To keep white areas crisply white, I apply color to those areas LAST. But during the drawing process, one needs to keep that paper clean and free from pencil "crumbs". To do this, I apply a layer of Rubber Cement to the areas I want white. After the Rubber Cement is dry, you can start shading in your piece. Once ready to apply color to the white areas, simply rub off the Rubber Cement using your fingers or a tortillon/stump in a circular motion - be careful not to smudge the previously shaded areas while doing this. Once the Rubber Cement is off the paper, you can finish your drawing using your white or very light colored pencils! This works for most medium, just be very careful when removing the Rubber Cement!

To acheive a nice velvety texture and superior color saturation with the Soft Core Colored Pencils, I lightly layer my color. Using a soft Cross Hatching technique, apply the color layer by layer (be it one color or multiple) until you see no more paper surface and get the desired color saturation. The lighter the layer, the easier it is to blend with other colors or degrees of lightness. This takes a good bit of time and patience, but the end result is worth it! I do not use any blenders, stumps, tortillons, or mineral spirits... just my Prismacolor Pencils.