Posts in this category focus on the colored pencil itself, and other drawing tools. It includes product reviews, examples of the results you can achieve with different types of colored pencils, and other helpful information.
Today’s colored pencil questions concern blending, color matching, and Prismacolor alternatives. Following are today’s questions. Remember that if you have a question, you can always email it to me. I try to answer every email I get personally. Your question could be the inspiration for a blog post! Answers to …
When it comes to colored pencils, do fading colors still fade under non-fading colors? Will they always fade, no matter how many other colors are layered over them, or can you use them and still produce art that’s archival and will stand the test of time?
Tips for speeding up the drawing process for any subject and any style by painting with watercolor pencils.
I’ve been using them alone and in combination with other pencils long enough! It’s time for my Faber-Castell Polychromos Review. My New Polychromos Pencils This spring, my husband purchased a 120-pencil set of Polychromos for me. He was in favor of buying the premium set in the wood box because …
Do colored pencils fade over time or if exposed to improper lighting? Some do, so how do you tell the difference and what do you do about it?
If you’re a fine artist using colored pencils, you must have a good knowledge of colored pencil lightfastness. Here’s an easy test you can do at home.
Eight articles you must read if you want to use traditional water soluble colored pencils with traditional colored pencils.
Broken Prismacolor pencils have you frustrated? You don’t have to throw them away! Carrie L. Lewis shares tips for repairing your broken pencils.
Video review of Caran d’Ache Luminance pencils, along with personal notes from Carrie on these top-of-the-line wax-based colored pencils.
