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Tag: Colored Pencil
Step-by-Step Demo: A Portrait in Colored Pencil
In this free painting demo, Shawn Falchetti’s demonstrates how to create his portrait painting “Opaline Dreams” with colored pencil and water-soluble crayon.
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Easy Colored Pencil Techniques from Janie Gildow
Painting as Portal: New Art from The Artist’s Magazine (May 2013)
Watching this slideshow of beautiful artwork functions as a relaxing and reflective pause in the hubbub of the daily grind. Here’s a quote from Editor in Chief, Maureen Bloomfield, on featured artist David Ligare:
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Some Like it Hot | Colored Pencil Art Sizzles
I can’t stop looking at Arlene Steinberg’s painting, Paradise Dreams (below; colored pencil and water-soluble crayons on heated paper, 12×12). Each time I flip through my newest issue of The Artist’s Magazine, I seem to stop on this page and stare, enjoying the color and depth of this image. At first the abstract quality of it lured me in, but as I look more, memories of Hawaii sneak into my consciousness. But that’s another story.
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All-in-One Guide to Colored Pencils
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!
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How to Use Water-Soluble Colored Pencils
Water-soluble colored pencils are a wonderful tool for easy and colorful backgrounds. In this demonstration of a yellow lily, artist Kristy A. Kutch shows us how to combine colored pencil techniques with an old tooth brush and masking film to …
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Celebrating the Art of Colored Pencil
The Colored Pencil Society of America’s 20th International Exhibition brought out some of the best in colored pencil artworks. View five of the winning works here.
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Colored Pencil Techniques | Create Tantalizing Texture
Melissa Miller Nece demonstrates step by step how to create texture beneath colored pencil. In this tutorial from The Artist’s Magazine’s September 2012 issue, she shows how to start with an alkyd underpainting over a textured clear gesso layer for a looser, luminous colored pencil look. Don’t forget to scroll down to see how she adapted this technique to colored pencil with acrylic paint and gesso.
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Top 10 Winning Paintings From the 2012 Over 60 Art Competition
Congratulations to the winners of our Over 60 Art Competition. These artists and painters are joyfully obsessed now that they’re free to devote themselves to making art.
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5 Great Gifts for Flower-Lovers
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 …
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