Colored Pencil for Beginners
Discover the basics of colored pencil art with Matheus Macedo. Learn essential techniques like blending, shading, and color selection in this beginner-friendly class.
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Want to learn how to use colored pencils to create stunning art?
See why colored pencils are a fun, creative medium for creating art in this course designed for beginners. Artist Matheus Macedo will guide you through the essential techniques of using colored pencils, from blending and layers to shading and creating highlights. Then, you'll work together to create a realistic drawing of an apple, giving you the foundations to render any subject you choose.
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Introduction
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What This Course Is About
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Materials
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List of Materials
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Creating a Gradient
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Drawing a Sphere
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Creating Highlights
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How to Select Colors
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Sketching: Grid Method
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Drawing an Apple
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What's Next
Ready to use colored pencil techniques to enhance your art?
Meet your instructor Matheus. Realistic Drawing Artist.
Matheus Macedo is a Brazilian artist specializing in realistic drawings using graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil. He has a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Brasilia and complemented his studies in Turin, Italy, though he never practiced the profession. However, Matheus never gave up on drawing and enrolled in many art courses after graduating, learning from world-class realistic drawing artists. Also interested in education, he took the plunge into sharing the knowledge he acquired through the years in his home city. From 2020 on, he’s been focusing on recording online classes, reaching thousands of students from all over the world. He is one of the winners of the American Art Awards 2022 for his piece ‘Denzel Washington as Macbeth’ in graphite and charcoal.
Colored pencils are a widely used material, but many people have no idea of all the possibilities they offer. Join us in this journey and explore the full potential of this tool!
This course aims to present the most important techniques for anyone who wants to start or improve their use of colored pencils.
Through exercises that are friendly even for beginner artists, you'll learn the process of drawing with colored pencils in practice, breaking it down into smaller, simpler steps. You won't simply follow a step-by-step tutorial, but understand each of the steps and will be able to apply these techniques to any drawing you do.
By the end of this course, you'll be amazed at the results you’ll get after learning the fundamentals of colored pencil technique!
Colored Pencil for Beginners
- Learn essential techniques like blending and layering
- See how to transfer subjects from life onto paper
- Learn the techniques to create realistically rendered drawings in colored pencil
with Matheus Macedo
$34.95
What if I told you that you could make incredible art using just colored pencils?
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Frequently Asked Questions
By purchasing the class during its presale, you receive a special discount and first access to the full class as soon as it's released. This course will be released on April 15, 2025 at midnight EST, and you will receive an email letting you know that you can log in and see all of the lessons at that time.
Yes, Matheus breaks down the entire process step-by-step so even beginners can follow along. It helps to have some familiarity with concepts of contrast, light, and shade, but the class builds up these areas no matter your skill level.
During the class, Matheus will go over all the tools you need and you will be able to download a supplies list. However, here are some of the essentials that he recommends:
Graphite pencils- H, HB, or B grades (Staedtler brand or similar)
Colored pencils- Matheus recommends the Faber-Castell Plychromos 24 Pencil Set, but you are welcome to purchase the specific colors individually as well.
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Yes, Matheus's reference photo is included in a PDF format. This will allow students to follow along and complete the same drawing.
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