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?
How to Draw a Tonal Background
The last question for this month of reader questions comes from a reader how wants to know how to draw a tonal background. Here’s her question: Could you please expand on tonal backgrounds – show a few examples of what they can look like and how to draw them? I …
How to Draw a Soft Background
Carrie shares suggestions on how to draw soft backgrounds on different types of papers, with special tools, and mixed media.
Getting Past the Fear of Drawing Backgrounds
Do you have a fear of drawing backgrounds? Carrie shares a few tips for getting past this fear so you can create beautiful backgrounds.
Drawing Smooth Dark Backgrounds
Drawing smooth dark backgrounds with colored pencils can be time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Learn two keys to make your dark backgrounds smoother and more effective.
Drawing a Rich Black Background
See how easy drawing a rich black background can be using Powder Blender and Textured fixative with colored pencils on Pastelmat.
Blending Backgrounds with Powder Blender
Blending backgrounds with powder blender can be faster and easier than drawing blurred backgrounds with traditional drawing methods.
Drawing Rich Black Backgrounds
Read about four ways of drawing rich black backgrounds with colored pencils and start drawing better backgrounds for your next project.
Is there a Benefit to Starting with the Subject?
When you use colored pencils, is there a benefit to starting with the subject of each drawing, instead of starting with the background?
How to Get Dark Backgrounds with Colored Pencils
Do you want to draw dark backgrounds with colored pencils or for your colored pencil art? CP artist Carrie Lewis shares a few ideas.
