the color pencils are no prismas so they dont blend as well but that said, its a little annoying that the camera cant capture how vibrant they actually are
I did that greyscale to color thing for this piece and honestly, I'm still not quite sure how it works (except for the crystals, I painted those straight.) It's useful to in making values really pop but gets trickier when you dont want the shadows to muddy up the hues.