CP Surfaces: Drafting Film
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- 5 stunning full step by step demos for colored pencil on drafting film
- Over 150 images so you'll never miss a beat
- Glossary of terms makes everything easy to understand
Drafting film makes quick work of colored pencil art while easily creating vivid, vibrant colors. Gretchen Parker holds no detail back as she shows exactly how with crystal clear, detailed step-by-step instruction. You'll love drawing each of the five carefully selected tutorials ranging from wildlife, still life and floral subjects.
What you'll learn:
- The joy of working on the most forgiving surface for colored pencils
- How to work on the front and back of drafting film
This is a digital download. Prefer Print?
Print editions now exclusively available on Amazon. Click here
- 5 stunning full step by step demos for colored pencil on drafting film
- Over 150 images so you'll never miss a beat
- Glossary of terms makes everything easy to understand
Drafting film makes quick work of colored pencil art while easily creating vivid, vibrant colors. Gretchen Parker holds no detail back as she shows exactly how with crystal clear, detailed step-by-step instruction. You'll love drawing each of the five carefully selected tutorials ranging from wildlife, still life and floral subjects.
What you'll learn:
- The joy of working on the most forgiving surface for colored pencils
- How to work on the front and back of drafting film
Published September 2016.
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This was my first experience using drafting film. I did not have the Prisma pencils so used similar colours in PolyChromos. I enjoyed the process and the result, although personally, I find it more easy to follow video turorials, it was a good introduction to drafting film.
I am new to drafting film so this book was a big help to me. Found that dura lar drafting film did not work for me. Bought Grafix drafting film and that has worked out much better. Also found that Polychromos work best on the film. Bought a whole new set of Prismas and found they just got waxy and would not blend. Terminology in the book was difficult for me being a beginner but you will catch on. Has helped me a lot with how to use both sides of the film when doing backgrounds. Would have liked more information about types of drafting films and how to fix problems with blending, slick spots etc.
Loved drawing on drafting film. CP draw easily on the drafting film, so soft and great colour production. Also love how you can rub out with a normal rubber any errors or want to change something. I was a bit confused with the use of the word "wash" (meaning layer). I did use the instructions/method for drawing the yellow/orange rose for drawing a Protea wildflower instead. I wanted to draw the Protea on a card for my daughter wedding anniversary (she had in her bouquet). She loved the finished effect.
I loved working on drafting film! I didn’t know quite what to expect, so I got a sheet from a friend and drew a dog from Color magazine and drew Tulips and Textures from In-Depth. Erasing is a breeze and the projects were fast and smooth. Adding color to the back of the sheet is awesome. It’s probably now my new favorite surface.

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