Blending with Baby Oil: My Thoughts
Artist Carrie Lewis shares her experiment in blending with baby oil, including step-by-step instructions, the final results, and her conclusions.
Basic drawing methods, under drawings, layering and blending, starting drawings, finishing drawings, correcting mistakes. If you need help with any part of the drawing process, find help in Basic Drawing Methods.
A Beginner’s Guide to Burnishing
A beginner’s guide to burnishing with colored pencils. Tips on what burnishing is, when to use it, how to use it, and the tools you need.
How to Draw a Bokeh Background with Colored Pencil
Step-by-step demonstration showing you how to draw a bokeh background with colored pencil. Includes illustrations and commentary.
What Are Bokeh Backgrounds?
What is a bokeh background? A quick and easy explanation of bokeh from photography, and its applications to colored pencil art.
2 Ways to Use Bath Tissue with Colored Pencil
3 ways to use bath tissue with colored pencil for unique drawing effects, blending, and, yes, even lightening color if you get too dark.
Watercolor Over Wax-Based Colored Pencil
Can you successfully paint watercolor over wax-based colored pencil? Can you then add more color with colored pencil? I tried an experiment to find the answer to that question. Time for the answer!
Add Color to a Colored Pencil Drawing with Bath Tissue
Want to try something different and, well, a little bit odd? How about drawing with bath tissue? This demonstration is Part 2 of a series on drawing landscapes using methods other than my usual umber under drawing method. I began with a monochrome under drawing as an experiment in creating …
How to Draw Distance with Colored Pencil
Knowing how to draw distance effectively is key in drawing believable landscapes. Use values, pencil strokes, and detail to draw distance.
How to Start a Colored Pencil Umber Underdrawing
A detailed overview of how Carrie begins a drawing using the umber underdrawing method.
3 Methods for Blending Colored Pencil
There are many ways of blending colored pencil. Carrie breaks them down into 3 methods for blending colored pencil. Learn how they can improve your work.
