Portrait Drawing: Black & White to Color Pencil
Instructor: Nancy Johnson
Supply list:
Recommended color pencils: Prismacolor Premeir Color Pencils
Neutral Colors
These neutral colors are ones that I have used over the years in both the portrait, still life and landscape. They will not always be used for every portrait nor every color used at once for one portrait. Color is subjective and often what I see is not necessarily what you may see. Palettes change according to the light and the subject. You learn and develop a color palette by practice, studying other paintings and drawings and training your eye to see. All these colors are derived from red, yellow, blue and white.
YELLOW and ORANGE NEUTRALS
jasmine #1012
or sand #940
eggshell #140
yellow ochre #942
goldenrod #1034
pumpkin orange #1032
mineral orange #1033
RED NEUTRALS
pink #929
blush pink #928
pink rose #1018
salmon pink #1001
clay rose #1017
rosy beige #1019
peach #939
deco peach #1013
or light peach #927
peach beige #1085
beige #997
putty beige #1083
beige sienna #1080
henna #1031
BLUE AND GREEN NEUTRALS
slate gray #936
blue slate #1024
slate gray #936
cloud blue #1023
sky bue light #1086
greyed lavender #1026
muted turquoise #1088
ginger root #1084
celadon green #1020
and or jade green #1021
pale sage #1089
PURE SATURATED COLORS, NO WHITE OR COMPLEMENTS ADDED
The following pallete of colors are a narrowed version of one that I have used for both the portrait, still life subjects and landscapes that is taught in my Advanced Color Pencil Class. There are many more colors but I think this is a nice introductory to some pure saturated hues that may or may not be used for our portraits. No white or complements have been added to dull the color with the exception of lilac, parma violet, blue lake, tuscan red, dark green, artichoke and indigo.
canary yellow #916
sapnish orange #1003
orange #918
poppy red #922
process red #994
carmine red #926
tuscan red (a dark neutral red) #937
parma violet (a bit of white) #1008
lilac (more white) #956
ultarmarine blue #902
blue lake #1102
true blue #903
non photo blue #919
Indigo #901
light aqua #992
dark green #908
and or peacock green #907
artichoke #1098
chartruese #989
Other Supplies
- 1, 12-pack of eraseble COL-ERASE prismacolor pencils
- 14' x 17" 400 series Stathmore Drawing Pad, medium surface, 80 lb. They also make a recyclable one as well.
- 2B graphite pencil
- Pad of Paper: 14" x 17" Strathmore 400 series 80 lb Medium Surface
- Artists Tape 1/2 "
- Kneaded gray eraser
- Tombow MONO Sand Eraser
- Tombow MONO ZERO elestomer eraser pencils, sizes 2.5 x 5mm and 2.3mm
- Portable battery operated sharpeners that you can order online or they carry them at Staples
- 2 Clips tp hold your pad to a drawing board. Drawing board provided