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Special★Coloring Sheets
Nissan Design “Waku Waku” StudioWant to color like a pro? Nissan designers will show you how!

How pros do it: What is “reflection rendering”?
Anything that reflects light – like a car – always have some reflections of the surrounding elements on
the surface. When designers draw cars, they do so in a way that the colors of things like the sky, thesun and the roads are reflected on the body surfaces so that the drawing of the car looks threedimensional.

SkyLightReflection

Tools: What professional designers use
Three basic tools

MarkersColoring pencils

Pastels

They come in many different colors andshades and easy to color evenly and quickly.
Markers for professionals can be found at art
and hobby stores. You can also find them atJapanese “100-yen stores,” too. To start, try to
get three markers of the same color but indifferent brightness levels.

Coloring pencils are used to draw roughsketches, as well as for adding details andshine to the drawing. They can be very
versatile because infinite shades of colors canbe created once you learn the right techniqueand by taking time coloring. Dark blue pencils
are often used to draw rough sketches.

Like coloring pencils, pastels are used to create
soft and rich expression by adding the color
little by little to the sketch. Used together withmarkers, photo-realistic expression can also be
achieved. Use a knife to shave off a little bit of
the pastel to make powder and mix with baby
powder to color. You can also find them atJapanese “100-yen stores.”

Start coloring: Using just three markers to make it look 3D!
Use three markers of the same color in different shades. Take some time to color nicely, and you cancreate a cool, three-dimensional look!

Use three markers of thesame color in different
brightness levels

Coloring sheet (with color separations)

RV14
Begonia
Pink

Light

RV29

R59

CrimsonCardinal

MediumDark
Completed image (sample)

Are you ready?
Here’s Coloring Sheet (B). Lines for different color areas are already drawn on the car. Use one marker
at a time and start coloring!

① Start with the lightest color!
Go ahead and make big hand movements to color! It’s OK if the color goes outside of the line a little bit.
(We are using the lightest color because these are upward-facing surfaces.)

RV14
Begonia
Pink

Leave the white areas white!

② Next, use the medium color!
Color the shaded area on the coloring sheet with the medium-color marker.
(These areas are supposed to be the intended body color.)

RV29
Crimson③ Finally, use the darkest color!
The darkest color is used to color the surfaces that are facing down. It’s starting to look kind of threedimensional, right?

R59
Cardinal

④ Cut out the parts from the Coloring Sheet (A) and stickthem on the colored drawing!
RearSpoiler

WindowHeadlamps
GrilleRear Tire

Front Tire
Chin Spoiler

Parts to cut out

Use glue to affix the parts.

Coloring Sheet (A)⑤ Done!

Next, we’ll show you more advanced technique.
Get your coloring pencils or pastels ready!

⑥ Use a blue in the back and red in the front.
Apply the color softly on the colored surfaces.
Use coloring pencils or pastels to apply more color over the drawing already colored in withmarkers. The image will look even more realistic!
PastelsorColoringPencils

Coloring with coloring pencils / pastels

This is what it would look like if the area already colored in markers are hidden

Pastels
orColoringPencils

⑦ It now looks even more realistic than the finished sample
on Page ⑤! Pretty cool!

A professional designer used a PC to draw this sketch. With
more details added, the images looks even more threedimensional, doesn’t it?

Print out the next three pages for coloring sheets and samples!

Coloring Sheet (A)Details are already drawn for you, so have funcoloring the body! Read the instructions tocolor like a pro!

Coloring sheet (B) with color
separations

Sample finished image(“reflection sketch”)

Follow the instruction to color and draw like apro! Areas to color in different shades are
already provided for you. When done coloring
the body, cut out the parts like tires, window
and grille out of the Coloring Sheet (A) andglue them on to finish it up!

This is a sample sketch by a professional
designer. Want to be a designer? Use this as asample and draw, draw, draw!