Drawing Tutorial: Realistic Black Hair In Coloured Pencil Video Lecture | Become an Artist: Colored Pencil Portrait Drawing Tutorial - Art & Craft

hey guys in today's video I'm going to
be doing a tutorial on how I draw black
hair in colored pencil I've already done
a tutorial on how to draw blonde ginger
and brunette hair they're already all on
my channel so I'll leave links in the
description so you can go and watch them
I've also got loads of tutorial videos
coming up so make sure you subscribe so
you don't miss any of them I start by
listing all the different colors that
I'm going to be used in in today's
tutorial for today's tutorial I am going
to be using the fabric a style
polychromos color pencils and I'll also
be using a white prismacolor pencil
which I'll use to blend and add the
highlights I am using the Fabriano
artistic eye watercolor paper but you
can use any sort of paper that has a
good amount of tooth to it because we're
going to be doing a lot of layers in
this tutorial okay so I start by adding
the lightest color I use this as a base
color so it's a really light gray when
you're doing black hair with the
highlights it tends to either have a
blue tinge to it or brown tinge to it
today I'm going to be doing a blue sort
of tinge to the hair but if you've got
hair that's a really dark brown black
you can just add brownish colors over
the top to create the highlights after
I've laid down the base I go in with the
next darkest color which is the second
darkest gray color and I use this to
define where my shadows are and to
basically follow the sketch that I draw
on so I know where everything goes
I then lightly go over everything with
the brighter blue color because I said
that we're going to be doing a blue
tinge to the hair today especially where
the highlights are so I just start by
lightly going over everything with that
brighter blue color I then go in with
the indigo blue and use this to help
define the shadows
when you're drawing hair it's really
important to draw your lines in the
direction that the hair is flowing this
gives it a really realistic look and
helps to give the hair motion try not to
use circular motions when you're drawing
hair it's also really important when
you're drawing hair to make sure that
your pencils are always really sharp so
you can draw those really fine details
and individual heads I'm now going in
with the black pencil to mark out where
those darkest shadows are I'm applying
these layers really lightly because I
don't want to damage the - for the paper
this is because I want to try and do
lots and lots of layers I then go back
in with indigo blue and the brighter
blue to fill in where those highlights
are and to how gradient between where
the shadows are and where the highlights
are I then blend everything out with the
white prismacolor pencil and I do this
really lightly it helps to smooth out
and transition between those colors a
lot better and it takes the graininess
out of the drawing
when you use the white prismacolor
pencil it tends to wash out some of
those colors a lot so I go back in with
the colors to replenish what was lost I
start by going back in with the black
pencil to define where those shadows are
again and to deepen up the shadows
because the white color pencil took a
lot of the darkness out of it I then go
in with the blue and use that on the
highlights so that we can get that blue
tinge back and also to help gradient
between the shadows into the highlights
once again
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I then use the white prismacolor pencil
to help lift ups and that color to make
more harsh highlights but then I go back
over with the indigo blue so that is not
so harsh
if I want to get some individual strands
that are highlighted I'd press harder on
the y prismacolor pencil and I'd make
sure it's sharpened to a really sharp
point before I do that I then move on to
the bottom part of the curl and use the
same technique so I start with the
lightest color and I apply this as a
base and then I'll go in with the second
gray color to define where the sketch
was so I can see where my shadows are
and see where my highlights are
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I then apply the brighter blue all over
like I did with the top half and I go in
further with the indigo blue to define
some of those shadows
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I then go in with the black colored
pencil and use this to shade in where
the darkest shadows of the Karla
again it's really important to draw your
lines in the direction that the hair is
flowing
I then quickly add a layer of light blue
and the light gray before going in and
blending that all out with the white
prismacolor pencil
then like I did with the top half I go
back in with the black to deepen up
those shadows where the color was lost
when you used the white color pencil
getting this level of detail in the hair
would be really hard to do if you don't
keep your pencil sharp all the time so
always make sure it's got a really sharp
point
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when you move on to your last layers
it's okay to press a bit harder on the
pencil so you can get those really deep
shadows
I used the brighter blue to really make
some of the highlights pop and then I go
in with the white prismacolor pencil get
a really sharp point to help highlight
some individual strands
I think I'm in with the fabric castile
ink eraser and use this to lift the
color off where I really want those
harsh highlights which I then go over
with the white color pencil which really
makes them go a bit brighter
I then use the really sharp black pencil
to add some stray hairs around the curl
this helps to make the curl look really
realistic because there's always going
to be little flyaway hairs however we
don't want them to be this strong when
we draw them with the black pencil it's
too strong and dark so we'll go back in
with that increaser to help lift some of
that color off this gives the illusion
that some of the hairs are more into the
distance and then some will be darker
and therefore look more forward this
gives a nice variety to the stray hairs
and makes it look more realistic because
real hair will have a lot of dimension
and variety to those individual strands
I also use the white prismacolor pencil
over the curl to create some strands
that are flyaways over the top of the
curl itself I'm just adding some final
touch-ups but that's it for this
tutorial
I really hope you guys found it helpful
remember I've linked all the other hair
tutorial videos in the description below
so remember to check them out thank you
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thanks so much for watching I hope you
enjoyed it let me know what you think
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