Colored Pencil Ribbons & Rendering

Blending of colored pencil is done by building up layers of colors one over the other and using the multiple colors to burnish over top of each other.

  • I used 4 colored pencils: White, Black, Medium Violet, Dark Purple.
    Define the light source as being above the ribbon.
    Use medium Violet to lightly shade the top side of the ribbon (the side, that faces the light source).
  • Use Dark Purple for the areas that do not receive the direct light.
  • Shade with Medium Violet the sides of the curves.
  • Use White pencil to blend the highlighted areas.
  • Use Black to add shadows to the darkest areas.
    Use Dark Purple for blending.
  • Color in a curved surface:
    I used 3 pencils: White, Medium Green, and Dark Green.
  • Start with a Medium Green.
    Shade lightly most of the surface.
  • Go over with the same Medium Green pencil and color more, leaving the middle as is.
  • Use Dark Green and color in the sides of the shape, use Medium Green again to blend the two colors.
  • Use White pencil to blend the middle part – the lightest area.

Use color blending and burnishing techniques to create a 3D ribbon

You can make any kind of art with colored pencils!

Project Goal:

Create a 3D ribbon effect using a dark, medium, and light color in colored pencil.

Lego Set

Lego System A/S (trade name: The Lego Group) is a Danish toy production company based in Billund.[5] It is best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. 

The history of Lego spans nearly 100 years, beginning with the creation of small wooden playthings during the early 20th century. Manufacturing of plastic Lego bricks began in Denmark in 1947, but since has grown to include factories throughout the world.

LEGO creates their sets based on themes. What will your theme be? Is it based on a book or movie you love, or something original?

How Legos are made

Project Goal:

Use Mecabricks to design and build your own themed lego set. Your set must be physically possible to build. Your designs must be sketched out. 10 of 20 points will be for sketching and planning your Lego set.