Color lead painting is a form of painting that combines sketching and color. Its uniqueness lies in its rich and delicate colors, which can show a lighter and more transparent texture. To draw colored pencils requires mastering the characteristics of colored pencils.

Color lead can generally be divided into water-soluble color lead and wax color lead. Some color pencils are mostly carbon-based and are water-soluble, but water-soluble color pencils are difficult to form a smooth color layer, and are easy to form color spots, similar to watercolor paintings, and are more suitable for painting buildings and sketching. Some colored pencils are wax-based, which are not easy to form delicate styles and sharp borders, but are useful when making special effects.

Colored pencils have a lot in common with ordinary pencils. In terms of drawing methods, you can learn from the drawing method of sketching with pencils as the main tool, and use lines to shape shapes. When using colored pencils, the strength of the pen and the thickness of the pen tip will have different effects.

First of all, use a pen to lightly color the lines in parallel. The color is lighter and suitable for soft highlights. Second, it is sharper to draw lines with the center of the pen (pen tip perpendicular to the picture). Third, use the pen side seam (the side with the pen) to draw rough lines, which are suitable for coloring large areas, such as hair.

The coloring of color lead painting can be basically divided into flat painting and line painting. When arranging the lines for flat coating, pay attention to the direction of the lines, there must be certain rules, and the severity should be moderate. The bright side and highlights of the object are processed with a rubber or a knife. Different from other pigments, color lead cannot be mixed with colors. Different colors can only be produced by the superposition of colors. Therefore, in the study of color knowledge, it is necessary to understand what colors can be produced by the superposition of various colors. In color training, you can start from copying at first, starting from the simplest objects, and then gradually transition to still life copying, facial features copying, character copying, still life sketching, character sketching, and creation.