Rendering Techniques | Part 4: Red Conté

[New Masters Academy]

In this series, instructor Chris Legaspi will share with you various ways to render your drawings, using a variety of different materials. Chris uses his approachable, thorough teaching style to make the often-intimidating rendering stage accessible to artists of all levels. In this fourth lesson of the series, Chris will show you some simple rendering techniques using red conté pencil. Chris will demonstrate using photo reference of female portrait, male portrait, and a hand.

 

Materials

• Conté a Paris Sketching Pencil – Sanguine
• Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils – Caput Mortuum Red (645), English Red Deep (655)
• Smooth Newsprint

 

 

[Isabelle Lambert]

Hello!  Can you tell me if there is any other type of paper than newspaper to make a drawing with conte sanguine?  Thank you 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Isabelle,
Id recommend any paper pad that has relatively smooth paper. My personal go to is the red Canson XL pad and the Blick “drawing” pad

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