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The above unfinished "Red Cardinal" Drawing and the below completed rendering of a "Red Car" were both done using the Color Grid-Scale Process.
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It requires selecting a color photograph. Do not use an illustration, cartoon or low resolution image from the internet. In most cases students have the option to select a reference photo image per glossy pages from magazines.
Draw a one-inch-grid over the photograph. First there must be dots places around the four edges of the photo at one inch apart.
Then line them up using ink or a marker, draw the grid. Afterwards the top row should be labeled alphabetically and the left row labeled numerically.
On a sheet of 18" X 24" Drawing Paper draw the same type of labeled Grid using pencil or ink, however the dots must be placed two inches apart.
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This grid will be about twice the size of the original color photograph in most instances.
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This process requires one to be dedicated to drawing precisely the proportions, textures, values, lines and colors exactly as they appear in the smaller photograph onto the larger gridded drawing paper.
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Note the drawing directly below is a Values Grid to be drawn in order to learn and master how the colored pencils may be used to create a needed range of values and shades.
Both student/artists tested the pencils along the sides of the actual drawing while working to match colors and textures.
Many times the correct colors are created by blending assorted colors.
Keep in mind that at times the pencil colors do not exactly match those in the photo-references.
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