Tutorial for colouring skin with Prismacolor pencils

I thought I'd share with you a tutorial I did for All That Scraps on how I colour skin tones on kraft cardstock using Prismacolor pencils.  I love this technique as it gives a more softer, whimsical feel than alcohol pens on kraft.  Without further ado, on with the tute!

Here I have used Sweet Ima Butterfly.  First off, I use Cream as the base.  I start off using light strokes with the pencil so that the kraft doesn't become "waxy" too soon as this will make it harder to blend the colours together later on...

I then use Sand around the face, arms and legs, avoiding the areas where the light sources hits the image the most.  You can see that I'm not particularly careful colouring closest to the edges at this point...

I then use Peach around the edges keeping to the areas that would be shaded.  You can't see much of the Sand at this point but you can see how it gives a lovely 'glow' under the Peach...

I now begin blending the colours together.  I don't use mineral spirits (like Sansodor) when blending on kraft and instead use a lighter colour.  So, here I have used Light Peach with light circular motions to blend the lines between the Sand and Peach.  You can see that I've left a lot of the first colour Cream unblended but don't worry it will become less stark in the very last blending session...

I now use Burnt Ochre to create the shadows in the very darkest shaded areas...

I go back to Peach and use that to blend in the Burnt Ochre around the edges...

Lastly, I use Light Peach all over the face in light circular motions to blend all the colours together.  Here is a picture of the finished coloured version...

And that's a wrap!  I hope that tutorial was useful.  I will be back again tomorrow to show you how I coloured in her hair which requires a different technique.  See you soon and thanks for your patience!

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