Tips for Choosing Reference Photos
Artist and guest blogger John Ursillo shares his guidelines for choosing reference photos for his colored pencil works on canvas. Includes tips for getting the best from your photos in post production.
Reasons to Try Canvas with Colored Pencils
Have you ever considered using canvas with colored pencils? Guest blogger and artist John Ursillo talks about how he first tried canvas and why it’s still one of his favorite colored pencil supports.
Simplification in Art (And How to Achieve It)
There’s an old adage in the art world that less is more. Colorado colored pencil artist Dan Miller talks about his view of this important issue in his article, Simplification in Art.
If you’v ever wrestled with simplifying complex subjects, Dan can help you sort things out by sharing his experiences learning how to simplify. You don’t want to miss this!
How to Draw an Irish Setter
Peggy Osborne joins Carrie to show how to draw an Irish Setter in colored pencil on Bee paper in this beautiful step-by-step tutorial.
Drawing Vibrant Color on Black Paper
It’s the second Saturday of the month. That means a Peggy Osborne tutorial! This month, she’s drawing vibrant color on black paper and her subject is a beautiful and colorful rooster. Drawing Vibrant Color on Black Paper Hi all! In this tutorial I am going to show you how I …
How to Draw a Golden Retriever
Welcome Peggy Osborne back in 2020 for another of her wonderful step-by-step tutorials. This time, she’s showing us how to draw a Golden Retriever. Here’s Peggy. How to Draw a Golden Retriever For this tutorial I decided to draw a golden retriever as I see a lot of people struggle …
How to Draw Cat Eyes with Colored Pencil
Peggy Osborne is back again with a guest tutorial. In today’s post, she’s sharing how to draw cat eyes with colored pencil. This is Peggy’s reference photo. It comes from Pixabay, but she cropped it to focus on the eyes. She’s working on Robert Bateman Series 110 pound paper with …
How to Draw a Long Haired Dog Step by Step
This week, I’d like to welcome fellow colored pencil artist Peggy Osborne to the blog to show us how to draw a long haired dog using her area-by-area method. Please welcome her to the blog! How to Draw a Long Haired Dog by Peggy Osborne I’m using Robert Bateman Series …
Choosing Colors that Work Together
Several readers have wanted to know the best methods for choosing colors that work together. Experimenting is a good way to discover those happy color relationships, but it does get old fairly quickly. Isn’t there a better way? Yes, there is, and I’d like to welcome fellow artist Sarah Renae …
