Colour pencil is without doubt the handiest colouring product. You have probably used them so much for simply colouring that you may not realize what fantastic effects Classic colour pencils are able to create. Just release your imagination and follow some of the techniques shown below.

 
 

Feathering:

Colour an area and draw softly over it with a lighter colour so the original area shows through

 
 

Blending:

Lay different colours on top of each other to achieve a large range of colours and shades.

 
 

Burnishing:

To polish colours, use a white colour pencil across the colours you have already laid down.  Further layers of this technique allow you to blend as well as lighten up the colours.

 
 

Gradations:

Classic Colour pencils have up to 48 colours available. You can use them to make transitions from a light to a darker tone or even from one colour to another.

 
 

Pointillism:

You can get a sparkling effect by drawing dots of different sizes, densities and colours. This can give the appearance of a single colour when viewed from distance.

 

 
 

Hatching:

Draw parallel or intersecting lines close together. Vary the density of the lines to get greater depth. 

 

Cross Hatching:

To create both colour and texture; draw set of parallel lines crossing each other at an angle.

 
 

Frottage:

Use a blank sheet of paper and look for surfaces with different textures such as wood, cement, flagstone, grating and others. Place the paper onto the chosen surface, colour it with Faber-Castell colour pencils and see the unique texture created.

 
 

Emboss:

Lay a scrap piece of paper over your drawing paper. Use a ballpoint pen and press to draw your design. Remove the scrap paper and rub the side of the pencil point over the embossed area.   

 
 

Broken line strokes:

Short disconnected lines create a surface that seems to move.