Color the Body of the Figure

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  Accurate shading of the figure will make it look three dimensional.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  Choose a good skin toned marker. The color should be rosy, not yellow. Fill in the face and any other exposed skin from edge to edge, evenly. Try to avoid overlapping the strokes, and only apply one layer of color.
  
  
• 2). Draw another thick line on the left side only of the exposed skin areas with the same skin toned marker to create the shadow.
  
  
• 3). Shade the right one-eighth of the face and other exposed areas of skin with a white pencil. You will be coloring on top of the marker with the colored pencil; this is your highlight.
  
  
• 4). Choose a marker color for the hair and repeat the process above for shadows and highlights. Add a few darker strokes on the shadow side and lighter lines on the highlight side of the hair for texture.
  
  
• 5). Fill in the eyes with green or blue and outline them with either brown or black pencil. Fill in the lips with red or pink and outline the left side with a darker shade of the lip color.
  
  

Color the Clothes

• 1). Choose a fabric for the outfit in the picture. It helps to have a swatch of the fabric so you can realistically show the color and properties of the fabric. Color the clothes in a marker color that is the dominant color of the fabric.
  
  
• 2). Shade the outfit and apply highlights as above.
  
  
• 3). Color shoes and jewelry accessories with the marker, adding any buttons. Highlight the details with a sharp colored pencil.
  
  

Bring the Fabric to Life

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  To show sheer chiffon, the colored pencil lines must extend past the marker edge.Dynamic Graphics Group/Dynamic Graphics Group/Getty Images
  
  Choose a colored pencil slightly lighter than the marker used for the garment for sheer fabric such as chiffon, tulle, organza or crepe. Color lightly in long, fluid, vertical lines beginning outside of the marker edge from left to right, ending outside of the marker edge on the right.
  
  The more voluminous the fabric, the more colored pencil will be outside of the marker edge.
  
  If the fabric has multiple tones or layers of color, repeat the colored pencil application on top of the previous layer, becoming lighter in color as you layer color.
  
  
• 2). Make an additional thick line of shadow on the left side, one-eighth inch from your other shadow line to draw silk, satin or shiny fabric. The darker the shadow lines, the shinier the fabric will look.
  
  Make the existing highlight line very light and thick. Make another thin highlight line, on the right side, about one-eighth inch from your other highlight. The lighter the highlights, the shinier the fabric will look.
  
  
• 3). Simplify a printed fabric into basic shapes and colors. Draw the print on top of the fabric with colored pencils. If you have a plaid or stripe, make a series of vertical stripes following the shape of the garment. Make the horizontal lines following the hem shape of the garment.
  
  Pay special attention to keeping the scale of the print accurate to your sketch size.