Want to get rid of those grainy textures and achieve a smooth, glossy finish in your Colored Pencil Drawings? The secret to it is Burnishing Technique and we will cover it in this Short Class.

This is the fourth class in our series of short classes on Basic Colored Pencil Techniques for Beginners. The Class Project includes a vibrant, shiny yellow-red Cherry, a perfect subject to practice the Burnishing Technique!

What You'll Learn:

How to build up layers of Color, with varying pressure to create depth, richness, and smooth transitions
Understand what is Burnishing Technique, when and how to burnish, what colors to burnish with and what tools to use. These concepts will be explained with examples
The secret to achieving those almost painterly look in your Colored Pencil Drawings
Your Class Project: A Realistic Cherry: To put your new skills into practice, we'll be working step-by-step to create a stunning, realistic Cherry drawing. This project is perfect for reinforcing the techniques of smooth transitions covered in the previous Class of this series and also to practice Burnishing Technique

Who is this class for?

Beginners and Intermediate Artists wanting to understand the Burnishing Technique
Anyone who wants to add more realism and polish to their colored pencil drawings
Anyone who wants to enhance their Colored Pencil Skills

Prerequisite :

Although this is a beginner friendly Class, to get the most out of this class I recommend that you first watch the earlier Classes in the series. This will ensure that you have a solid understanding of foundational skills like layering and blending, before jumping to burnishing

(Please scroll down to the very end of this section to find the Links to those Classes)

What you'll need:

You'll only need a handful of colored pencils and a Paper for this class! We'll focus on making the most of a few key colors to achieve incredible results. (Specific colors will be mentioned in the Projects & Resources section)

Join me and unlock the secret to creating vibrant, glossy finish that will elevate all your future colored pencil artworks!

If you are new to this series and would like to watch from the beginning then please start here:

If you are having a busy day and if I had to pick just one Class from the series for you, then watch the one linked below as it is similar to the current Class:

Attribution:

Background Music- Royalty Free Music from Pixabay

Reference Photo- @Stockking on Freepik

Dawn Spatta

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