How to draw wood & metal on toned paper in colored pencil: materials & techniques


What you’ll learn:

  1. How to use shading techniques to create volume and textures.
  2. Papers that work well with colored pencils.
  3. Learn the techniques to make wood textures.


When you want to go beyond regular shading to create unique textures in your colored pencil drawings, you can learn these four simple techniques:

1. rubbing

2. paper indenting

3. lifting out

4. shading in varied directional strokes. 

You need to try using them all and then apply the techniques in accordance with your specific projects in the future.

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