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This week we return to the drawing series with intermediate tools to add color to your drawings. When starting out it is often best to stick to line drawings to minimize the elements to focus on. As you become more comfortable with line drawings though you can begin to introduce some color and shading into them. This can help your drawings begin to jump off the page or draw attention to an important element. In this post, I will introduce some simple tools for adding color and highlighting to a drawing.