Are Prismacolors Right for You?
Carrie shares some basic questions you can ask to figure that out for yourself. Believe it or not, there is no “right” answer.
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.
Get the Most Out of Your Colored Pencils
Colored pencils are expensive drawing tools, so it’s important to know how to get the most out of every colored pencil you buy.
Colored Pencil with Mixed Media: Two Experiments
Carrie shares the results of two experiments using colored pencil with mixed media for ACEOs: Watercolor and gouache.
Three Colored Pencil Problems
What are the three colored pencil problems every artist has to deal with sooner or later? How to correct or avoid them?
Mixing Colored Pencil Brands
There are a lot of pencils on the market. Carrie talks about learning mixing colored pencil brands, grades, and types.
Paper and Pencils and Methods
What is the best way of mixing paper, pencils, and methods to get painterly results with colored pencils? Is there one specific combination that works all the time?
Finding Colored Pencil Tools that Work Well Together
Carrie shares two ideas for finding out which colored pencil tools work well together and which ones don’t for your style.
Polychromos Pencils on Bristol Paper
Carrie shares the results of testing Polychromos pencils on Bristol paper, including layering with light pressure and heavy pressure.
Pablo Pencil Tests on Bristol Paper
The third post in a series of posts featuring pencil tests on paper. In this post, Carrie tests Caran d’Ache Pablo pencils on Bristol vellum paper.
Derwent Lightfast Tests on Bristol Paper
The second post in a series of posts featuring pencil tests on paper. In this post, Carrie tests Derwent Lightfast pencils on Bristol vellum paper.
