BURNISHING Colored Pencils - What is it, and Why? | Prismacolor Tutorial

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Published 2023-07-16

Burnishing with colored pencils is something you'll hear mentioned in many of my videos. It's such a fundamental technique that I think it deserves its own video explaining what it is, why you should do it and when it's useful.

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All Comments (19)

@igorm8110 2 months ago

You are brilliant Gemma, just discovered your channel and can't wait to go through it. Women definitely dominate the coloured pencil drawing YouTube universe 😊
@Collins_artwork_colour_pencil 2 months ago

I love your art Gemma Chamber....I'm a huge fan.. it really helps a lot❤🤞✌️(Collins from South Africa 🇿🇦
@donnafriend153 11 months ago

Great explanation. Thank you!
@SuzanneLegault 11 months ago

Terrific video as always. Thank you for all the work you do to put great quality videos on your channel. Much much much appreciated
@CrowPilotGames4Life 2 months ago

WOW - great tutorial. I will try to apply this technique to my own pencil sketches. 👍
@user-ik9xr3gc3p 3 months ago

Hello. I love your tutorials. Thank you so much
@babyvaughan 10 months ago

...very informative!-subscribed!
@Bassbarbie 11 months ago

Relative beginner here. I notice Derwent do a burnishing pencil, as well as a blending pencil. I use the blending pencil a lot, but have done little burnishing. Thanks for showing us burnishing with colours. I note that both the blending and burnishing pencils do seem to make the colours more vibrant as well as smoother.
@Lia2222 21 days ago

Awesome, thanks!
@RachelHendersonColouring 11 months ago

thank you!
@diptarupghosh4431 5 months ago

copic clear markers are terrific as well
@wildaviyo2548 6 months ago

I like you maam.. your very good in color pencil, thanks.... 😊
@user-ys9xk8fp2c 6 months ago

❤❤❤
@reaceness 8 months ago

I get nervous about which colour to use for burnishing, so I always go for white, creating a sort of milky effect. Is the sensible thing to do to burnish in a colour a few shades lighter than the underlayer?
@nourhaneldash5298 9 months ago

Pattern doesn’t work in my country Egypt 😢
@Artlebartle 5 months ago

Do you offer free teaching tutorials? A lot of people try and charge money for what you said in this video, but do you have anymore pointers especially for drawing portraits?❤️ also tysm for this video!
@fuzzydragons 11 months ago

I try not to burnish, dont really like the shiny look you can get soemtimes
@geneticsus69 21 days ago

nothings helping..