Welcome to CP Magic August 2024! Are you ready for another great issue full of colored pencil magic? Here’s what’s waiting for you.
What’s in CP Magic August
Susan Wehrman Interview and Tutorial
Business Cards with a Personal Touch
Color-ish Pencil Organization
Reader Gallery
Tips for Artists
Featured Artist: Susan Wehrman
Interview
By her own admission, Susan did not set out to become an artist, but she has enjoyed expressing her creativity all her life. She has tried a number of mediums including egg tempera, water-soluble oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel. But her favorite medium is colored pencil, for which she has developed some special techniques for a more painterly approach.
Tutorial
Her tutorial features an award winning portrait of a Golden Retriever pup taking its first swim. She shares in detail how to draw water and dog fur (wet dog fur!). The tutorial is advanced level, but it’s well worth a try for artists at all levels, especially if you love combining detail with a painterly process.
Also in CP Magic August 2024
Business Cards with a Personal Touch
by Kim Vlahovich
Kim Vlahovich shares a fun and unique way to make one-of-a-kind business cards that not only provide potential buyers and collectors with your contact information, but with a sample of your work. His idea is also a great way to unleash your creativity! Who doesn’t enjoy that?
Color-ish Pencil Organization
by Crystal Wolfe
Crystal Wolfe shares her method of organizing multiple brands of colored pencils for easy access and easy clean up. She also explains why she came up with this method and how it has performed so far.
Tips for Artists
by Carrie L. Lewis
This monthly series of tips for artists at all levels continues this month with a tip that’s key to achieving artistic success, no matter what you want to accomplish with your artwork.
