Crayola pen observational drawing


I love using coloured pens for observational drawing. I think adding colour really brings the drawing to life and the tip of crayola supertips allows me vary my line weight. However, you can't mix new colours with felt pens so my colour palette is limited. This makes it hard for drawing scenes that have lots of varying tones of the same colour, such as the third image. 













 

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