The Best Way to Blend Colored Pencils
What is the best way to blend colored pencils? Do solvents work best? What other methods are there for blending colored pencils?
How Much Color is Enough to Blend
How much color is enough to blend when you’re working with colored pencils? Is there a difference for blending with solvent and blending with powder blender?
Blending Colored Pencil with Turpentine
Is blending colored pencil with turpentine a good idea? Is it even possible? Carrie shares the pros and cons based on her experience as an artist who has worked in oils and in colored pencils.
Oil Painting Mediums and Colored Pencils
Is it possible to use oil painting mediums with colored pencils? That’s what Lorraine is asking. Here’s her question. I’ve read of several different solvents that are used with coloured pencils but are worried about the archival quality of some of them on paper. Which are archival? Also are different …
Blending Colored Pencils with OMS
Blending colored pencils with OMS (odorless mineral spirits) is one of my three most frequently used blending methods. In today’s reader question, Patsy asks how to use odorless mineral spirits. Here’s the question: I would like to know more about using OMS. I seem to make mud. I try using …
Blend Colored Pencil with Turpentine in 3 Easy Steps
How to blend colored pencil with turpentine in three easy steps. By popular request, that’s our topic today. I originally intended to share tips on this blending method with a landscape or horse drawing. But I’ve recently started another project and decided to use one of these new drawings as …
