Carrie L. Lewis, Artist

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Drawing Distance and Middle Distance in a Landscape

If you draw landscapes, accurately drawing distance should be high on your list of acquired drawing skills. Especially if the landscapes you prefer to draw feature wide open views and lots of sky. In today’s post, I’m adding final colors over the far distance and middle distance. As you’ll recall …

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

One of the keys to successful landscape drawing is knowing how to draw distance. In other words, creating the illusion of distance. Successfully creating the illusion of distance on a piece of flat paper involves four principles. The more of them you get right, the better your chances for success. …

Bruynzeel Design Colored Pencils

A few weeks ago, I shared a few tips for for repairing broken Prismacolor pencils. The discussion led to another question: I don’t want to mess with fixing broken pencils. What other brands of pencils are available? The good news is that there are dozens of high-quality pencils to choose …

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