That's really neat. Thanks!

Blue squirrels rock!  

Thanks for the tutorial! 

Do you use blender pencils to smooth out your transitions ever?  I was just reading about layering color earlier today, so this was really nice to see it in action right after having read about it.  It made things make much more sense.

I like your blue squirrel, too  

11 minutes ago, Furious said:

Thanks for the tutorial! 

Do you use blender pencils to smooth out your transitions ever?  I was just reading about layering color earlier today, so this was really nice to see it in action right after having read about it.  It made things make much more sense.

I like your blue squirrel, too  

I don't! There's one around somewhere but to be honest I've never touched it. And you're all welcome!

Thanks so much!  I'm looking forward to branching out more into layering.  I've often wondered if blender pencils are necessary and/or helpful as well.  

Your squirrel rocks, heck your entire page rocks

Thank you

My squirrel, all of the leaves and flowers, and the acorns on this page were done with this method. I've done it with crayon too (though not in yaers). I would imagine that the blending pencil would probably make the colors transition more smoothly and I really should hunt it down and try to use it! 

Nice!  I have a Prismacolor blender pencil I use on and off.  I usually use Prismacolor soft coloured pencils and find that they blend quite easily by themselves, so normally I can't be bothered and don't think it makes much difference.  But sometimes the pencils just aren't mixing well so that's when it helps.  It also seems to make the area blended lighter, so I use it to soften bits if I feel they stick out too much. So I definitely don't think they're at all necessary, but fun to experiment with.    

I have blender and burnisher pencils.   I haven't used the burnisher very much, but my reading on layering has shown me where it would be useful.

I use my blender quite a bit when I use the tri color pencils I have.   It gives them a softer, smoother look.

I was just reading a good way to soften colors is to use white colored pencil over the area.   You can also burnish with white apparently.

Thank you for this! I am going to have to try this technique! I got 3 new colouring books for Christmas so I will have plenty of opportunity to practice!