Cherry Danish

Photorealistic Coloring: "Lemonade" & "Cherry Danish" Expansion Tutorial Kits (Colored Pencil Magazine)

Photorealistic Coloring: "Lemonade" & "Cherry Danish" Expansion Tutorial Kits (Colored Pencil Magazine)

Each month CP Magazine features a different artist with a step by step tutorial plus line drawing and photo references. They’re a great way to experiment with new genres of pencil art, to see how other artists work, and to try their style or process to see if it works for you. The only downside to these great tutorials is they’re limited to 8 steps. For my articles, I had to edit out many important details!

Now I’m finally able to offer the expanded versions of my tutorials here.

How to Simplify Texture & Detail (Plus my latest Tutorial in Colored Pencil Magazine)

How to Simplify Texture & Detail (Plus my latest Tutorial in Colored Pencil Magazine)

Overwhelmed By Details and Texture?

You want to color with more realism— improving your skill and artistry with colored pencils or Copic Markers. All the classes on realism say you need to look closer at photo references or study real life objects.

But holy shinola! When you look closely, you see tons of teeny-tiny flakes, freckles, bumps, cracks, crumbs, and itty-bitty specks of color.

How are you supposed to color all that detail?