
9" x 12" color pencil
A commission for
ben_whiteclaw of his beautiful lioness character Bahati.
She was a pleasure to draw.
I'm always open for commissions, you need but ask.
A commission for

She was a pleasure to draw.
I'm always open for commissions, you need but ask.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Lion
Gender Female
Size 922 x 1234px
File Size 330.4 kB
Thank you.
I hate the graininess one can get with color pencils so there is 2 ways I get rid of it. First is to use many layers and or "burnish" an area. The second method that I have adopted recently for large background areas is a lot like painting. I use Polychromos pencils which are oil Based. Then as on the blue background of this latest piece, I roughly filling the area with the base color. (Actually the only color I used there was Sky Blue). Then I will dip a smudge stick into Turpenoid and blend the blue together, it covers evenly and dries quickly and is very much like painting. Then I go back with the sky blue again over areas I want darker. It goes on much smoother over the base coat. I also used it on the grass and rocks to smooth things out and blend colors.
I hate the graininess one can get with color pencils so there is 2 ways I get rid of it. First is to use many layers and or "burnish" an area. The second method that I have adopted recently for large background areas is a lot like painting. I use Polychromos pencils which are oil Based. Then as on the blue background of this latest piece, I roughly filling the area with the base color. (Actually the only color I used there was Sky Blue). Then I will dip a smudge stick into Turpenoid and blend the blue together, it covers evenly and dries quickly and is very much like painting. Then I go back with the sky blue again over areas I want darker. It goes on much smoother over the base coat. I also used it on the grass and rocks to smooth things out and blend colors.
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