Colored Pencil: Hand Killers.

Hey.
Here's a sketchbook page with a Prismacolor colored pencil design. I don't really like to do much colored pencil work anymore, because it takes a lot of force to blend like paint.  Painting takes a much more delicate touch, using a brush.  Since I like the colored pencil marks to show vivid colors, I hold them vertically and apply great pressure to blend different layers of color.  After awhile, my hand gets sore.  I have had long painting sessions that makes my hands feel like they fall asleep (all tingly), but after a long session of using colored pencils, my hand could be sore for days afterwards.

Old Zeta Sketchbook, page 7, colored pencil, Steve Franklin, 2014.

Take care,

-Steve

Pages 5 & 6: Micaceous Iron Oxide with Prismacolor Colored Pencils

Self Portrait Pages 5 & 6. Colored Pencil & Micaceous Iron Oxide. Steve Franklin, 2015.

Here is a spread of two pages.  I started with a coat of white acrylic gesso then I brushed on a thin coat of Golden Fluid Acrylic Micaceous Iron Oxide.  The idea was to create a surface with a tooth onto which I colored a self portrait using Prismacolors.  Some people tell me this page looks creepy. Once dry, the micaceous iron oxide layer made the surface feel like fine sandpaper. (Has anyone tried to draw with colored pencils onto sandpaper?)