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Been meaning to post this one for a while since I had the chance to work on it for costuming. It's a draft for a color wheel that I had to make.

I've actually done a few coloring jobs in winter/spring quarter, too. But haven't gotten around to editing them to my satisfactory level. Expect me to upload them all of once. XD

So what I'm trying to demonstrate here is how I color with my crayons. I've actually used a tutorial by Glasswind [link] that was introduced to me by ~crayon-chewer .

This tutorial is written for CRAYOLA CRAYONS. This is what I've been using for the most part. For more questions, feel free to comment on the deviations. To see the details in my strokes, feel free to download this.
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1. Crayon is a layered material, like acrylic. It tends to be better when built upon. With the primary colors, there is one layer. With secondary, there are two. With tertiary colors, there are three and you can see the build-up there.

2. You crosshatch your way through in order to portray depth and shades. For any shape, you want to follow your lines and not make opposing strokes that are perfectly perpendicular to your shape, because that turns out less than well.

3. When shading, I typically follow the same old gradients that I've built up by studying color theory. Here are some tutorials that I found on that:
^Cedarseed 's Colour Theory in a Nutshell [link]
~gorachi 's Color Theory + Application Tutorial [link]
^Katmomma 's Apple Color Theory [link]
---Always start with a PRIMARY color unless you want to start with a lighter base. I almost always tend to end with the purples, because they are heavily waxy, and are very easy to blend. So my gradients are as follows:
Base Color->Next Shade->Shade After That
Red-Red-> Purple->Blue Violet->Blue
**I tend to think this utilizes the color wheel, and I try to use adjacent colors when shading.
Examples:
[link]
Yellow-Yellow->Goldenrod->Orange->Red
**This is more for a transitional gradient for fires, to create a feeling of warmth. For additional shades, follow the red path above, until satisfied.
Examples:
[link]
[link]
[link]
Yellow-Yellow->Goldenrod->Orange->Light Brown->Brown-> Purple
**This is the path I would choose for coloring yellows and shading them.
[link]
Blue-Blue->Indigo->Blue-Violet-> Purple (Finish with Red if needed, so follow with Red-Violet and Red).
[link]
[link]
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For secondary colors, choose a path following the one above, DEPENDING on whether you would like to go lighter or darker. So if you wanted a light orange, start your base with YELLOW, add on YELLOW-ORANGE, then transition to ORANGE, followed by RED-ORANGE and PURPLE.

Sometimes I choose to go with the Blue-Green, then to Cerulean before following the Blue gradient as it gives a good variety.
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That's about it! Thanks for reading!

Description
Been meaning to post this one for a while since I had the chance to work on it for costuming. It's a draft for a color wheel that I had to make.

I've actually done a few coloring jobs in winter/spring quarter, too. But haven't gotten around to editing them to my satisfactory level. Expect me to upload them all of once. XD

So what I'm trying to demonstrate here is how I color with my crayons. I've actually used a tutorial by Glasswind [link] that was introduced to me by ~crayon-chewer .

This tutorial is written for CRAYOLA CRAYONS. This is what I've been using for the most part. For more questions, feel free to comment on the deviations. To see the details in my strokes, feel free to download this.
--
1. Crayon is a layered material, like acrylic. It tends to be better when built upon. With the primary colors, there is one layer. With secondary, there are two. With tertiary colors, there are three and you can see the build-up there.

2. You crosshatch your way through in order to portray depth and shades. For any shape, you want to follow your lines and not make opposing strokes that are perfectly perpendicular to your shape, because that turns out less than well.

3. When shading, I typically follow the same old gradients that I've built up by studying color theory. Here are some tutorials that I found on that:
^Cedarseed 's Colour Theory in a Nutshell [link]
~gorachi 's Color Theory + Application Tutorial [link]
^Katmomma 's Apple Color Theory [link]
---Always start with a PRIMARY color unless you want to start with a lighter base. I almost always tend to end with the purples, because they are heavily waxy, and are very easy to blend. So my gradients are as follows:
Base Color->Next Shade->Shade After That
Red-Red-> Purple->Blue Violet->Blue
**I tend to think this utilizes the color wheel, and I try to use adjacent colors when shading.
Examples:
[link]
Yellow-Yellow->Goldenrod->Orange->Red
**This is more for a transitional gradient for fires, to create a feeling of warmth. For additional shades, follow the red path above, until satisfied.
Examples:
[link]
[link]
[link]
Yellow-Yellow->Goldenrod->Orange->Light Brown->Brown-> Purple
**This is the path I would choose for coloring yellows and shading them.
[link]
Blue-Blue->Indigo->Blue-Violet-> Purple (Finish with Red if needed, so follow with Red-Violet and Red).
[link]
[link]
--
For secondary colors, choose a path following the one above, DEPENDING on whether you would like to go lighter or darker. So if you wanted a light orange, start your base with YELLOW, add on YELLOW-ORANGE, then transition to ORANGE, followed by RED-ORANGE and PURPLE.

Sometimes I choose to go with the Blue-Green, then to Cerulean before following the Blue gradient as it gives a good variety.
--
That's about it! Thanks for reading!