warning I did not intend to make a video out of this till it popped into my head when I was almost done coloring and the video was completely shot free hand so it moves a bit.
With that said I know it’s not the most exciting video since spur of the moment but I get asked often on every color project I do how I achieve some of the colors I do and I always say I layer colors on top of each other so I though I would make a quick video explaining it.
Here are some stills of the color progression and completion seen at end of video:
If it’s going to see sunlight you’ll want to use some good lightfast pencils as well. Prismacolor are ok. I prefer polychromos myself though those are oil based as opposed to wax based like most pencils. So I’m not sure how wood would suck that up. Now I need to do some testing.
I would also add that alcohol based markers are pretty good on wood. Though I wouldn’t use the good stuff. Wood being very porous can drain your markers pretty quickly and Copics are pretty expensive. I use prismacolors and blick studio brush markers. I’ve used those on draft board successfully and the colors are pretty vibrant.