How Does A Mechanical Pencil Work

Often people shy away from working in colored pencils because it’s more difficult to remove color from paper than graphite pencil marks. True, colored pencils are less forgiving than graphite pencils, but color can be lifted out, although it’s hard to remove it entirely. Besides correcting mistakes, artists remove color to create certain effects such as lightening an area.

Frisk Film for Removing Color

Frisk film, a transparent masking film, is compatible for working on almost all surfaces. It’s easy to peel, leaving no residue. To use frisk film to remove color apply the film by rubbing an object such as a ball point pen to the spot color that needs to be lifted off.

Tapes for Lifting Color

Although tape can lift out some color, it cannot remove all the color. Besides correcting mistakes, using tape to lift out color is an ideal way to soften a color such as creating distant faded green hills.