Good job with free hand! I saw on Your site the real photo and I must say the eyes and lips are similar Sometimes I also draw colored pencils and I have the same problem - what color use to draw face? I choose oragne. Generally my colored pencil sux with drawing a persons, the are only good for cartoons. I must but some watercolor colored pencils

Thanks Anette!!! Actually, the eyes are too small. I tried to enlarge them with adding make-up but I still see the default I don't like the diagonals we can see but I think that I only need advice from someone accostumed to colour pencils drawings. just have to find her/him!^^ Watercolour pencils are great too.

I started the skin there with a light yellow, to have the shape without marking a lot the drawing (just like when we use H or 2H graphite pencil for the shape and 2B for the rest)

Muy bien amiga joey7lindley, el rostro te salio perfecto, la mirada muy penetrante, dominadora, con mucha personalidad, característica de Courtney que has sabido trasmnitir muy bien en tu trabajo, esos labios muestran una sensualidad atrayente, el color que aplicas hace notoria su presencia.

Gracias Frixo. La mirada es lo que prefiero en ese dibujo

Pretty! I'm terrible at using colored pencils. I like your drawing.

Really?

Merci Pikie!

Watching your first portrait with colored pencil i think to my new colored pencils that i never used!!! Good start!!!

Then you should!

not bad at all the attraction is her eyes..very lovely did u sketch using yellow pencil? cause i see the yellow lines around her nose and chin..btw, i applause u for the good free hand drawing...its hard to capture likeness if we're doing freehand...but yours are quite good here are the colors i usually use for skin...for girl/woman; brown,peach and pink...usually, the pink is applied around the cheeks but it can be use around the eyes too...for boy/man; brown, peach and orange...another tips, leave a little white space for the lighting...especially at cheeks,chin, forehead and tip of the nose to make the 3-D effect...hope i'll be able to help u...u can ask me if u need advice regarding the color tones...i'll try to answer whenever im online

Thanks for compliments. Yes, used yellow to avoid too dark initial marks but that's what I don't like : yellow is too perceptible. i would have loved to know how to mix yellow and pink better

Malheureusement il est difficile d'apprendre l'art du dessin par internet mais mon conseil serais de pratiquer autant que possible le dessin et si tu ne trouve pas ça bien continue, regarde bien ton dessin et trouve ce qui pourrait les améliorés !! ok ! Sa fait prèsque 10 ans que je pratique le dessin chez moi ! Et avec percévérance j'ai appris a voir mes defaut et a trouvais comment les améliorés !!! maintenant c'est a toi de jouer !!!! courage !! si tu as besoin de conseil demande il n'y a pas de problème !!!! biz

salut c'est encore moi !! une petite astuce !!! pour la technique je fait que des petit coups de crayon et ensuite j'utilise un mouchoir pour enlevé le sur plus !! voila il faudrais aussi que tes coups de crayon donne une forme comme pour les joues par exemple tu doit faire de petit demi cercle pour lui donner un aspect arrondi !! voila sinon je te souhaite une trés bonne continuation

Great work with free hand and coloured pencils. I use for skin colour usually light brown, orange and a bit of pink. You could also try to draw lightly little round circles when shading the skin. That way the different colours can be blended more smoothly.

Many thanks and thanks for the advice too. really much appreciated. and I think you're right. It would have been better that way! I made another one today but I did not see your comment before so I did not apply this

You're very welcome I looked your new portrait of Katherine Heigl and it's very good. Especially I like the hair.

Thanks!^^ What do you like in the hair?

I like how you've drawn Katherine's curls and how you've drawn following the direction of the curly hair

OK. Thanks for the explanation!^^ That's cool!^^ I hope you'll like my following drawings (not commenced yet)

I'll wait to see them soon, too.

Thanks. I'm just posting a new one! I'm on Holidays so I have to try to do more drawings while I have time!