Introducing CP Magic March 2026! It’s packed with great information and beautiful artwork for all colored pencil artists who want to advance their skill level.
About CP Magic March 2026
Featured Artist: Janna Kumi
Changing Course as an Artist
Selecting Subjects: What’s on My Drawing Board
Why Would I want a Coloring Book?
5 Lessons Learned from a Horse Portrait, Part 2
40 pages
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Featured Artist: Janna Kumi
Interview
Janna Kumi is a former forestry executive turned colored pencil artist. She rediscovered art after a stroke rearranged her priorities. Inspired by the textures of British Columbia tree bark, and armed with a childhood set of Laurentian pencils she had abandoned for fifty years, she creates richly layered works on paper, cradled wood panels, and sometimes canvas that celebrate the quiet geometry of the natural world.
Tutorial
Her tutorial is not the typical tutorial. Rather than show step-by-step how she creates her beautiful and unique artwork, she shares her creative process from preparing the cradled wood panel to sealing the finished artwork with cold wax.
If this tutorial offers anything, Janna hopes it’s the reminder that an artist’s work grows from both sides of the practice: understanding your materials deeply, and trusting the quiet soul of the subject as it unfolds.
It’s a fascinating process for all artists, but especially for those who may want to create artwork that doesn’t need to be framed under glass.
Also in CP Magic March 2026
Changing Course as an Artist
Carrie L. Lewis
Carrie shares a few thoughts on changing course as an artist. That’s something she’s done a couple of times over the decades and that many readers have also experienced. Do you know what do you do when it happens to you? This article can help!
Selecting Subjects: What’s on My Drawing Board
Cynthia Knox
Cynthia Knox shares her methods for selecting subjects for new drawings and how she goes about that process. She also talks about the projects currently on her drawing board.
Why Would I want a Coloring Book?
Gail Jones
Gail Jones shares her experience with adult coloring books, including some very good reasons you might want to consider adding them to your drawing time.
5 Lessons Learned from a Horse Portrait, Part 2
Carrie L. Lewis
In the January issue, Carrie described 6 lessons she learned as she worked on a horse portrait. Those lessons all involved the underdrawing phase. This month’s installment features lessons from the color glazing stage of her drawing process on the same portrait.
Resources for Artists
This issue closes with another installment of resources for artists. This month, free newsletters.
Don’t forget that if you buy 10 or more issues mix and match,
you save 20% off the cover price with the discount code cpmagicdiscount2 at checkout.
