Derwent Art Lessons

Derwent Academy has a series of

art lessons on-line. (click on the top Tool Bar

on the Derwent site to create an account)

 This is Lesson 4, Color and Tone-

Blending Colored Pencil.

Some friends recommended the class

because when you've completed the

six lessons, Derwent will send you a

 small set of their colored pencils!

Since I don't have any of the 

Derwent colored pencils, I used

Crayola brand colored pencils, and 

various brands that have accumulated 

over the years. They are not as 

intense in color, and the scan is a bit light.

Quote from this lesson:

"It's all about describing what's in

front of you by using different marks."

--Dee Cowell, Derwent Academy instructor

I was rather pleased with the outcome

of the sketch of the cockerel,

considering the image on the computer

screen was a bit difficult to see.

The border around the video obscured

the feet so I just had to 'wing-it!'

And the instructor shows how to 

layer color over each other for

more depth and variation. (not sure

if you can tell, but there are blue and

purple beneath the black)

A fun exercise!