A Plein Air Experiment
Artist and guest blogger Jana Botkin shares the results of her plein air experiment with colored pencils, and her thoughts on the experience.
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.
How to Draw Foliage with Colored Pencils
CP artist and teacher Carrie Lewis shows how to draw foliage in colored pencil in a short tutorial and through two basic principles.
3 Ways to Create Base Colors
Carrie shows you 3 ways to create base colors for colored pencil artwork using mixed media, special papers, or just colored pencils.
How to Choose Base Colors
The first color decision you have to make is what color to use for a base color. This is especially true if you work over the whole drawing layer by layer. In this post, Carrie shares one way to make error-proof decisions.
Drawing Distance in a Landscape
This step-by-step tutorial shows you one way of drawing distance in a landscape and accurately creating a realistic illusion of space.
Creating Broken Color with Colored Pencils
In today’s post, I talk about creating broken color with colored pencil, what it is, and how to use to add depth and interest to your work.
Ways to Make Green
Learn a few ways to make green from the closest color match you have or from scratch. This process works for mixing any color.
The Best Color Blending Tools for Colored Pencils
What are the best color blending tools for colored pencils? Carrie describes the four she uses most often, ranked in order of use.
How to Draw Pine Needles
Carrie shows you how to draw pine needles with this step-by-step mini-tutorial using one Prismacolor pencil on Bristol Vellum paper.
The Foundation of Good Art
Carrie talks about the foundation of good art—that most basic skill that makes all good art possible.
