My first successful colored pencil portrait!
I've tried colored pencil before and hated it, never got good results.
Turns out it REALLY helps if you try on decent paper.
Regular Fabriano paper (which I use for graphite) really does NOT work, but this A4 Canson MiTeintes works like a charm!
I think the horse is called Breezer, pretty face right?
Derwent studio/artist/graphitint/drawing and a white coloursoft pencil. The paper's ever so slightly more greenish IRL.
Much less of a mess than pastels by the way