help me with drawing (fading specificly)

[fivemagics77]

i had a question, ok im quite new to really actually trying to draw, and i was wondering hows the best way (using colored pencils) to fade colors together. for instance say your writing an I, i want the top part to be red, then about mid way i want to fade to yellow, smoothly that is, what is the best way to do this?

any help is mucho appreciated


(your guys art is amazing, i feel so inadequete to you guys :()

[Rebecca]

hey, hope this helps :teeth:

there are lots of different ways to do fading etc. my favourite on is using 'flicks'...heh heh.. here are some examples :^^;:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/flicks.jpg
if you try doing that closer together you should end up with this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/metallicsurfacepractise2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/metallicsurfacepractise.jpg
this also works with colour
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/example.jpg
you can do this by doing red flicks down, then yellow flicks up and over lap the bottom of the red. did i make ANY sense there? :blahblah:
or you can leave a space between the two, and youl endup with waht looks like hairhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/hairpractise.jpg
it can be quite tricky to keep the flicks parallel, because you have to do it quickly, so that it does blend properly :^^:

another way, which i dont find as effective but it is easier to do is 'layering'
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/bezz/layeringtutoriol.jpg

[Cocofuppa]

Lo there fivemagics77, Im no pro or expert, but Id thought Id share my two cents on the matter on how I shade in general, coloured pencil or whatever.
http://www.mi7shogun.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/websitesketches/Shade-Page.jpg
Any questions or whatever, just givs a shout dude.

Peace