Welcome to CP Magic October 2026. Let’s take a quick peek at what’s inside.
FEATURED ARTIST: Kelly Almer
Using Ground Pigment
Drawing Paper Review: Legion Lenox Cotton
The Artist’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy
Product Review: Budget Friendly Helical Sharpeners
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About CP Magic October 2026
Featured Artist: Kelly Almer
Interview
Kelly Almer has been an artist from an early age. She began with acrylics purchased by her parents, but is now a dedicated colored pencil artist. Her subjects include intricately detailed city scenes, whimsical holiday subjects, and more serious pet and animal portraits. She also teaches and creates gift items based on her colored pencil artwork.
Tutorial
Her tutorial is very appropriate to the season, featuring a steaming cup of something yummy, pumpkins, and a rustic window showing the colors of autumn through glass panes. There are opportunities to draw a blurred background, steam, and some lovely still life elements.
Also in CP Magic October 2026
Using Ground Pigment
by Carrie L. Lewis
Have you ever thought about using ground pigment to add color to your drawings? Carrie has had the opportunity to experiment with this technique and shares the results. She also includes tips for salvaging or making your own ground colored pencil pigment.
Paper Review: Legion Lenox Cotton
by Carrie L. Lewis
The paper on review this month is Legion Lenox Cotton. This medium-texture paper is lovely and soft, just like Stonehenge used to be. Does it perform like Stonehenge? That’s what Carrie’s review is all about.
The Artist’s Worst Enemy or Best Friend
by Carrie L. Lewis
Are deadlines and due dates a help or a hindrance? Carrie talks about her experiences with deadlines and due dates as a portrait artist, blogger, and publisher.
Product Review: Budget Friendly Helical Sharpeners
by Kim Vlahovich
Kim Vlahovich provides a review on an inexpensive pencil sharpener from an unexpected source. We’re all familiar with the old saying that you get what you pay for. How did this inexpensive sharpener perform? Did Kim like the sharpener? Find out all about it in the October issue of CP Magic.
The Reader’s Gallery
The Reader’s Gallery is back this month, with two submissions.
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