You can play around with different pencil shades to make your ideal hue. Gold is an incredibly versatile shade made up of multiple colors, so you have plenty of options to choose from, like dull gold and bright gold. For dull gold, select black, grey, brown, and dark yellow colored pencil shades. For bright gold, choose white, light yellow, yellow, and light brown shades.
If you don’t alternate your q-tips or wipe off your finger when blending your color gradients, you might drag the darker colors into the lighter ones, resulting in a less realistic blend.
Dark brown, light brown, yellow, white, yellow, light brown, dark brown, and so on, layering these shades until you fill your desired section entirely.
By going back in with your white pencil after blending, you’re creating more contrast in the gold gradient, resulting in the illusion of a shinier finish—magic!
