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.
How to Decide Background Colors for Portraits
Colored pencil and portrait artist Carrie L. Lewis shares tips to help you decide background colors for colored pencil portraits.
How to Draw a Blurred Background
Blurred backgrounds can add just the right touch to a portrait, but they can also be difficult. Carrie shows how to draw a blurry background.
How to Draw a Blurry Background
Knowing how to draw a blurry background begins with knowing what makes something look blurry. Carrie demonstrates with photos, then shares drawing tips.
How to Draw Dark Backgrounds
Learn one way to draw dark backgrounds with colored pencils using only two colored pencils with this easy step-by-step tutorial.
