

I did something I never usually do, and loved the result. (markers on marker paper for fashion illustration need the most help of all because the paper and the medium are both thin and flat!) In my own work and for my students at Parsons School of Design and Fashion Illustration Tribe, I really want them to have texture in their fashion sketch.

Is using the side of the pencil to lay over because it adds some TEXTURE to what I've painted or used marker for. One thing I love doing with colored pencils For example, if my red isn't BLUE enough, I can layer a bit of sheer blue over my red and it will change the appearance of it. You can just use the pencil on its side and lay down a sheer layer of tone over the color to adjust it. Is that if you have have painted or used a marker and the color is "off"- after it dried or the lighting changed you realize that it really doesn't match your fabric swatches or meet your needs, COLORED PENCILS give you a magic-wand advantage. Why? Because this way your colored pencils are backed with the fluid look of wet media, which really captures the vital "flow" feeling of REAL FABRIC. Is that you should use it over wet media when fashion sketching (markers, gouache, or watercolors). ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIPS for colored pencil The problem with colored pencils usually is that the paper is always showing through, so the figure on the page never really "pops off" of the paper as its own living thing. The good news is that top quality pencils for fashion sketching like Prismacolor premier, (though they break WAY TOO EASILY) are rich, super-sensitive, and can even be used entirely opaque. Low quality colored pencils are hard, thin, dent your paper and have very little pigment (very pale color). I also have some pet peeves when it comes to colored pencilĬolored pencils alone in a sketch tend to look thin and dry. I usually use them over watercolors/ gouache to create: I've used colored pencils for years and years for fashion illustration.
