I told ya'll a while back about my secret 'passion'. Remember?? I said I like to draw. I have lost my art folder, but today I drew again. Had to gather some stuff first in order to have something to draw. This is the hummingbird from Pocahontas. The disney movie. The disney characters are my favorites to draw. I colored it with crayons. Crayola has some nice colors in it's 96 pack. I was disappointed that they didn't have the 120 that I usually get, but these are fine. The green is a gel crayon. I haven't messed with those before. The pinkish/red color is a metallic crayon: "big dip o' ruby". I love these names they come up with. The gel crayons have no actual color name. The label on the says Gel FX. Not many of those either...just the basics. All in all I am happy with the colors. I'll be shopping around for some 12 packs or so of these gel crayons. They go on smoother than the regular ones. Very nice!
This drawing is the first I've done in over a year. I've missed it. Without further ado:

Outlining the drawing with the crayons hides the pencil marks. I use only very sharp pencils to draw with. I actually use a light touch. This allows me to almost erace the pencil marks prior to actually tracing with the crayons. I didn't do that this time, I was impatient and wanted to color him he was so cute. Then I lightly shade with either crayons or colored pencil. I did this all in crayon. Combining both crayon and colored pencils gives a drawing extra color. The dark crayon outline and a small hint of color shaded with the pencils. I'll have to do one at another time. Right now, I'm rather fond of my crayons. Have fun! and don't forget to guess Steven's word of the day below. |