| Colored Pencils Theory |
| Light colors have more wax than dark colors therefore when you are using light colors you are bringing the element of wax to your painting. The color that has the most wax is White. For that reason, I don’t use White until the end unless the area I am painting is pure White. |
| If I need to lighten a color I use Cream or a light grey.If you need an area to be White you will have to apply only White from the beginning of your painting. If you add another color, it no longer will be White. |
| Colored pencils are transparent and you have to treat them as if they were wet. In this aspect they are very similar to oils. Once you apply a color on top of the other they will blend. Contrary to acrylics, you can apply opaque applications of a color on top of another. For example, with acrylics you can paint White on top of another color and it will be White. Once you have this concept in mind it would help in your painting process. |
| If you were not able to maintain an area of pure White, you can apply acrylics White on top of your colored pencils to make that area White again. Depending on the effect that you want to create you can either apply washes or opaque applications of acrylic colors. |
