos; the FREE Pre-class lesson for CPJS has more basic info on pencils including some video you might find helpful.)

Before we start…a little housekeeping

I retain the copyright to the content you are learning in class. That means…

1. Do not sell or give away the concepts from my classes – you may not re-teach my instruction contained or created within these lessons.
2. Do not post a video tutorial or step by step photo tutorial of your own redraw of class content.
3. Do not repost any handouts you receive in class.

However…I love to see students making strides and taking this teaching and personalizing it with your own skills.

1. DO make your own designs and develop your own style! I love that!
2. DO gift your creations made with these techniques, of course!

At the bottom of each lesson you’ll see some ways to share your homework and ask questions, so that’ll be handy for you.

Colored Pencils

Choose one brand, or try the class with another you own; hex charts are not required for this course but are helpful in general when using pencils.

1. Prismacolor  BLICK  AMZ      (HEX CHART )
2. Polychromos  BLICK   AMZ   JACKSONS    (HEX CHART)
3. Derwent Lightfast  BLICK   AMZ   JACKSONS  DERWENT    (HEX CHART)
4. Luminance  BLICK  AMZ   JACKSONS   (HEX CHART )

Paper

1. Stonehenge Drawing Paper BLICK   AMZ   JACKSONS

Other supplies

1. Kneaded eraser BLICK   AMZ  JACKSONS
2. Tombow Mono Stick eraser BLICK  AMZ   JACKSONS
3. Pencil Sharpener – I use these most often:
   1. Electric QuietSharp BLICK   AMZ 
   2. Handheld BLICK  AMZ
   3. Afmat Long point AMZ
4. Gamsol BLICK  AMZ or other Odorless Mineral Spirits, – or just use baby oil
5. Solvent jars (you’ll see me using solution in jar with a cotton ball to keep it from spilling) AMZ
6. Blending Stumps BLICK AMZ
7. Tea Strainer
8. QTips