Colouring image with reds and polychromos pencils Picture Tutorial

Picture tutorial for Colouring with reds and Polychromos pencils

The image i am using is one of the new christmas magnolia images she is very cute and just calling to be coloured ~I decided to colour her red as I know this is one of the hardest colours to colour and blend.

I will start by colouring the skin I used E13, E11 E00 (not E31 as in pic derr)

I chose where my light sorce was coming from which is the right hand side but it is totally up to you.

the first colour I used is E13 

I then added E11 and blended it with E13

I then added E00 and blended all over

I added R20 to the cheeks

Then reblended with E00

For the red dress I used R29, R22, R20 I find this the best combo for christmassy colour's

Using R29 first I added the darkest colour to the right side of her dress and to the folds

 I then blended with R22 then R20, I go over this a couple of time to get the blend I am happy with.

I have done the same for the sleeve and the rest of the dress

I used the same blending colours on the hat and neckline

 For the legs and hands I used the same skin combo as the face.

For the boots I used  C00, C1, C3, C5

Starting with the darkest C5 colour first 

The blending in the other greys

 For the ribbon I used the same copics as the Dress

For the Hair I used copics E18, E17 YR21

Starting with the darkest colour add to where you think is likely to be the darkest areas in the folds of the hair 

The add the other colours med then the lighest colours repeat to get the blend how you want it, it doesnt matter how many times you go over it will blend better the more you add colour.

 I have now finished with the copics and want to add so me blending for more depth with polychromos pencils and sansador the colours I used are Dark Red, Walnut Brown, Warm Grey V, Cold Grey II and cinnamon.

 I used the dark red to add depth to the folds 

 Sleeves

 Using the dark brown I added it to the hair in the folds

 Then blended with a blending stump

 The cinnamon I used just under the hairline

 and the jaw line

again blending it with the stump

 do the same on the hands and legs

 now the warm grey V on the boots

 to the darkest areas

 Then blend it with a stump and sansador

 the cool grey II is used on the folds of the fir

 blend them to finish

 and R20, R22 to finish the parcel

and there you go the finished image I will make a card with the image and post it here to. Hope you enjoyed this  tut and it helps in showing  how to colour reds.