Tutorial & Color-Along #4: Coloring Grayscale Flamingos with Faber Castell Polychromos

Colorist: Jones Flores
Coloring Book: Beautiful Creatures

Recently we did our fourth live stream video tutorial & color-along with Jones Flores as our teacher. This time we colored the flamingos from Beautiful Creatures. I was on audio to moderate and ask Jones questions.

​During this tutorial we covered five key areas:

1. Choosing colors.
2. How to color a sunset background.
3. How to create realistic shadows, including when and where to put shadows. 
4. How to color feather details.
5. Key colored pencil coloring tips, specifically:
   1. How to create vibrant colors.
   2. How to build multiple layers.
   3. How to increase color contrast.
   4. How to blend with burnishing.
   5. How to blend with petroleum jelly.
   6. When and how to mix Prismacolor (wax-based) and Polychromos (oil-based) pencils.

​In case you missed it, below you will find the recorded version of the tutorial. You will also find the flamingos coloring page for you to download and print, as well as a list of the supplies you will need, so you can color along with Jones.

​Step 1: Download & print the coloring page

Just click the "Download File" link below to download & print the flamingos coloring page from Beautiful Creatures.

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Download File

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​Step 2: Gather your coloring supplies

You will need:

• Colored pencils - use the chart below for a list of Faber Castell Polychromos colors. Any pencil brand is totally fine. You can use the Polychromos colors as a guide for finding similar colors within the brand of pencils you are using or just use the "3-Tone Rule" to select a light, medium and dark color for each of the color groups: Yellow, Orange, Pink & Brown. For the "highlights" you will need black, white and a medium pink/purple. 
• Optional blending mediums: Vaseline/Petroleum Jelly, Gamsol.
• A small paint brush for blending.

Here's the "3-Tone Rule" Template we use in the tutorial

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Download File

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​Step 3: Watch the tutorial and color along!

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