Colored Pencil Drawing with Jennifer Morrison
Dive into the world of colored pencils with artist Jennifer Morrison. Jennifer is known for her stunning hyper-realistic colored pencil work, and through a series of 4 tutorials she’ll share her top tips and techniques, demo how to create a colorful Dahlia flower, and how to add a dramatic black background to your floral pieces.
Supplies:
► Jennifer uses Strathmore Museum Mounting Board throughout this series, but you can also use:
► Strathmore 400 Series Bristol Smooth OR
► Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Printmaking
► Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils
– Dark Orange
– Light Orange
– Orange Yellow
– Canary Yellow
– Light Chrome Yellow
– Scarlet Lake
– Pale Geranium Lake
– Vermilion
– Burnt Carmine
– Dark Carmine
– Wine Red
► Black Lyra Aqua Brush Duo Marker
► Lyra Splender (Blending Pencil)
► Lyra Monochrome Sharpener https://www.fila.it/de/en/product/lyra-metal-sharpener/
► Princeton Brush Select Artiste #2 Filbert
► Princeton Brush Mini-Detailer #4 Angle Shader
► Daler-Rowney Low Odor Thinner, 75ml Bottle
Check out the full series below:
Video 1: Supplies
Video 2: Colored Pencil Techniques
Video 3: Dahlia Flower Drawing
Video 4: Adding a Black Background to Your Colored Pencil Drawing
DAHLIA REFERENCE PHOTO:
DAHLIA OUTLINE FOR TRACING:
DAHLIA STEPS:
We hope you enjoyed this detailed series on the basics of drawing with colored pencils! Now it’s your turn to take what you’ve learned and continue creating your very own colored pencil florals.