Draw a Cool and Warm Colored Pencil Portrait with Kate Higgins
Learn how to blend warm and cool tones to create depth, light, and a natural sense of skin texture with colored pencils.
Colored pencils offer a unique blend of precision and vibrancy, allowing for intricate layers of color that bring portraits to life.
In this lesson (68 mins), artist Kate Higgins takes you through her approach to blending warm and cool tones to create depth, light, and a natural sense of skin texture.
You’ll learn how to build up soft, nuanced layers without overworking your paper, balance color temperature to enhance dimension, and capture the delicate interplay of light and shadow.
Students have found this lesson both meditative and challenging, describing how it helped them see color in a new way.
Whether you’re a beginner or experienced with the medium, this lesson will give you fresh insights into layering, color harmony, and achieving lifelike results.
Ready to warm up and cool out with Kate? Let's get started!
