Choosing the Best Background for Your Next Drawing
What is the secret to choosing the best background for your next colored pencil drawing and for every drawing you create?
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.
Hatching and Crosshatching Strokes with Colored Pencils
Carrie describes hatching and crosshatching strokes with colored pencils, how to use them for smooth color, and when to use them.
Drawing from Life The 3-Step Way
Life drawing can be reduced to three basic drawing elements. Get started drawing from life right by mastering these elements.
Adding Light Colored Pencil Over Dark
What is the best way of adding light colored pencil over dark colored pencil? Is it even possible? Carrie shares a couple of tips.
Stippling with Colored Pencils
Find out how to use stippling with colored pencils to enhance your colored pencil artwork in three important ways.
Filling in Paper Holes on Canson Mi-Teintes
Carrie shares tips and techniques for filling in paper holes on Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Including which side to use, stroking, and more.
Colored Pencil Help for an Oil Painter
Carrie shares advice on colored pencils and drawing papers to an oil painter who is learning how to draw with colored pencils.
Making Colored Pencil Art Look Like Oil Paintings
What are the best ways of making colored pencil art look like an oil painting? Tips on paper choice, color application, and finishing.
Workable Fixative for Colored Pencils
Is workable fixative for colored pencils as good as it’s said to be? Carrie shares her recent experiences (good and bad).
Layering Basics for Colored Pencil Artists
Let’s talk about layering basics for colored pencil artists. It’s not as easy as it sounds like it should be, but it is important.
