Learn more about coloured pencils and coloured pencil artwork
A leading resource for anybody wanting to find out more about coloured pencils. It has information for everybody from experienced artists to beginners wanting to learn all they can. Topics include
- tips and techniques for working with coloured pencils,
- information about coloured pencil brands and associated products,
- coloured pencil societies,
- coloured pencil artists and
- forums where you can discuss coloured pencil matters with artists working in coloured pencils
CHECK OUT the poll on what is the favourite make of artist grade coloured pencils. New links are being added to this site on a regular basis.
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- All about Coloured Pencils
- POLL: Which is your favourite make of artist grade coloured pencil?
- Coloured Pencils - Brands and Manufacturers
- BOOKS: A new book by Ann Kullberg
- BOOKS: A new book by Alyona Nickelsen
- BOOKS: About coloured pencils - on Amazon
- Coloured Pencils - Colours and colour charts
- Coloured Pencils - Lighfastness (Standards and Tests)
- Coloured Pencils - Lightfastness (Brands)
- Coloured Pencils - Art Supplies
- Coloured Pencils: On-Line Suppliers - UK and Europe
- Colored Pencils: On-Line Suppliers - based in the USA
- Coloured Pencils - On-Line Suppliers in Australia
- BOOKS: Coloured pencils and mixed media
- Coloured Pencil Supports - paper, boards and the rest
- Coloured Pencils - helpful products
- Art Supplies - paper, pencils and equipment
- How to use coloured pencils
- Online Art Instruction
- Coloured Pencil workshops
- Coloured Pencils - Tips and Techniques
- Coloured Pencils - Wax Bloom
- Coloured Pencils - Lessons, Projects and Themes
- Coloured Pencil Art Societies and Exhibitions
- Coloured Pencils and Portraits
- Coloured Pencils and Botanical & Floral Art
- Coloured Pencils and Animal / Wildlife Art
- Coloured Pencils and Still Life
- Coloured Pencil Forums and Communities
- Artists who use coloured pencils
- Artists who blog about working with coloured pencils
- Making a Mark reviews: Book reviews - coloured pencils
- Comments and Suggestions
All about Coloured Pencils
This section covers the different types of coloured pencils (manufacturers and brands) and lightfastness - plus a poll about what is your favourite brand
POLL: Which is your favourite make of artist grade coloured pencil?
Are you as intrigued as me to know which particular make of artists' quality coloured pencil people like the best?
This poll focuses on artists' quality coloured pencils. A second poll on watercolour pencils will follow soon.
Don't forget to check all the options before you vote. If there any you haven't heard of before and you want to know more check the links to relevant websites in the above module.
Coloured Pencils - Brands and Manufacturers
Who supplies artist quality coloured pencils?
Below starts with an overview of different products and then considers all the brands by manufacturer.
- MAKING A MARK Coloured Pencils - Brands and Manufacturers
- A table providing a comparative overview of and links to reputable brands of coloured pencils PLUS product reviews
- Making a Mark: Which is your favourite make of artist grade coloured pencil?
- This is an update on the progress of my poll on Coloured Pencils - Resources for Artists as at the end of July 2008.
- Making a Mark reviews......: Which is your favourite make of artist grade coloured pencil?
- Time for an update (APRIL 2009) and feedback on the poll about Which is your favourite make of artist grade coloured pencil? which has been running on my Coloured Pencils - Resources for Artists website for quite some time.
The poll now comprises 509 votes. - Product reviews of coloured pencils
- Product reviews of the different brands of coloured pencils on the Wet Canvas site. Only WC members can add reviews.
- Caran d'Ache - artist pencils
- A swiss company producing superior quality artist pencils. "Pablo" is the brand name of the artist quality pencils
- Derwent
- Derwent are a major UK pencil company based in Cumberland. They produce a range of pencils for artistic and graphic purposes.
- Making a Mark: Derwent Coloursoft Pencils - a new brand
- "Coloursoft" are Derwent's new pencils - read about what people think
- Faber Castell - Art and Graphic Range
- Faber Castell produces excellent oil based artist quality pencils (polychromos) with good lightfastness
- Lyra Rembrandt
- Lyra Rembrandt produce artist quality coloured pencils and watercolour pencils.
- Sanford Prismacolor
- Details of the Prismacolor range of pencils - including the new lightfast pencils. (Karismacolor - the European version - has been discontinued)
- Gary Green video demonstrating Prismacolor products
- If you've ever wondered how Verithin, Art Stix, Premier Colored Pencils, Watercolor Coloured Pencils or the colorless Blender worked try watching this Prismacolor video Gary Greene using them all to complete a drawing
- Royal Talens: Van Gogh Lightfast pencils
- This is one of only two brands tested during the initial research into a lightfastness standard. They also do very well in the CPSA lightfastness tests.
Royal Talens states: "These pencils are unique due to their guaranteed lightfastness. Royal Talens has combined its expertise in the use of pigments in artists' paints with the specific properties of pencils. The result is a complete range of fine art pencils with an excellent colour transfer and colour intensity."
(Choose country/products/pencils from the menu) - Making a Mark: Royal Talens Van Gogh Coloured Pencils
- Read my review of Van Gogh coloured pencils and find out why I recommend them. They're also particularly useful for sketching.
- Caran d'Ache > Products > News - the new Luminance (lightfast) range
- Caran d'Ache announces the Luminance 6901 colour pencil, a combination of the highest lightfastness and the smoothness of a permanent lead. Two years of research went into developing the formulation in the greatest secrecy in the Geneva workshops.
- CARAN d'ACHE > La Couleur > Artistes et Professionnels > Crayons > Luminance 6901
- CARAN d'ACHE OF SWITZERLAND: LUMINANCE 6901
Smooth and permanent lead for artists and creative professionals.
Lightfastness in compliance with the highest international standard: ASTM D-6901
Wide range of colours developed with a large variety of highly concentrated pigments.
They're good pencils - but they cost a lot more than other pencils - CARAN d'ACHE > La Couleur > Artistes et Professionnels > Crayons > Pablo
- CARAN d'ACHE OF SWITZERLAND: PABLO®
Dry and permanent lead resistant to any powder formation
Excellent luminance / opaqueness ratio
Wide range of colours - CARAN d'ACHE > La Couleur > Artistes et Professionnels > Crayons > Supracolor
- CARAN d'ACHE OF SWITZERLAND: SUPRACOLOR® Soft Aquarelle
Soft and water-soluble lead
Excellent luminance / opaqueness ratio
Wide range of colours - CARAN d'ACHE > La Couleur > Artistes et Professionnels > Crayons > Museum
- CARAN d'ACHE OF SWITZERLAND: MUSEUM
Set of watercolour leads instantly water-soluble.
Very high pigment concentration with 6 monopigmentary tints
Exceptional lightfastness - CARAN d'ACHE > La Couleur > Artistes et Professionnels > Crayons > Prismalo
- CARAN d'ACHE OF SWITZERLAND: PRISMALO® Aquarelle
The first water-soluble colour pencil since 1931
Thin lead allowing a clear and precise trace
High pigment concentration - UKCPS News: News from Derwent (about Signature range)
- News from Derwent
Take a good look at this lovely box of Derwent Signatures - after December 31st 2007, they will no longer be available. I have just received word from Derwent that their Signature range will be discontinued - although Derwent's commitment to lightfastness remains. - Derwent Signature Premium Lightfast Pencils
- This is one of the two brands tested during the initial research into a lightfastness standard.
Derwent states "Signature is a premium quality range of 60 highly lightfast coloured pencils.``Made from the purest pigments and finest raw materials, the range has been rigorously tested for its resistance to fading and colour change."
This range has been discontinued"/b? - eBay Guides - Robs Art guide to Colored Pencils
- Not all colored pencils are equal Depending on budget, personal style, how heavy your hand is and what sort of art you create, you may have to experiment before you find your favorites.
BOOKS: A new book by Ann Kullberg
Colored Pencil Secrets for Success: How to Critique and Improve Your Paintings
Most coloured pencil artists will know Ann Kullberg and/or have one or the other of her two books on drawing with coloured pencils (see below for more details). I regard them as art instruction standards.
Read A "Making A Mark" interview with Ann Kullberg on my blog
Read my review of this book in Book Review: Colored Pencil Secrets for Success
Colored Pencil Secrets for Success: How to Critique and Improve Your Paintings
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/11/2009)![]()
Any book by Ann Kullberg has got to be worth taking a look at. This one will be published later this year but Amazon are taking pre-publication orders now. This is how her publishers describe it.
Master the Details that Make the Difference
Even with a keen eye, it can be difficult to troubleshoot and fix your own artwork. That's where this guide comes in. Featuring a range of styles and subjects, Colored Pencil Secrets for Success is like a personal critique session, featuring proven tips, tricks and fixes that will transform your work from good to great.
Ann Kullberg has helped countless artists with her classes and writing. You'll learn what's needed to get off to a great beginning with the right tools, techniques and reference photos; then reap the rewards of Kullberg's visual instruction in this unique critique format, highlighting the why and how of what's working, and what needs work, in 29 inspiring colored pencil compositions.
In each example, Kullberg gets right down to the details, revealing crucial secrets for avoiding and fixing things like "Chiclet teeth," streaky skin tones and flat highlights. You'll learn that other artists, in fact, share many of your artistic challenges, as Ann shares the solutions and secrets you need for your own success.
Publication date May 2009
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BOOKS: A new book by Alyona Nickelsen
Colored Pencil Painting Bible: Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultra-Realistic Effects
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 07/11/2009)![]()
PUBLISHED MARCH 2009: This is the first book by award-winning artist Alyona Nickelsen.
In her book Alyona reveals her techniques and processes for achieving intense colour in her coloured pencil paintings. These include layering, the proper use and advantages of the translucent properties of the medium, as well as her use of odorless solvents to achieve rich, luminous color and ultra-realistic effects - all backed up with highly detailed step-by-step demonstrations.
Read my interview with Alyona in A "Making A Mark" interview with Alyona Nickelsen CPSA
Read my review of this book in Book Review: Colored Pencil Painting Bible
BOOKS: About coloured pencils - on Amazon
Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil
Would-be portrait artists need to be able to draw backgrounds as well as people. This book is all about how to create the look of realism without actually working on every last detail to the nth degree. This book provides approaches to for both interior and exterior subject matter.
Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Artist
This is a primer for those wishing to learn how to use coloured pencils by somebody who is an articulate teacher and author. This book is not for people wanting to learn how to draw - it's for people who have mastered the basics and now want to develop their art using coloured pencils. It contains clear demonstrations plus a section which provides a useful and informative pep talk for those who'd like to do more with their art. Check out her website in the module for Coloured Pencils - Lessons, Projects and Themes
Release Date: 09/01/1998
Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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Colored Pencil Explorations
For the coloured pencil artist who wants to take the next step. The Complete Guide to Colored Pencil Techniques provides an introduction to working in colored pencil on a variety of subjects through 15 step-by-step projects. Techniques incorporate the use of pastel, solvents, airbrush, watercolor, acrylic, ink and more. Each chapter clearly demonstrates how readers can re-create techniques in their own work. Plus of information on tools, materials and each medium's basic characteristics.
Colored Pencil Solution Book
This book focuses on answering lots of common questions asked by artists wanting to learn more about how to use coloured pencils - plus provides the answers to some questions people frequently haven't yet thought to ask. The book focuses on basic art concepts and how these translate into practice when using coloured pencils e.g. when to use complementary colours and how to create them. Plus how to achieve realistic textures in everything from fuzzy peaches to metallic finishes. This book has had a huge influence on a lot of artists' work - and my only criticism is there is a bit too much evidence around of people having read this book! It also contains a useful section which addresses what to do if you encounter some of the more common problems which crop up from time to time. Both the authors are well respected coloured pencil artists who are signature members of CPSA. Check out their step by step lessons also on this site
(Note - for some reason Janie Gildow is being listed as Janie Gordon by the software which picks up the details!)
Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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The Colored Pencil: Key Concepts for Handling the Medium, Revised Edition (Practical Art Books)
This best-seller is a book which many professional coloured pencil artists read as they were starting out with coloured pencils. It provides the information on materials, lessons on color mixing and techniques, and demonstrations of various methods for drawing.
Release Date: 11/01/1995
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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Coloured Pencils - Colours and colour charts
- Making a Mark: Coloured Pencils - Colour Comparison Charts
- Bob Ebdon (founder/webmaster UKCPS)has produced some new colour comparison charts.
The main advantage of these new Colour Comparison Charts over others I have seen is that these charts compare (side by side) seven different brands from six different manufacturers in a number of colour groups.
All colours are keyed to the range of colours in the discontinued Karisma range. - Faber Castell Polychromos - colour chart
- A pdf file of the colour chart for the Faber Castell polychromos range.
This colour chart lists all colours plus numbers against a block of colour which is - at least on my screen - very accurate as to the colour in reality - Making a Mark: How green is my coloured pencil collection?
- How green is my pencil collection? Well, given I particularly like drawing gardens and landscapes it's pretty green!
I did a couple of sample pages of my greens a little while ago when it was announced that the Karisma pencils were definitely being discontinued in the UK. I wanted to see what my choice was in terms of what I was left with. Here are all my green pencils - as they were then - laid out in a very rough colour sample chart by brand on two pages of my sketchbook (the pages of which are a pale creamy colour). - Making a Mark: Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils
- A detailed review of Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils plus colour chart
- Making a Mark: Derwent Drawing Pencils and 'Drawing a Head'
- Review of Derwent Drawing Pencils - in relation to portraiture. Colour chart and lightfastness information
- Making a Mark: Prismacolor - new colours for 2006 but no change on breakages
- At the CPSA conferences in Albuquerque, delegates were given a free pack of pencils in the new 2006 shades....
Here's my review of the colours - plus chart - and commentary on how they behave. - Making a Mark: Derwent Coloursoft Pencils - Update
- Details about Derwent Colourfast pencils:
* shades
* lighfast ratings
* pricing - Making a Mark: Janet Couture's Prismacolor Colour Wheel
- Janet Couture has created a colour wheel for her Prismacolor pencils and describes how she did this in her blog "Janet Colored Pencil".
Coloured Pencils - Lighfastness (Standards and Tests)
A resource about the lightfastness of coloured pencils
- CPSA Product research - Lightfastness Workbook - Version 5 (available from March 2008)
- Now Available! for CPSA Members only
VERSION 5 LIGHTFASTNESS TEST RESULT WORKBOOK
available NOW Including new test results for 2005-2007
- Prismacolor Premier Lightfast
- new Prismacolors
- Caran d'Ache Neocolors
- Derwent Coloursoft
- Derwent Graphitint
- Derwent Inktense - WetCanvas! - CPSA Lightfastness Test Result Workbook Version 5 - now available
- A discussion about the CPSA Lightfastness Test Result Workbook Version 5 - available March 2008
- Making a Mark: How lightfast are your artist grade coloured pencils?
- I tested my coloured pencils recently against the ratings for lightfastness in the CPSA Lightfastness Workbook Version 4 - and got a VERY BIG SURPRISE. You can see it in the picture in this post which include all my coloured pencils which did NOT make the cut because they are NOT listed in the CPSA Lightfastness Workbook as having an acceptable level of lightfastness. These are the ones which were in use and the picture excludes those that were in reserve and those which I've left in their boxes. Overall, we're talking a LOT of pencils - and a lot of money which has been spent on them.
- Lightfastness Testing
- LIGHTFASTNESS RATING - HOW IT'S DONE: A statment by CPSA about the work they have been doing with the ASTM (American Society for Testing Materials), colored pencil manufacturers and art conservators towards the development of a standard of lightfastness for colored pencils.
- CPSA: Lighfastness standard achieved
- This CPSA press release (7.11.03) announces the achievement of a standard for testing the lightfastness of coloured pencils.
- ASTM D6901-06 Standard Specification for Artists COLORED PENCILS
- ACTIVE STANDARD: Pages: 5, Price: $ 35.00
This specification establishes requirements for composition, performance, and labeling of artists' COLORED PENCILS. It covers vehicles and additives. Requirements are included for identification, lightfastness, and consistency. COLORED pencil specimens are exposed to both natural daylight through window glass and simulated window glass-filtered daylight radiation to determine the lightfastness rating for each pencil. - ASTM D4303-06 Standard Test Methods for Lightfastness of Colorants Used in Artists Materials
- This is the test standard applicable to manufacturers (as opposed to art technologists)
Four test methods are used to approximate the color change that can be expected over time in colorants used in artists' materials exposed indoors to daylight through window glass.
The color changes that result from accelerated exposure may not duplicate the results of normal indoor exposure in a home, art gallery, or museum. The relative resistance to change, however, can be established so colored materials can be assigned to categories of relative lightfastness. - ASTM D5383-02(2003) Standard Practice for Visual Determination of the Lightfastness of Art Materials by Art Technologists
- This practice covers a method for exposing specimens of colored art materials indoors to sunlight coming through a closed window. A card containing eight Blue Wool References is exposed simultaneously. Blue Wool References 3, 6, and 7, are used as controls in determining when to remove test specimens from exposure and rate them. Test specimens are rated by assigning each specimen the number of the Blue Wool Reference that shows the same amount of color change.
This practice may be used to indicate art materials that will change color within a few months or years in normal indoor exposure and those that will remain unchanged for a period of years. It is not rigorous enough to verify that materials will remain unchanged for more than fifty years in a home or office environment. A major consideration in developing this method was to keep it simple and short enough to be preformed without instrumentation in a comparatively short length of time. - Review of Prismacolor Premiere Lightfast Colored Pencils
- An independent unsponsored review of Prismacolor Premier Lightfast Colored Pencils by Bet Borgeson, artist, author.
- Bet Borgeson: Checking Colored Pencils for Lightfastness
- All art media, including oil and watercolor, have colors that fade or change with exposure to ultraviolet and visible light. This easy five-step test procedure can provide a better understanding of which of your own colors are resistant to light, without needing expensive test equipment or kits.
- Sarah Longrigg's lightfastness experiments on black paper
- This is an example of what one artist has done and records her results for Caran d'Ache, Derwent, Faber Castell and Schwann Stabilo. The colours have been used on Canford black paper, framed, and exposed in a window for a minimum of 2.5 years
- Making a Mark: Colourfastness in coloured pencils
- Results of a lighfastness test conducted in Brazil by Lucio Rubira
- How to Do a Simple Lightfastness Test for a Paint Color
- An explanation of how to do a simple or basic lightfastness test to see how stable a paint color is. (The basic approach is also applicable to coloured pencils)
- handprint : doing your own lightfastness tests
- The technical specifications, testing equipment and coding schemes that make industry lightfastness tests look difficult shouldn't scare you from doing tests of your own. Testing paints requires no more skill than making a small painting and framing it
- The Identification of Organic Pigments in Colored Pencils
- A National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grant to the American Society for Testing and Materials' Subcommittee on Artists' Paints and Related Materials (ASTM D01.57), with shared support from the Kress Foundation, has resulted in a large file of new information about organic pigments used in artists' coloring materials.
Coloured Pencils - Lightfastness (Brands)
- Making a Mark: Prismacolor Premier Lightfast Colored Pencils
- List of new lightfast pencils and links to which pencils are in which set
- Caran d'Ache > Products > News - Luminance 6901 (lightfastness certified to ASTM standard)
- Luminance 6901 -
- Every shade has been formulated using finely-ground pigments chosen for their purity, intensity and resistance to UV.
- a chromatic range which comes in sets of 16, 38 or 76 colour pencils.
- Certified lightfastness and use of FSC wood.
- 61 colours classified in the best category (Lightfastness I) under standard ASTM D-6901.
- Cut from California cedar, the Luminance 6901 colour pencils carry the FSC label, a guarantee of logging that is environmentally-friendly and socially and economically endurable. - Roz Wound Up: Derwent Graphitints Fading!
- I love drawing with colored pencils. Several years ago when Derwent came out with an new line, Graphitints, I tried them as soon as I could get my hands on some. I loved that each pencil's color was muted by...
Coloured Pencils - Art Supplies
Where can you find coloured pencil art supplies? This section provides details of relevant websites.
Coloured Pencils: On-Line Suppliers - UK and Europe
Online supplies for your coloured pencil needs
- Art supplies in the UK from the Heaton Cooper Studio
- Heaton Cooper Studio, a fine art gallery in Cumbria which also has a well regarded (I shop there!) art materials shop with online purchasing. Provides a currency calculator to aid those shopping from other countries.
Stocks (unless stated otherwise) sets and individual pencils for the following ranges: Faber Castell Polychromos; Caran d'Ache Museum leads; Derwent Artists' Drawing, Coloursoft, Inktense, Watercolour, Metallic and Signature; Lyra 'Splender' Pencil and Grey set only plus some useful pencil aids - Artifolk - artists' coloured pencils
- Top quality artists' pencils from Caran D'Ache, Derwent and Faber-Castell. Choose between individual pencils, small tins and large wooden boxes of pencils, all at great prices. Individual pencils available in the following ranges: Faber-Castell Art Grip, Polychromos, Derwent Artists' and Coloursoft,
- Artifolk - watercolour pencils
- Watercolour pencils provide great flexibility - use them on their own or with water to create a range of effects. These watercolour pencils from Faber-Castell (Albrecht Durer), Derwent (Watercolour) and Caran D'Ache (Supracolor) come in a range of sets as well as individual pencils.
- T N Lawrence & Son Ltd Pencils and Crayons
- Based in Hove - supplies Caran d'Ache (Supracolour, Pablo, Neocolour and Graphite) as individual pencils
- Jackson's and Art Express - the best art suppliers in London
- Stocks individual pencils for the Derwent and Faber Castell ranges. Also stocks Creta Aqua Monolith
- London Graphic Centre Pencil Sets
- This used to be the main place I got my stock from - but not any more! They now only have a very limited range focusing on Derwent sets.
- Ken Bromley Art Supplies - Coloured Pencils & Crayons
- Stocks sets only of: Derwent Graphitint pencils (only) and Caran d'Ache ache Pablo, Supracolour Pencils and Necolour Crayons
- Great Art - Caran d'Ache Pablo - single pencils
- Complete range of colours on display - all available as single colours
- Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils
- complete range of colours on display - all available to order as single pencils
- Paintworks.biz
- Paintworks Ltd - art materials and picture framing, kingsland road, London
Stock and supply Talens Van Gogh coloured pencils and watercolour pencils (and pastel pencils) via their mail order catalogue. You can also download the catalogue from their website and order by phone - farbstifte.net - Shop für Farbstifte, Buntstifte, Prismacolor, Karismacolor, Künstlerbedarf, Künstlermaterialien, Zeichenmaterialien
- A German art supplier who stocks various brands of coloured pencils including Prismacolor and Stonehenge paper.
Colored Pencils: On-Line Suppliers - based in the USA
Online supplies for your coloured pencils needs
- Colored Pencils - Blick Art Materials
- Dedicated section within website
- annkullberg.com - for all things Colored Pencil!
- Stock sets of Prismacolors only plus some aids for using coloured pencils. Two half yearly sales with big discounts
Coloured Pencils - On-Line Suppliers in Australia
- Australian Coloured Pencils Resources
- This squidoo lens was created to develop a local resource for Australian coloured pencil artists and in doing so to also provide a way to highlight and find one another. It lists suppliers in Australia.
BOOKS: Coloured pencils and mixed media
Advancing the art of coloured pencils
Creative Colored Pencil Workshop: Exercises for Combining Colored Pencils with Your Favorite Mediums
Carlynne and Kelli share their passion for mixed media and experimentation. It shows you how to combine coloured pencil with other mediums (watercolor, gouache, acrylic, ink, oil pastels, metal leaf and more) to create different effects - such as traditional, realistic art with exciting textural effects and an experimental "edge."
The book has a workshop approach which makes it heavy on the illustrations and step-by-step demos, with a variety of styles and perspectives.
Amazon Price: $21.89 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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Paint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink & Colored Pencil
This book introduces artists to a mixed-media way of painting that takes full advantage of the vivid moods of watercolor, the punch and contrast of ink, and the rich textures of colored pencil.
Sueellen Ross teaches readers to layer one medium on top of another in easy-to-control stages. Step-by-step instructions teach how to use this technique to paint interiors, flowers, cats, birds, and other subjects in a brilliant, realistic style.
Coloured Pencil Supports - paper, boards and the rest
Want to know more about what you can use coloured pencils on?
Links to more information are organised as follows: paper, coloured paper, film, and abrasive supports.
- CPSA: information about Paper
- This link provides a summary of detailed but basic information about the characteristics and production of paper.
- Daniel Smith: Deterioration of Paper: Causes and Prevention
- Daniel Smith (art supplies) identifies the reasons why paper can deteriorate and how best to prevent artwork from suffering any harm
- Canson USA - Arches Printmaking Sheets
- Arches Cover: This famous heavyweight, mould-made sheet is 100% cotton, acid free and buffered. It has a visible, slightly flattened grain, deckle edges and a registered watermark. An excellent choice for lithography, intaglio, silkscreen, collotype and drawing, it is also suitable for embossing
- Making a Mark: Legion Paper acquires Rising and Stonehenge Brands
- Legion Paper announces its new ownership of and commitment to the Stonehenge and Rising Brands - much loved by some coloured pencil artists - following the closure of the mill they used to be made in. There are no concerns about future supplies.
- Canson USA - Artist Papers - Mi-Teintes paper
- Mi-Teintes Sheets: the manufacturer states "The most famous lightfast pastel paper in the world. In heavy weight with rough texture, these 60% cotton papers come in fifty breathtaking pulp-dyed colors that go all the way through. Acid free and archival, they are also excellent for pencil, scrapbooking and papercraft."
- Colored Pencils on Colored Paper for Quick Results by Vera Curnow
- Learning Section | Daniel Smith Art Supply
Colored Pencils on Colored Paper for Quick Results: A Step-by-Step Demonstration by Vera Curnow, CPSA - Making a Mark: Abrasive Supports for Pastels & Coloured Pencils #1
- The first part of an overview of different abrasive surfaces which can be used with coloured pencils.
- Making a Mark: Abrasive Supports for Pastels & Coloured Pencils #2
- The second part of an overview of abrasive surfaces suitable for use with coloured pencils. Contains links to suppliers.
- Art Spectrum Pastel Primer & Colourfix Paper
- Art Spectrum Colourfix Paper and Art Spectrum Pastel Primer can help you explore your full creative potential and create new dimensions to your coloured pencil work and work in mixed media. Try using coloured pencils and Zest-It on this surface for spectacular results.
- Ampersand Art Supply - Pastelbord
- Pastelbord is a clay and gesso coated hardboard panel with a granular marble dust finish comparable to a sanded pastel paper except more durable and more versatile. It can be used with wet or dry traditional pastel techniques or with acrylics, and more! (I've used it with coloured pencils and fell in love with it!) The coating is pH neutral and non-yellowing, making it a truly permanent museum quality surface.Available in Gray, Green, Sand and White.
- FUR IN THE PAINT: Art Materials - Part 1
- Gayle Mason writes:
Although I have tried out many supports over the past few years I return to the same favourites:-
Arches Hot Press Watercolour paper or Mellotex for graphite
Polydraw Drafting Film for coloured pencil, or mixed media including acrylic
Ampersand Pastelbord for coloured pencil including Neocolor ll
In this she writes about the Polydraw Drafting Film - Fur in the Paint: Back to Black - Experiments with Claybord
- Gayle Mason starts an experiment on Ampersand's black claybord - plus cat drawing
- Nicole Caulfield prepares her own colourfix board
- Nicole Caulfield has abandoned paper for abrasive boards. See how you can make you own boards and avoid having to mat all your coloured pencil work.
- Nicole Caulfield Art Journal: Sealing Experiments
- Nicole Caulfield has had loads of questions on how she seals her my colored pencil drawings on Pastelbord to make them frameable without glass.
In this post, she explains what she used and what she does and also details her current experiments with water-based varnishes. - FUR IN THE PAINT: Art Materials (Part 2) - Gayle Mason comments on Pastelbord
- The other new surface I have been using this year is Pastelbord. I use Ampersand Pastelbord which is described as "a clay and gesso hardboard panel with a granular marble dust finish"
- Nicole Caulfield Art Journal: Portrait on Fisher 400 Paper
- I was given some sheets of Fisher 400 sanded pastel paper a long while ago to try and finally just got around to it. I am always amazed at how a different paper will completely change the colored pencil experience. Much more than different pencil brands, using good paper can completely make a piece. I always use sanded surfaces for my drawings and every one works differently.
- Greywaren Art: Maggie on Art Materials, Part I
- What Maggie Stiefvater uses in her day to day coloured pencil work.
- Making a Mark: Saunders Waterford Hot Press - pros and cons for coloured pencils
- Not all professional watercolour Hot Press papers behave in the same way.
I've been using what I think is Saunders Waterford Hot Press for coloured pencil drawings in my Drawing a Head class at the Princes Drawing School this term. It's a completely different experience from drawing on any other sort of paper and I thought I'd provide some feedback about what it's like.
Coloured Pencils - helpful products
- My electric eraser
- An electric eraser can be used to erase efficiently and effectively - or as a drawing tool. Here's the one I use - a Jakar eraser pen
- Eco-House Inc - Xtra Mild Citrus Thinner
- A Canadian product equivalent to Zest-It. A Solvent must be capable of dissolving resins, oils, waxes and fats. This means that vital human organs are at risk when volatile solvents enter the body by inhalation. Eco-House Extra Mild Citrus Thinner combines the solving action of natural orange peel oil in food quality with highly purified mineral oils, which are 100% volatile and free of aggressive aromatics.
- Panasonic Desktop Accessories Traditional Electric Pencil Sharpener KP4A
- A compact battery powered pencil sharpener - produces needle points on coloured pencils. A very good back-up for an electric sharpener
- Jakar Electric Pencil Sharpener
- (Artifolk) This electric pencil sharpener from Jakar is mains powered with an automatic stop to prevent over-sharpening and pencil waste. It is suitable for graphite and all good quality coloured pencils up to a maximum thickness of 8mm.
- Zest-it
- The safe, environmentaly friendly, non-toxic, non-flammable alternative to white spirit and turpentine. This product can be used safely to dissolve coloured pencils in underpaintings or to help with blending and removal of pencil marks.
- Zest-It: Product Safety Data Sheet
- Pdf file - Identifies composition, nature of any hazards and handling requirements
- UKCPS - Sharpening Tools
- This is a list of some sharpening tools that you might or might not find useful, with hopefully some indication of how they might be used and where to get them. Please bear in mind that the views expressed here are the personal views of the webmaster, Bob Ebdon, or other named artists, and should not be attributed to the UKCPS. If you have anything you wish to add here, or correct, please contact Bob.
- UKCPS - Blending Tools
- Blending Tools - see Bob Ebdon's Article on Blending on the UKCPS site (or in Tips and Techniques on this site) for more information on how to use these.
- Ester Roi - Fine Art - Introducing the Icarus Drawing Board
- The Icarus Drawing Board is a portable drawing with two temperature zones - a warm zone and a cool zone
Art Supplies - paper, pencils and equipment
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Art Equipment - Resources for Artists
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Check out this resources for artists site for information about and links to suppliers of fine art paper products and other non-canvas supports used by visual artists who draw and paint. The lens covers: * a guide to paper and non-canvas supports * a...
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BOOKS: More books about coloured pencil - on Amazon
Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques: A Comprehensive Step-by-step Directory of Key Techniques, with an Inspirational Galley Showing How
Explains the basic characteristics and colour ranges of the main kinds of coloured pencils: hard, soft, and pastel varieties. Offers step-by-step, visual demonstrations of each key technique-from blending, blocking in, and burnishing to graffito, stippling, and impressing-with more than 150 full-color illustrations. Includes a gallery of finished examples that show how a professional artist makes imaginative, dynamic use of techniques to interpret a wide range of subjects.
The Colored Pencil Artist's Drawing Bible
Read my review Book review: The Coloured Pencil Artist's drawing bible
The gallery feature is good but the rest of this book is covered better by other books and/or is too generic to be of interest to serious coloured pencil artists.
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The Complete Colored Pencil Book
This is an early art instruction book in coloured pencil amongst the selection now on offer. It walks the reader through choices they need to make in relation to pencils, paper, drawing tools and studio layout. It also provides instruction in coloured pencil techniques and advanced tips for creating textured surfaces and landscapes. It set a standard when first published and it's still a useful book.
The Colored Pencil Artist's Pocket Palette
This visual dictionary of color mixes saves time and frustrations by showing artists exactly what colors to mix to get the exact color they want.
Of course you could make one for yourself! :)
How to use coloured pencils
This section covers online support for learning about coloured pencils, tips and techniques, lessons and other forms of instruction - plus a list of artists who provide workshops
Online Art Instruction
- Bet Borgeson Studio -- We're All About Colored Pencils
- An independent reliable resource offering key concepts for handling colored pencils--techniques, tips, drawing exercises, colored pencil art, student galleries, professional tips and an innovative and popular series of online drawing courses.
- annkullberg.com - for all things Colored Pencil!
- Ann Kullberg is one of the most well known coloured pencil artists on the Web. teaches several workshops each year, and has created a line of coloured pencil instruction materials, including video lessons and project kits.
This is her popular website for coloured pencil artists where you can shop online for colored pencils, kits, cd-roms, video lessons, and visit the member gallery! - Welcome to BrushAndPencil.com!
- The Online Colored Pencil Painting School - run by Alyona Nickelsen - has a curriculum which is based on a unique method of teaching called online personal schooling. It specializes in the latest techniques developed specifically for colored pencil painting.
Coloured Pencil workshops
Tutors providing regular coloured pencil workshops - face to face
- annkullberg.com - Workshops
- Find Colored Pencil Workshops and Colored Pencil Portrait classes near you.
- Linda Lucas Hardy - Workshops
- PAINTING WITH A DRY MEDIUM
COLORED PENCIL ON UART SANDED PASTEL PAPER
THE PORTRAIT IN FRENCH GRAY
THE COLORS OF WHITE - Nicole Caulfield Art - classes kits workshops
- Workshops focus on the use of sanded supports (Pastelbord and Fisher 400 paper) and include both still-lifes and portraiture. Email for for prices and dates available if interested in a 2010/2011 workshop for your art group
- Ann Swan botanical art coloured pencil workshops and courses
- Botanical art coloured pencil workshops by Ann Swan, one of the best contemporary botanical artists in the UK.
- ASDM Art Institute Course Listings
- Classes by Janie Gildow at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Jonathan Newey -- Workshops
- Current Workshops
- Workshops & Courses by Janie Pirie - Botantical Artist
- Janie Pirie specialises in floral and botanical art using coloured pencils.
Workshops are held in Janie's garden studio and at various outside venues.
BOOKS: Colored Pencil Instruction - by Gary Greene
Books from Amazon by Gary Greene CPSA
No Experience Required - Colored & Watercolor Pencil
Featuring twenty-five step-by-step demonstrations, this guide to using colored and watercolor pencil shows readers how to paint fruit, water, flowers, and various textures using thiis technique, and includes Quick Tips sidebars designed to quickly introduce key subjects
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Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils
As a teacher of coloured pencil workshops, Gary Greene sees his students buying water-soluble pencils "by the truckload." Problem is, they don't know how to use the medium or even what it's capable of...and until now, there's never been a book to teach them. In this much-requested book, Greene shows artists how to achieve a variety of different effects with this fascinating medium - from loose, watercolour-like washes to precise airbrush looks. The author, along with 6 guest artists, show how they use the medium in 18 complete painting demonstrations.
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil
Illustrated step-by-step demonstrations detail the methods and specific colors you can use to create a rich variety of textures: Flowers - rose, cineraria, tulip, orchid, hyacinth, marigold; Fruits & Vegetables - orange, grape, strawberry, banana, peach, tomato, avocado, onion, potato, Indian corn; Leaves & Wood - maple leaf, philodendron leaf, croton leaf, kale leaf, fir, palm, fern, cactus, bark, unfinished and finished wood, weathered wood; Earth & Water - sand, gravel, soil, rock, calm water, rough water, rapid water, water drop, shell; Hair & Skin - people of various ages and ethnic backgrounds; Animals - fur, hide, scales, feathers; and Man-made Textures - glass, porcelain, metal, rust, paper, balloon, cloth, brick, wicker.
You'll find advice on which pencils, papers, erasers and other tools work best, along with tricks for getting that just-right look - like using a dry cotton swab to get the fuzziness of a peach and an eraser strip for the whitecaps on rough water.
Coloured Pencils - Tips and Techniques
- Tips, Tricks and Techniques
- a long established 'sticky' thread - which continues to be updated - in the Wet canvas coloured pencil forum. It provides a range of information and advice
- The Colour Pencil Recipe Book
- Wet Canvas Colored Pencil Forum develops The Colour Pencil Recipe Book
- Laurelines compares the performance of coloured pencils
- Laurelines compares the performance of
* Cretacolor Aquamonoliths
* Derwent Inktense
* Faber Castell water colouble coloured pencils
* Faber Castell Polychromos (a non WC pencil) - How green is my coloured pencil collection?
- a blog post from "Making a Mark" providing colour charts for a multitude of greens from various brands
- Using Zest-It solvent
- Various artists explain how to use zest-it solvent to dissolve coloured pencils. Solvent makes the achievement of saturated colour on paper very fast.
- Colourfix, solvent and scumbling - Gordon Leverton demonstrates his technique
- Gordon Leverton demonstrates how he achieves a saturated yet scumbled finish to his industrial landscapes using colourfix, solvent and coloured pencils
- Brush and pencil - about solvents
- About Solvents © Alyona Nickelsen
- Gayle Mason demonstrates which coloured pencils to use on drafting film
- Gayle Mason has been experimenting with different brands of coloured pencil on Dura Lar drafting film
- Sanford & A Lifetime of Color's Art Education Resources
- A demonstration of Prismacolor® Professional Quality Art Pencils by Janie Gildow
- Making a Mark: Janet Couture's Prismacolor Colour Wheel
- Janet Couture has created a colour wheel for her Prismacolor pencils. Her colour wheel really identifies for me where there is a good choice of colours and also where there are major gaps in the range. This blog post tells you more about it.
- How To: Checking Colored Pencils for Lightfastness
- All art media have colors that fade or change with exposure to ultraviolet and visible light. Bet Borgeson provides an easy five-step test procedure for providing a better understanding of which of your own colors are resistant to light, without needing expensive test equipment or kits.
- Borgeson Studio - Colored Pencil Techniques FAQ
- Art questions are reliably answered here on one of the most popular pages on Bet Borgeson Studio site.
- P R I S M A C O L O R some tips and techniques
- Nadia Geller, accomplished interior designer, has teamed up with
Prismacolor providing monthly tips and techniques to fellow artists. - UKCPS - Blending by Bob Ebdon
- Blending is a key skill for the CP artist. Many artists rely on using a very light touch, and putting many layers of pencil one on top of another. As long as this is done smoothly, the eye will blend the final result into one homogeneous colour or gradation of colour and you need do no blending at all. If you want to help this process along then you could use one of many aids listed in this article.
- UKCPS - Burnishing by Bob Ebdon
- A dictionary says burnishing means "to make shiny or smooth; to polish".
Few topics in coloured pencil techniques have more mystique associated with them than burnishing. The trouble is, burnishing means different things to different people-or maybe there are just lots of different ways to do it.
Bob Ebdon - founder and webmaster of UKCPS - has written this article to explain and demonstrate aspects of burnishing. - Making a Mark: Printing press choices - an interview with Belinda del Pesco
- Belinda del Pesco produces monotype prints with an overlay of coloured pencils. This post is about how choices to be made when printing - and explains how Belinda produces monotypes without using a press.
- Nicole Caulfield Art Journal - Colored Pencils vs. Pastel Pencils
- Someone just asked me these questions in another post:
"What are the differences between the colored pencils [both the wax and oil based ones] and the pastel pencils? why getting involved with pastels?" - Artists Network - Colored Pencil: Getting Started by Gary Greene
- Colored Pencils: Getting Started by Gary Greene
- Colored Pencil Points - Help for the beginner
- Colored Pencil help for beginners
- Coloured Pencil Topics
- Coloured Pencil Tutorials by Peter Weatherill
Coloured Pencils - Wax Bloom
What is it and what can you do about it?
Artists using oil based pencils don't experience wax bloom.
- David Deen WebStudio : IMPrint Issue 12
- David Deen's Web Studio features the fantasy artwork of David Deen.
This part of his site describes what to do about wax bloom. - Colored Pencil Tip - Wax Bloom
- A colored pencil drawing tip - find out what to do about wax bloom. Wax bloom is a white haze that appears across heavily worked colored pencil drawings as a layer of the wax medium forms on the surface.
- Colored Pencil: Fixative by Christine Taylor
- The wax from wax-based pencils will "bloom" out of a colored pencil work over time, especially if the work has been burnished...The dusty white wax bloom may be gently wiped from the work with a soft tissue, once again revealing the colors. However, since it's best to handle artwork sparingly, there are times when prevention is the road to take.
So the question begins: When to fix? When not to fix? For me, the answer lies in the product itself. - Categories of Wax-Based Drawing Media
- September 1997 Volume 19 Number 3
Categories of Wax-Based Drawing Mediaby Margaret Holben Ellis and M. Brigitte Yeh
excerpted from "Wax Based Drawing Media--History, Technology
and Identification: presented at AIC, June 1997
Coloured Pencils - Lessons, Projects and Themes
This module focuses on specific aspects of using coloured pencils.
- Borgeson Studio - Hands on Practice
- One of the best places to find free and fun drawing exercises and projects related to improving composition, color mixing, value, rendering, achieving depth, 3-D effects.
- MIGHTY ART DEMOS--Bet Borgeson Colored Pencil Demo
- Colored pencil demonstration tutorial by Bet Borgeson author of The Colored Pencil
- 'Blessed Event' - Painting with Colored Pencils by Barbara Newton
- Barbara Newton shares techniques of grisaille and juxtapositioning of colors as she paints with colored pencils.
- Classy Glass Class
- Wet Canvas Colored Pencil Library: Classy Glass Class
A thread started by Louise Sackett which has proved to be the most popular group project of all time in the Coloured Pencil Forum. Lots of tips for drawing glass and creating reflections and shine. - Eye Spy II - including fur tutorial
- Wet Canvas Colored Pencil Library: "Eye Spy II - including fur tutorial"
Gayle Mason (Glenspey) demonstrates how to develop fur in a profile image of a cat. The artwork produced by Gayle is now a best selling cat print. - Creating Shiny Metal by Janie Gildow
- Daniel Smith Art Supplies, Learning Section provides this step by step demonstration by Janie Gildow of how to create shiny metal with coloured pencils.
- Eye Tutorial - by Gayle Mason
- Wet Canvas Colored Pencil Library: Eye Tutorial
Gayle Mason demonstrates how to develop the eye of a cat. - Colored Pencils and Juxtaposed Color - a demo by Bet Borgeson
- Daniel Smith Art Supply: Learning section - provides this lesson by Bet Borgeson
- Colored Pencil and Ambient Texture
- Learning Section | Daniel Smith Art Supply
Bet Borgeson Enlivens the Mood of her Art with Colored Pencil and Ambient Texture - Colored Pencils on Colored Paper for Quick Results
- Learning Section | Daniel Smith Art Supply
Colored Pencils on Colored Paper for Quick Results: A Step-by-Step Demonstration by Vera Curnow, CPSA - Wax-based Colored Pencils
- Learning Section | Daniel Smith Art Supply
Working bigger, bolder, faster with Wax-based Colored Pencils - A Demonstration by Vera Curnow CPSA - The Art of Alastair Lockwood - Lessons on drawing photorealistic glass and reflective surfaces
- Alastaor Lockwood is a prizewinning coloured pencil artists. Here he provides two coloured pencil lessons - previously published in "Leisure Artist" (March 2004) and "Painting with Watercolour" (Issue 37 2004)reproduced in pdf format
- Colored Pencil Drawing Lesson | Skin Tone Demo by Ann Kullberg
- A step by step demo on skin tone in colored pencil by renowned portrait colored pencil artist Ann Kullberg
- Colored Pencil Tips & Techniques - Hair Demo by Ann Kullberg
- A step by step demo on drawing hair in colored pencil by Ann Kullberg
- Coral Poppy - Colored Pencil Demonstration by Kristy Ann Kutch
- Kristy Ann Kutch draws a poppy
- Roz Wound Up: Colored Pencil Demo: Red Pepper-Part 1
- The following images show the steps in building a colored pencil sketch on Wallis Paper. This drawing was done as a class demo in one of my advanced colored pencil classes (where I deal with working on oddball types of surfaces). The demo was completed in under an hour, with breaks for questions, paint drying time, digressions. The finished artwork is approximately 7 x 5 inches.
- Roz Wound Up: Colored Pencil Demo: Red Pepper-Part 2
- This post continues the colored pencil demonstration on Wallis Paper begun in yesterday's post. A contour drawing has been made, washes of gouache (or watercolor) have been laid in and are dry. It's time to start blending and building the color pencil layers.
- Ann Swan contemporary botanical art, online demonstrations and press articles
- Botanical art online demos and press articles by Ann Swan, contemporary botanical artist coloured pencil work
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Ann Swan "Yellow Hemerocallis - Day Lily' Demonstration
The Artist - November 2007
"Working with Detail" - Careful observation is paramount for the depiction of botanical subjects. Here Ann Swan draws a single leaf using coloured pencils.
Leisure Painter - December 2005
Coloured Pencil Art Societies and Exhibitions
Coloured Pencil Societies - websites and blogs
- Coloured Pencil Societies
- A post on my blog providing an overview of the two main coloured pencil societies - I'm a member of both.
- Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA)
- the society for colored pencil artists in the USA has several local branches across the USA and two competitive exhibitions each year
- United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society (UKCPS)
- The UKPCS has two main aims (1) to promote coloured pencils as a fine art medium, and (2) to support UK based artists who use, or wish to use, coloured pencils, in any way.
- UKCPS News
- This blog contains news and information about the UK Coloured Pencil Society and its members
- Colored Pencil Society of America News
- CPSA's brand new blog - started August 2008
Keep up to date with the CPSA events and news - Colored Pencil New England - THE BLOG
- The CPSA Chapter 112 Blog! If you are not a member of CPSA Chapter 112, feel free to read and comment on our group's posts. If you are a chapter 112 member, please email the webmaster to get enrolled as a contributor to this blog.
- CPSA Bibliography
- List of books and articles featuring coloured pencils
- Japan Colored Pencil Society
- Japan Colored Pencil Society - very limited translation on the site
- UKCPS News: The Japan Colored Pencil Society
- In September 2008, Takako founded the Japan Colored Pencil Society. It has 22 members. The society now has a website - the address is http://j-cps.org.
- Australian Coloured Pencils
- This is where Australian coloured pencil artists to share their news and showcase their work with a view to raising the profile of and creating interest in CP art in Australia.
Coloured Pencil Societies - International Exhibitions
- UKCPS - Exhibitions Gateway
- This page is the gateway to the online shows of our Annual exhibitions. The UKCPS has two exhibitions most years. The major one of these is a juried exhibition.
- UKCPS - Calendar of Events - Future International Exhibitions
- The 7th UKCPS Open International Exhibition in 2008 (3rd--28th October 2008) will be held at the Royal West of England Gallery, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol
The 8th Annual International Open Exhibition (20th September - 3rd October 2009): This will be held at the RBSA Gallery, 4, St Pauls Street, Birmingham. - Making a Mark: CPSA - call for entries for 2008 annual international exhibition in Seattle
- I'm a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and this week received the written call for entries for its 16th annual international exhibition at the Convention and Trade Centre in Seattle, July-September 2008. All entries will be juried.
I've highlighted extracts from the entry requirements below (with MY COMMENTS in italics) plus some tips about entering competitions and links to blog posts about this exhibition in 2006 and 2007.
Details about the 16th Annual Exhibition can also be found on the CPSA website. - International CPSA 16th Annual Exhibition
- CPSA Sixteenth Annual International Exhibition will be held in Seattle, Washington from July 2nd to September 29th, 2008.
Open to all colored pencil Artists age 18 and over. - Making a Mark: CPSA 16th Annual International Exhibition 2008 - Award winners
- The Colored Pencil Society of America announced the award winners for the 16th Annual International Exhibition in Seattle at the Awards banquet on 1st August 2008.
- Making a Mark: CPSA and UKCPS: originality in concept, design and execution
- The building blocks of original work by an artist are concept, design and execution.
The emphasis of the new rules for CPSA and UKCPS (see yesterday's post) is on work submitted for competition being solely the work of the artist ie original work. But what does this all mean? I noticed quite a few questions coming up yesterday about what is and is it not OK.
So today I'm going to try and do an overview - from my own perspective. Irrespective of whether or not you are involved in or following the current debate about the changes in the CPSA/UKCPS rules, this topic is likely to interest a lot of people and you may also have a view. So - here goes - feel free to jump in with a comment about your own perspective on this. - Making a Mark: The rules for the 2008 exhibitions of coloured pencil art
- An overview of proposals for changes in rules and conditions for CPSA and UKCPS (prior to a further revision)
- Making a Mark: UKCPS have changed the exhibition rules....again
- The announcement of the revision in proposals for rules changes re 2008 and 2009
The new rules for UKCPS are now to be introduced from 2009 - UKCPS News: UKCPS Annual Exhibition 2008 - Award Winners
- The artists and works winning Awards were formally announced at the Private View for UKCPS's 7th Annual Open International Exhibition 2008 in Bristol yesterday.
- UKCPS News: Carol Bramley UKCPS wins the People's Vote
- The UKCPS Annual Exhibition closed on Tuesday. The final prize to be awarded for this year's Exhibition is the People's Vote. This is awarded on the basis of the public votes cast in the exhibition. 228 people in total voted for which picture they liked the best and 54 of the 63 pictures received at least one vote.
- UKCPS News: 8th UKCPS Open International Exhibition - Call for Entries
- Anyone, anywhere in the world, who likes to produce art using coloured pencils is invited to enter the 8th Open International Exhibition 2009 of the United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society (UKCPS) sponsored by Derwent.
- Japan Colored Pencil Society - Events
- JCPS held its first exhibition in 2008 and exhibited the works of all those who applied. You can see a gallery of the first exhibition on the website and you can see photographs of them hung here.
JCPS is planning to hold a second exhibition in Kobe in November 2009. - Award Winners - 2008Awards - 15th Annual Exhibition - Seattle, WA
- AWARD WINNERS
CPSA 16th Annual International Exhibition • Seattle, WA
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- CPSA 16th Annual Exhibition - List of Accepted Artists
- Selected Artwork for the CPSA 16th Annual Exhibition
- Making a Mark: 17th Annual CPSA International Exhibition 2009 - successful entries
- Artists and Artwork Selected for the 17th Annual CPSA International Exhibition - 2009 have been announced by the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA).
Coloured Pencils and Portraits
Coloured pencil portrait artists - websites and blogs
a selection of website galleries produced by coloured pencil artists specialising in portraits and figures
- Nicole Caulfield - Portrait Commissions
- Portrait artist Nicole Caulfield's work is shown regularly in New England galleries and has been shown nationally and internationally in shows such as the Catharine Lorillard Show and Salmagundi Show in NYC, the Guild of Realism Show in Scottsdale Arizona, and the UKCPS Show in Nottingham England where she won first prize in 2007.
Nicole teaches her unique colored pencil techniques nationally and locally near Keene, NH.
"Zen" by Nicole Caulfield recently won 3rd Place in the Portrait Society of America's 2008 Members Showcase Competition - Nicole Caulfield Art Journal (Blog)
- Nicole likes experimenting with coloured pencils and the abrasive supports she uses - and explains what she does. Nicole's work is much admired, was exhibited at the CPSA International Exhibition in 2006 and won first prize at the UKCPS International Exhibition in 2007 and the people's vote for best in show in 2008.
See work in progress in the studio and completed works - John P Smolko, color pencil, color pencil drawings, John Smolko
- Color pencil drawing, Realism drawings of John P Smolko. John Smolko regular wins awards at CPSA exhibitions. You can read about him in the American Artist Article: John Smolko, Grand Prize Winner of American Artist's 70th Anniversary Competition
- AnnKullberg.com - colored pencil portraits
- Portraits of children and young people by Ann Kullberg!
- Vera Curnow - Portrait Gallery
- All images %uFFFDVera Curnow. Do not use without express written permission of the artist.
- Ann James Massey's Wax Pencil Gallery
- Intricate drawings created through twenty to forty layers of wax pencil, achieving depth and detail not possible with charcoal or graphite.
- Portraits by Maddy Swan in Fine Colour Pencil
- Commissioned portraits of children
- Holly Bedrosian Fine Art and Portraits
- Portraits and figures by Holly Bedrosian
- Holly Bedrosian Fine Art (Blog)
- Insight into the fine art and portraiture of Holly Bedrosian.
BOOKS: Coloured Pencil and Portraits
Colored Pencil Portraits
Ann Kullberg is a member of CPSA and a very popular workshop instructor. This is her first book and focuses on her particular area of expertise - creating portraits using coloured pencils.
It sets out what materials are required, provides step by step explanations plus 17 mini-demos and lots of tips for creating realistic features, hair and clothing. This very popular book is particularly suitable for those wishing to create portraits of children.
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Portraiture - Resources for Artists
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This site is about portrait painting and drawing. Do you want to learn how to draw or paint people? Or maybe you want to know more about portrait societies or portrait competitions; portrait artists or portrait exhibitions; portraits in museums or po...
Coloured Pencils and Botanical & Floral Art
Coloured pencil Botanical and Floral Artists - websites and blogs
a selection of website galleries produced by coloured pencil artists specialising in botanical and floral work
- ANN SWAN contemporary botanical art
- Ann Swan contemporary botanical art, one of the UK's leading botanical artists specialising in pencil and coloured pencil drawings, limited edition prints, greeting cards and workshops. RHS Gold Medalist
- Susan Christopher-Coulson ( floraleyes.co.uk) - botanical artist
- Susan Christopher-Coulson. British botanical artist working in coloured pencils. RHS Gold Medalist.
- Janie Pirie - Botantical Artist | Originals, Limited Edition Prints
- Janie Pirie specialises in floral and botanical art using coloured pencils. She is a a full member of the Society of Botanical Artists and has been awarded a Silver-Gilt medal for her work by the RHS.
- Pastels and Pencils - Fine art drawings & giclee prints of flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell
- Fine art drawings of flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell. A gallery of pictures of flowers drawn in coloured pencil, soft pastel or pen and ink.
Read about Two works juried into the Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition 2009 on my blog - Ester Roi - Fine Art
- My art is bold and unafraid, just as I was as a child. Intense curiosity brings me close to the subject and painting becomes an intimate experience of seeing, feeling and recording. I am drawn to the details of nature, the nuances of a flower, the brilliance of the edges of a petal when light shines through it
- Cynthia Brunk
- Award-winning New England coloured pencil artist
- Colored Pencil Paintings by artist Kristy Kutch
- The colored pencil paintings by artist Kristy Kutch are vibrant in color and contrast. Her floral subjects include Poppies, Morning Glories, Lilies, Parrot Tulips, Hollyhocks, and Peonies.
- Teresa Mallen Studio Floral Gallery
- Coloured Pencil Artist - Floral Gallery
BOOKS: A new book by Ann Swan SBA GM
Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils
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Ann Swan's first book - about botanical painting with coloured pencils is planned for release in June 2009.
Ann Swan is a member of the Society of Botanical Artists and one of the UK's leading botanical artists. She is also an RHS Gold Medalist. She specialises in working with coloured pencils and provides regular workshops on botanical painting with coloured pencils.
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BOOKS: Botanical and Floral Art - using coloured pencils
See NEW: The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter on my blog for a detailed review of this book
The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter
This book includes detailed demonstratations of work in coloured pencil by leading botanical artists Ann Swan and Susan Christopher Coulson. Both artists have received Gold Medals from the Royal Horticultural Society for their botanical art in coloured pencil
See NEW: The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter (12 November 2007) on my blog for a detailed review of this book
Amazon Price: $41.21 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil
A practical guide to drawing flowers with coloured pencils. Advice is given on technique, composition, tools and materials by Six highly regarded colored pencil artists who provide more than 60 demonstrations
Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil: Basic Techniques for Mastering Traditional and Watersoluble Colored Pencils
"Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil covers traditional colored pencil techniques as well as tips on mastering the new water-soluble colored pencils. It covers basic color layering, burnishing, and lifting, to using water-soluble pencils to create beautiful florals, still lifes, and landscapes.
Release Date: 08/01/2005
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/11/2009) ![]()
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Botanical Art - Resources for Artists
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Botanical Art - Resources for Artists
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This site shares information about botanical art - societies, collections, books and other resources which support the development of botanical art. It also links to leading botanical artists in the past and present. Its subject matter will interest...
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A compendium of Botanical Art Headquarters
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A Compendium of Botanical Art This group is for botanical artists and botanical art lovers. It features all botanical art related sites produced by Katherine Tyrrell / makingamark. Some were artists who were associated with explorations and the disco...
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Botanical Art - Art Book Reviews for Artists
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Find a review of the botanical art book you've been thinking about buying. On this site you'll find my book reviews, first published on my blog Making A Mark plus reviews by other people (in due course). I've also included reviews of books by or abo...
Coloured Pencils and Animal / Wildlife Art
Coloured pencil animal and wildlife artists - websites and blogs
- ChumleysArt.com
- The Fine Art Gallery of Richard Childs UKCPS - Wildlife Artist of the Year 2008
- Gayle Mason Fine Art - Animal and Nature Art by Gayle Mason Society of Feline Artists
- original fine art by Gayle Mason SOFA - juried member of the Society of Feline Artist and Wildlife Artist of the Year Finalist 2009
galleries of dogs , cats and wildlife in pastel and coloured pencil., limited edition giclee prints and fine art cards - Fur in the Paint (blog)
- Gayle Mason's blog - used for demonstrating work in progress
- Jonathan Newey Web Site
- Wildlife artist Jonathan Newey - Wildlife Artist of the Year Finalist 2009
- Colored pencils drawings of cats
- Nicole Jahan : paintings and drawings of cats
- Colored Pencil Portraits by Artist Melanie Phillips painting pet portraits in coloured pencil
- Colored Pencils by portrait Artist Melanie Phillips. Extensive online gallery of pencil,colored,coloured pencil pet portraits
BOOKS: Coloured pencils and animal / wildlife art
Drawing Birds with Colored Pencils
Kaaren Poole reveals the secrets of creating her beautiful, realistic, and richly detailed pictures, showing how she builds them step-by-step, in layers of coloured pencils. Poole explains colour theory basics and how to use coloured pencils, and combine them with other media, gives tips on bird anatomy and illustrates her technique with 27 popular avian subjects, including the robin, goldfinch, chickadee, and quail.
Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil
This provides a simple step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to create pet portraits. Anne deMille Flood walks readers through her easy techniques for rendering cats, dogs, birds, horses and other cuddly friends. It includes close-up demos for drawing the texture of fur and feathers just right. There's also instruction on working from reference photos, choosing focal points and getting started.
Coloured Pencils and Still Life
Coloured pencil still life artists - websites and blogs
a selection of website galleries produced by coloured pencil artists specialising in still life
- Linda Lucas Hardy CPSA
- Colored Pencil Paintings by Linda Lucas Hardy. In 2007 she won
- the CPSA Award for Exceptional Merit & CIPPY Award for "Light Crisp Tasty - Fortune Inside" at the 15th Annual International Convention and Exhibition in Bethesda MD
-The CPSA Award for Exceptional Merit & EXXPY Trophy, Explore This 4! Colored Pencil Exhibition, Brea, California
You can see more of her prize-winning work here - Linda Lucas Hardy - Workshops, News & Other Great Stuff (Blog)
- Workshops, News & Other Great Stuff - with colored pencil artist Linda Lucas Hardy, CPSA
- Nicole Caulfield fine art and illustration Keene NH
- I am drawn to realism and the subjects I render for many reasons, but I always come back to the beauty of the ordinary, and the challenge of the rendering. The beauty of ordinary objects lit perfectly sitting on a table, the light hitting a child's eyes so that sparkle comes through, the light bouncing around the inside of a box, these ordinary, yet spectacular moments, inspire me to create a piece of artwork.
- Colored Pencil and Oil Still Lifes by Cecile Baird
- Bold, colorful, dramatic contemporary Still Life paintings in colored pencil and oil by realist artist Cecile Baird
- Barbara Edidin - Contemporary Still Life in Colored Pencil
- Abundance, richness and opulence are some of the feelings that are evoked by Barbara Edidin's colored pencil drawings. evoke. She creates remarkably realistic still lifes composed of simple objects--flowers, fruit and fabric.
- Alyona Nickelsen - BrushAndPencil.com!
- Award-winning artist and author Alyona Nickesen CPSA
- Janie Gildow - Artist, Author, Instructor
- Arizona artist specializing in colored pencil works, colored pencil instruction and nurturing new artists
- Kay M. Dewar
- Colored Pencil - French Grey with Selected Color Areas
(Premise: only items that are 'alive' have local color. All other areas are
values of french grey and black.) - Jeffrey Smart Baisden - Colored Pencil Artist and Instructor
- all images are the copyrighted property of the artist; do not use in any way
without express permission from the artist - Naomi Aho
- Naomi Aho f i n e r e n d e r i n g s in colored pencil and graphite
- Ikuta Takako
- Founder of the Japan Colored Pencil Society
- Pastels and Pencils - Still Life - Drawings by Katherine Tyrrell
- Still Life - original fine art drawings in coloured pencils by Katherine Tyrrell
BOOKS: Coloured Pencil and Still Life
Painting Light With Colored Pencil
Cecile shares her secrets to creating the sophisticated, painterly look of oils with the ease (and affordability!) of colored pencils. She presents straightforward techniques for drawing your viewer in with dramatic composition and use of light. The bulk of this book is devoted to a series of over 20 step-by-step demonstrations in three subject-themed chapters.
* Fruit and Flowers.
* Light and Water.
* Textures Galore!
Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer
Masterful Color shows how to layer coloured pencil colours effectively to create deep, vibrant colours, rich shadows and an additional dimension to coloured pencil art. It shows how opposite or complementary colors create contrast and vibrancy. It also provides coverage of basic techniques, detailed information on composition, colour theory and textures. 6 mini-demos and an extended step by step demonstration show the various techniques needed to use this approach
Resources for Artists - Still Life
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Still Life - Resources for Artists
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This lens provides information and advice from various websites for artists wanting to understand and draw and paint still life subjects. Topics covered include: - definitions and categories of 'still life'; - links to museums, art g...
Coloured Pencil Forums and Communities
Coloured Pencil Forums
With an international membership and the option of French!
- Wet Canvas - Coloured Pencil Forum
- A place to show your coloured pencil artwork and find help with any problems you're having.
- Crayons de couleur
- Forum artistique dédié à la technique des crayons de couleur.
(This is a forum in the French language for coloured pencil artists) - Scribbletalk
- This is a discussion forum called ScribbleTalk for Pencil Artists hosted by Glassgems.
- Australian Coloured Pencils - for Australian Coloured Pencils artists
- Australian Coloured Pencils Network (on Ning) is for artists of all levels who use or are interested in coloured pencils in their art.
Websites supporting coloured pencils
- Bet Borgeson Studio -- We're All About Colored Pencils
- An independent reliable resource offering key concepts for handling colored pencils--techniques, tips, drawing exercises, colored pencil art, student galleries, professional tips and an innovative and popular series of online drawing courses.
- annkullberg.com - for all things Colored Pencil!
- Ann Kullberg is one of the most well known coloured pencil artists on the Web. teaches several workshops each year, and has created a line of coloured pencil instruction materials, including video lessons and project kits.
This is her popular website for coloured pencil artists where you can shop online for colored pencils, kits, cd-roms, video lessons, and visit the member gallery! - Australian Coloured Pencils Resources
- This lens was created in a hope to create a local resource for Australian Coloured pencil artists. I am always wanting to add new info so email: belinda.lindhardt@gmail.com if you have anything to add. I really hope to increase the awareness and profile of coloured pencil art and artists in Australi
- Colored Pencil School
- The Colored Pencil School site was made to be a concise
resource for the colored pencil artist, student and teacher.
We encourage you to submit short listings pertaining to color - Australian Coloured Pencils - The Blog
- Here is a place for Australian coloured pencil artists to share news, showcase their work, find and talk to one another in the hopes of supporting one another and raising the profile and creating interest in CP art in Australia.
Artists who use coloured pencils
- Colored Pencil Society of America - members' wesites
- This is a list of CPSA MEMBERS' WEBSITES
- United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society - Members' Galleries
- Click on a name in the list and you will be taken to a separate page for this artist, with three images, a biography and contact details. Many of our artists offer their work as prints/cards and also provide CP workshops and drawing classes. Others are absolute beginners.
- List of coloured pencil artists
- an alphabetical index of coloured pencil artists compiled by members of the CP Forum on the Wet Canvas website
- Colored Pencil Central - Artists' Colored Pencil Websites
- The websites of coloured pencil artists in categories - portraits, still life, animals, florals, landscapes, fantasy/abstract
- Jeff George Art
- Jeff George CPSA is a signature member of the CPSA (Colored Pencil Society of America) and won the Best in Show Award 2008 with this image Empty nest
- Elizabeth Patterson CPSA - Fine Artist
- Welcome to the online galleries of top color pencil artist Elizabeth Patterson.
Artists who blog about working with coloured pencils
See examples of their blog posts about working with coloured pencils in the above modules
- Fur in the Paint
- Gayle Mason's art journal reflecting on the struggle to produce animal art, which is both 'up close and personal' and captures the essence of each animal portrayed
Gayle has pioneered the use of draughting film and Pastelbord in the UK - Workshops, News & Other Great Stuff
- Workshops, News & Other Great Stuff - with colored pencil artist Linda Lucas Hardy, CPSA
- Travels with a sketchbook in.......
- When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it here. Plus information about the history and facilities of places I visit and lots of related links for those who want to know more........ and best viewed in Firefox
- Drawing a Fine Line
- Colored pencil is Paula Pertile's favorite medium, but she also likes watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite.
- Linda Lucas Hardy - Workshops, News & Other Great Stuff
- Prizewinning CP artist Linda Lucas Hardy's blog - including details of all her workshops
- Australian Coloured Pencils - The Blog
- This is where Australian coloured pencil artists to share their news and showcase their work with a view to raising the profile of and creating interest in CP art in Australia.
Travels with a Sketchbook in ....."
When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it here.
The colour in my travel sketches is achieved using coloured pencils. I mainly use either a Moleskine or a Daler Rowney sketchbook.
You can see what I use for sketching on my website - see How to Sketch
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Katherine Tyrrell's blogging portfolio about: - Making a mark creating drawings with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Art blogs and blogging about art - Exhibition reviews - Notable Artists - Developing art careers - Art projects - Information about res
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art instruction books about working with coloured pencils
- Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Colored Pencil Painting Bible
- An excellent manual for those who prefer their coloured pencil to be realistic and their work to look like paintings. It provides very good guidance on basics for those starting out while at the same time providing detailed explanations about technical aspects which will provide an excellent refresher for more advanced artists. It also includes some excellent and practical summaries and tips for developing artwork
- Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Colored Pencil Secrets for Success
- A useful purchase for those looking to improve their work. It provides one place where you can find all Ann's critique techniques, hints and tips. For people unfamilar with Ann's structured critique approach, there's a lot of solid content which is useful to read and absorb. The book is let down by some design weaknesses.
- Making a Mark: Book review: The Coloured Pencil Artist's drawing bible
- If you give a book a title which includes the words "drawing bible" then expectations are created. For me 'a bible' suggests this is the only book you need if you want to be a coloured pencil artist. I'm afraid I disagree. While The Coloured Pencil Artist's Drawing Bible has its merits, it's disappointing to also find some serious weaknesses in the discussions of tools and materials and techniques for working in this media.
(NB NOT to be confused with Alyona Nickelsen's Colored Pencil Painting Bible - see above for a link to review of that book)
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- Pastels and Pencils
- Original fine art by Katherine Tyrrell. Galleries of paintings and drawings of landscapes, still life and floral subjects in pastels and coloured pencils; drawings and sketches in pencil and pen and ink of landscapes, flowers, interiors, people and cats. Information about art materials resources and supplies
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BuffaloKid wrote...
Wow, a lot of information and resources here. I literally take my set of colored pencils and a small sketchpad everywhere I go, carrying it around in my daypack. I never know when I'll be inspired to draw.
henzy wrote...
pencil colors are definately one of my favorite mediums to work with..though i don't get much time to work with them any more. This was a great lens...
vanidiana wrote...
Hello... it's very great to find your lens. I enjoy drawing with colored pencils too, but I'm only an amateur, not a real artist! Anyway I enjoy my hobby very much and I'm happy to read this lens!
Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
Those pencil sharpeners are definitely going to be needed by the artists who use the excellent resource of this page!
Brenda
AnnRadley wrote...
I am amazed at how thorough this lens is - it is like a library. I went through lots of frustration months ago, when I realized that much of the ACEO work I had been doing was with Prismacolor pencils which were not lightfast. I appreciate the way Fabercastel, rates their pencils so you know what youre dealing with, so have switched to that brand mostly.. And am disillusioned with Prismacolor for skirting the issue (I know they have a lightfast set, but its very limited)
Thanks for such a wonderful colored pencil resource.
adventuresinautism wrote...
Amazing Lens! Lots of Great information and resources. I love working in colored pencils, so I will definitely be adding to my favorites. Thanks for providing such a great resource! I know this took a lot of time to put together! :)
Meloramus wrote...
Wow - makes me want to get my drawing pads out again. Very inspirational. 5*
jjanisse wrote...
Who knew! So much to know about coloured pencils. Great lens! Somebody gave my son a fancy colour pencil set. He makes wonderful art with that set.
EditorDave wrote...
Wow. More about colored pencils than I ever imagined! Thanks Katherine for putting up this great lens. (A definite 5-Stars!). I've lensrolled you to my lens on Pens, Pencils, and Markers... and to my Homeschooling lenses -- because those kiddos really know how to go through a bunch of pens, pencils, and markers! Thanks again!
Wysiwigs wrote...
Nice job ~ VERY informative! (succinct enough for ya? Ha :o)
SparkleChi wrote...
What a fantastic resource! I didn't even know there was so much to know about colored pencils! I'll be back to explore again!
makingamark wrote...
Thanks Kim - much appreciated - and thanks to everybody who has left such very nice comments.
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Very impressive... you put a lot of work into this lens! Squid Angel Blessed.
tandemonimom wrote...
WOW, what a thorough lens on colored pencils! I was looking for "the best" for my daughter's birthday, and you gave me a lot of help - maybe too much, LOL! Thanks and 5*!
aquariann wrote...
Wow, what a vast resource! I'm a fantasy artist that works primarily in colored pencils, and I will be back to explore this lens even more. Definitely a fav and 5 stars. :D
aniaArt wrote...
Great lens with lots O info! I love colored pencils rich oolors and textures... Their flow is wonderful.
AnnRadley wrote...
So thorough!! This lens is almost like a library in itself. I love colored pencils, and will always return to this one! Thanks
waynet wrote...
If anyone wants to find relevant information about coloured pencils, then this is it, lots of links, lots of resources, have fun everyone!!
makingamark wrote...
Guy - I checked your site and couldn't find any reference at all to either Prismacolor or Verithin pencils under 'pencils' - although I could spot the Col-Erase. So your claim to being "the only UK stockist of Prismacolor pencils" is downright odd.
- If you've got the Prismacolor and then Verithin pencils on another part of the website maybe you should list them under pencils?
- If you're not stocking them at all, you might want to think about people checking your claims before leaving a comment.
Suppliers - please note - I ALWAYS try and check any claims which are made for a supplier.
beachbum_gabby wrote...
When I draw and sketch, I used my favorite brand: Faber Castell, I like the quality..
jvdarcy wrote...
There is so much information on this page, it will take me weeks to get through it all! Thank you for taking the time to put it all together!
HotbuttonPress wrote...
I love your egg tempera lens, too! Five stars everywhere. And a cat lover, too. :) http://www.squidoo.com/nonelectric
OnStageLighting wrote...
I drew a picture of my favourite Bear with coloured pencils. Come and see it at:
/www.squidoo.com/childrens-drawings
Meggy - aged 3
Retro_Loco wrote...
Another great lens, Katherine! Colored pencils is what I want to work with when I start taking art classes, so I know this lens will be a big help for me. Just checked out some of your art on your blog...very, very beautiful!
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