Painting with Pencils
Every course focuses on one technique and takes you from first stroke to finished piece.
Colored pencils can produce results that look like paintings. This course teaches you how. Lisa walks you through a complete portrait, starting with paper and primer, building an underpainting, layering greyscale and color, blending warm and cool tones, and finishing with sunlight color, highlights, and high contrast. Every step is designed to produce a painterly result rather than a typical colored pencil look.
You will learn to work with references, create believable illusions of depth, and render red hair and skin with rich, layered color.
After this course, you will...
- Build an underpainting foundation with proper paper and primer
- Layer greyscale and color for painterly depth
- Blend warm and cool tones for realistic skin
- Create believable illusions and work from reference photos
- Finish with sunlight color, highlights, and high contrast for a painted look
What's inside
- About This Course
- Paper And Primer
- Starting The Underpainting
- Shading Techniques
- Coloring Over Greyscale
- Warm And Cool Colors
- Capturing Moments In Time
- Blending And Blush
- Burgundy Infusion ▶ Preview
- Creating Believable Illusions
- Working With References
- Tricks For Red Hair
- Getting Feedback
- Adding Sunlight Color
- Strawberry Red
- Light Highlights
- High Contrast
Artisans get this course for half price.
Free
Learn the basic geometry that all artists use to draw eyes, and master the skill of freehand drawing various expressions and personalities.
Free
Build the pencil control and observation skills that make everything else possible.
$197
Go from technically correct to emotionally unforgettable.
$197
Master the colored pencil techniques that make light glow on paper.
$197
The most comprehensive colored pencil gemstone course available.
$197
Five complete skin tone systems from first pencil to final detail.
$197
Break portraits down into geometry, angles, and steps you can follow.
$197
The foundation that every other drawing skill depends on.
$197
Gold, silver, copper, bronze, pewter, iron, rust. Every metal, every texture.
$197
The complete colored pencil foundation, from first stroke to finished project.
$197
From house cats to lions. Anatomy, fur, and realistic detail.
$157
Twinkle lights, bokeh, and neon glow. Three ways to make light on paper.
$157
From first sketch to a finished coloring page ready for print or Etsy.
$97
Achieve the watercolor look using only colored pencils. No water needed.
$97
Skulls, undead skin, gothic jewelry, and glitter. One dark, detailed project.
$97
Make colored pencils look like light passing through glass.
$97
Golden fabric, velvet, porcelain, enamel, satin, and more. Two ornate masks.
$97
Ghost bride, demon girl, green skin. Three undead characters, three techniques.
$97
One ghost, one glow. A complete follow-along project.
$97
Crystals, icy skin, snowflakes, and glitter. One ice queen, start to finish.
$97
Pale skin, painterly hair, silk, roses, and vintage effects. One romantic portrait.
$97
A cherry tree house dreamscape. Atmosphere, light, and fantasy.
$97
Mindful coloring that builds real technique.
$97
Make colored pencils look like paint.
$97
Light, transparency, and sharp facets. From single crystals to full clusters.
$47
Same artwork, two papers, side by side. See exactly when tan beats white.
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