I read the Harry Potter books and really enjoyed them. But I was also taken by the illustrations executed by Mary GrandPre for the covers and the beginning of each chapter. She uses pastels for all her work. I thought that could translate to colored pencils, so I did a little test. I loosely copied a bit of her Chamber of Secrets cover just to see. I did use a little pastel (hair highlights) but otherwise this is just colored pencil. I was more interested in the layering of color than duplicating the drawing. You can see a little more of the tooth of the paper maybe than I would like, but that isn't a bad thing. Overall I'm happy with what I'm getting with colored pencils.
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