How to Draw Galaxy With Colored Pencils TUTORIAL
How to Create a Galaxy Background With Colored Pencils | Prismacolor Tutorial by Cristin April Frey
I've always been super impressed at people who can draw galaxies or starry nights with paints or pencils. So when I saw that Cristin April Frey had released a video tutorial on how to create a galaxy background with colored pencils, I contacted her straight away to allow me share her amazing coloring page tutorial with you!
If you missed Cristin's final invitee mail service, she showed u.s.a. how to utilize Crayola markers to create a watercolor effect – and it was much easier than I expected, with great results. You can likewise cheque out her other resources or sign up to her Patreon account at www.cristinapril.com
Here'south a look at the final galaxy or starry night effect using colored pencils:
Let'due south jump right into the video! I've included a listing of the supplies Cristin is using below.
You can download the free coloring page used in this video at this link.
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How to Create a Galaxy Background with Colored Pencils
Footstep one: Lay down your colors. Start with the light color (Mulberry PC995)
Using the side of your pencil to colour lightly, create a random design of curly lines.
Stride 2: Move on to the adjacent lightest color (Violet PC932)
Continuing with the same lite pressure, color effectually the edges of your previous color, overlapping the colors slightly. Repeat the process again with the adjacent color (Violet Blue PC933)
Stride 3: Employ the darkest colour (Indigo Blue PC901) to fill up in whatsoever remaining gaps, continuing with the light pressure and overlapping the previous color slightly.
Step 4: Using the black pencil (Black PC935), start shading lightly around the edges of the page and behind the tree and other objects in the foreground.
Step 5: Now it's time to outset layering and blending our colors!
Offset working backwards using your darkest color starting time (PC901) and employ a light pressure to alloy the darkest colour into the color beside information technology.
Step vi: Move to the adjacent lightest colour (PC 933) and do the same thing. Then repeat with the remainder of the lighter colors (become from darkest to lightest).
Footstep seven: Take your white pencil, and use a house force per unit area to blend the colors together. You can likewise attain this with a colorless blender pencil. Start in the lighter areas and movement your way into the darker areas. Use a material to wipe of excess color from the white pencil as you go.
Step 8: With your blackness pencil, add together some curvy lines over the current artwork.
Step 9: Utilize a blending stump dipped in odourless mineral spirits (or Gamsol) and colour it directly over your pencil work to blend the colors together and hide the lines. Yous can likewise try this with baby oil or Vaseline.
Final pace: Fourth dimension for some highlights! Utilize a white pencil to create highlights such as slight glow furnishings around the moon or in the lines of light coming from the moon. Use a white gel pen to create stars in the heaven – randomly depict a range of big dots, footling dots, star bursts and smudged dots to create a realistic starry night or galaxy effect.
About the Artist
Cristin is an creative person that resides in upstate New York with 2 rescue dogs, a rescue husband, and a teenage girl. She lives on coffee, wine, and sarcasm and when she's not doodling, you can notice her doing something creative and existence sassy because Cristin loves to combine the two.
Visit Cristin's website: cristinapril.com
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I sat downwardly to follow your tutorial on creating a galaxy with coloured pencils just when I get to print the moving picture it only prints on nearly a quarter of the page, as I am using an iPad I have no mode of resizing the picture, is at that place any manner you can ship/post the picture show as a full size image,p.
It's probably best to print from a computer, not from an iPad – I'one thousand non sure how an iPad prints, deplorable!
Otherwise you tin can send Cristin a straight email (her links are at the bottom of the article) and she may be able to get the page to you another style.
You can plough the orientation of the iPad screen of the opposite, then it try's to fit the picture, then take a screenshot. (Brand sure the GUI of photos isn't in the fashion.) Merely works if you lot salvage the photo.
I was trying to down load the picture for this page so that I tin can exercise the tutorial, but when I clicked on the link it says "folio 404 not found". Please helpm, I actually want to learn this.
Hi I love the art piece of work! I really want to learn more than nearly the art form of fine art. Can you lot please e-mail me and teach me the way of art form of art! Sorry for English I no learn English but art so good!
Hello! Thank you for the comment. I've got more tutorials on this website under "Learn to color" that can assist yous become started. I don't do private teaching via e-mail 🙂
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