7 Colored Pencil Mistakes You May Be Making - Art-n-Fly

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Do you use colored pencils? Here are 7 mistakes frequently made by colored pencil artists and how to avoid them! Check out the bottom of this email for a gorgeous tutorial done using ONLY our new set of colored pencils. Not enough layers A common mistake when working with colored pencils is not using enough layers. The first problem this causes is poor color saturation- the paper still shows through the drawing at the end. Another issue is that if you want to blend your colored pencils, the solvent (mineral spirits, blender markers, white pencil, etc.) need something to work with, so you’ll need to have several layers of color. The better quality the pencil, the fewer layers you’ll need, as lower-grade pencils do contain more filler and less pigment. Too few layers is an easy problem to fix; it just