Coloring African Type Hair

This tutorial is an easy one: Creating African hair textures with Prismacolor pencils.

I am using:

Rosy Beige

Sienna Brown

Dark Brown

Beige

I am starting off with an allover light layer of Rosy Beige (below). 

It looks rather pinkish at this point.

Then I add some Sienna Brown to the areas that will have the most shadow. We want the hair to "poof"

I am using tight circular motions with my pencil. (And no blending solution)

Then I go in and work the shadows a bit more with the Dark Brown.

And go over the highlighted area with the Beige.

It's looking rather light at this point so I am going to go back and another layer of the Sienna Brown .

(Below)

And to finish, some more Dark Brown.

For this hair type, you want to keep your pencil strokes. It gives the illusion of tight curls.

Looking Good!

That's it!

and a finished image: