Blue Sun Video Lesson

I'm sure you're ready for some fun, coloring this super stylized sun, inspired by Egyptian Motifs! Learn a BEAUTIFUL method of coloring using yellow pen and colored pencils over white paper, leveraging the power of modular libraries to create a secret coded message in your drawing. 

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Learn exactly how to create a gorgeous design using yellow and blue over white paper,
to create this ULTRA LAYERED design. 

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This lesson contains optional Closed Captions

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In this lesson you will:

• Understand how to create a library of basic elements to form complex, layered pictures

• Learn TWO different layouts to create a GORGEOUS stylized sun motif

• Understand how to explore your own media to choose the right pencils and pens

• Create a library and a secret alphabet to create picture-coded messages

• Learn an amazing coloring technique with yellow pen and colored pencils over white paper

• Create and color a project from beginning to end

• And so many tips and tricks!

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UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW TO CREATE COMPLEX AND layered IMAGERY

A solid technique showing how to color with yellow pen and colored pencils over white paper

Two different motifs using a beautiful and fun coloring technique

Believe it or not, these two tiles were created using exactly the same coloring technique:

Materials and Supplies:

• Sakura Pigma Micron 01 (0.25mm) in Black

• Thick black Sharpie pen

• Regular pencil (my favorites for this project are F and 2B)

• Thick yellow marker (any brand)

• Colored pencils: medium yellow (light chrome yellow), light orange (cadmium orange), light brown (green gold), brown (burnt umber), white. I use polychromos and prismacolor pencils.

• Watercolor pencils (or traditional watercolors): dark blue (indanthrene blue) and teal blue (cobalt turquoise). My favorite brand is Faber Castell's Albrecht Durer.

• White gel pen. I use Sakura Gelly Roll.

• Yellow, blue and gold gel pens

• Hot pressed Watercolor paper

• Practice paper (journal or cardstock).

These guidelines will works every time, however,
this is an INTERMEDIATE LESSON and is not suitable for beginners. 

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