Using other colors of red, orange or any other color - depending on the effect you are after - helps to keep the eye from becoming tired, so that the colors look as rich as possible.
Draw a Rose - Learn How to Draw a Rose in Colored Pencil
By Helen South, About.com Guide
Now I layer more color onto the rose drawing. I'm using a combination of PC924 Crimson Red with a little PC922 Poppy Red towards the edges. Small circular strokes pick up the under-layers and the surface quickly becomes solid and almost burnished.
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- A Red Rose to Draw - Choose a Good Rose Photo
- Rose Values - Create a Grayscale Rose Value Reference
- Draw the Outline of the Rose
- Laying a Foundation - Shading the Base Color
- Shading the Rose - Shading Undertones
- Darker Values - Shading Darks and Shadows
- Layering Color - Building Layers of Color
- Colored Pencil Layering - Adding More Undertones
- Final Layers of Colored Pencil
- The Finished Rose Drawing
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