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All-in-One Guide to Colored Pencils

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Wanting to learn about colored pencils? Use this all-in-one guide for beginners on drawing with colored pencils! It includes colored pencil techniques and tips! Full Article

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Losing Her Marbles by Cynthia Knox | Strokes of Genius 3: Fresh Perspectives

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This week we are featuring Cynthia Knox’s Losing Her Marbles from our Strokes of Genius art competition in Strokes of Genius 3: Fresh Perspectives. Colored pencil on smooth bristol paper | 16″ x 10 1/2″ (41cm x 27cm) This piece … Full Article

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5 Great Gifts for Flower-Lovers

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These remarkable books and DVDs make great gifts for the floral artist in your life. Watercolor Quick & Easy with Joyce Faulknor (DVD) Follow along as Joyce demonstrates painting flowers in watercolor using unique approaches—mixing color directly on the surface … Full Article

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Creating Textures in Colored Pencil

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Gary Greene is a long-time favorite of North Light Book readers and colored pencil artists everywhere. Known for his super-realistic style, Gary uses colored pencils to paint just about every subject you can imagine–still life, portraits, flowers, land and seascapes…. … Full Article

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Burnishing with Colored Pencil | A Demonstration by Gary Greene

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The possibilities are endless with colored pencil. In this article, Gary Greene demonstrates one of many techniques that you can apply to your own work.
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Colored Pencil Demo | An Orchid by Gary Greene

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Colored pencil artist Gary Greene demonstrates how to render an orchid step by step, using underpainting with solvents and burnishing.
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The Ultimate Guide to Colored Pencil

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The Ultimate Guide to Colored Pencil
by Gary Greene
Known for his incredibly realistic paintings and his detailed step-by-step instruction, best-selling author Gary Greene has created this awesome reference for all things colored pencil—both on a basic and more advanced level–giving you quick access to his tips, tricks and techniques for creating exceptionally realistic colored pencil artwork.  Full Article

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Burnishing on Black: Free Colored Pencil Demo with Gary Greene

Artist Gary Greene demonstrates how to effectively burnish colored pencil on a black background in five easy steps. The technique of burnishing layers a sequence of colors, mixing them together with white or other light colors, repeating the sequence until the surface is covered with pigment. This technique becomes especially interesting on black, or other dark-colored surfaces. For this demonstration, the gloxinia’s color was intentionally changed from the reference photo’s pink-red hues to violet.

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Drawing With a Semi-Scratchboard Approach

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In the July/August issue of The Artist’s Magazine, David N. Kitler shares an unusual drawing technique that combines a gessoed board, graphite, and scalpels and razor blades. The following is excerpted from his article “Scribbling, Scraping & Scratching.”
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Welcome to the Creativity Workshop

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Watercolor Artist invites readers to challenge themselves to paint in a new and creative way with our Creativity Workshop prompts. Enter your work to win the prize!
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