Colored Pencil Drawing
Colored pencil resources, including tutorials and galleries.
Colored Pencil Drawing Tips
Colored Pencil drawing tips - improve your colored pencil drawing technique with these quick and easy colored pencil tips from your guide.
Colored Pencil drawing tips - improve your colored pencil drawing technique with these quick and easy colored pencil tips from your guide.
Colored Pencil Basics
Colored pencil needn't be wishy-washy. Move beyond bland shading with this article on basic pencil strokes, including hatching, scumbling and burnishing. Read on for hands-on colored pencil exercises.
Colored pencil needn't be wishy-washy. Move beyond bland shading with this article on basic pencil strokes, including hatching, scumbling and burnishing. Read on for hands-on colored pencil exercises.
Drawing Shiny Metal in Colored Pencil
A short illustrated tutorial on drawing shiny objects in colored pencil. Be sure to click on the picture to see the next steps in the example.
A short illustrated tutorial on drawing shiny objects in colored pencil. Be sure to click on the picture to see the next steps in the example.
Bet Borgeson Interview: A Passion for Colored Pencil
Bet Borgeson took time out from her busy schedule to share her thoughts on why the colored pencil medium is so absorbing. Read her insightful comments on this under-rated medium and you'll be reaching for your pencil case, too!
Bet Borgeson took time out from her busy schedule to share her thoughts on why the colored pencil medium is so absorbing. Read her insightful comments on this under-rated medium and you'll be reaching for your pencil case, too!
Hands-On exercises with Bet Borgeson
Among the other useful resources on Bet Borgeson's excellent website are these thought-provoking, challenging and fun colored pencil exercises. Look at color and space, depth, gesture, shadow and mark-making.
Among the other useful resources on Bet Borgeson's excellent website are these thought-provoking, challenging and fun colored pencil exercises. Look at color and space, depth, gesture, shadow and mark-making.
Nature Drawings by Marie-Anne Cristen
Marie-Anne Cristen's site is in French, but don't be deterred - her delicate characterisation of woodland creatures are just delightful!
Marie-Anne Cristen's site is in French, but don't be deterred - her delicate characterisation of woodland creatures are just delightful!
Ann Kullberg
Ann Kullberg is a highly respected colored pencil artist and teacher. Here you can view a sample of her online magazine, with tips, a tutorial and a very interesting critique.
Ann Kullberg is a highly respected colored pencil artist and teacher. Here you can view a sample of her online magazine, with tips, a tutorial and a very interesting critique.
Colored Pencil Society of America
A useful site including calendars of events, exhibitions and many excellent reference pages on materials. Also featuring an extensive bibliography of coloured pencil articles from various media.
A useful site including calendars of events, exhibitions and many excellent reference pages on materials. Also featuring an extensive bibliography of coloured pencil articles from various media.
United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society
All the usual great features of a society website, including member web pages, local events, chat group and 'Teachers Corner' tutorials. Of interest to artists from other countries too!
All the usual great features of a society website, including member web pages, local events, chat group and 'Teachers Corner' tutorials. Of interest to artists from other countries too!
Flowers in Colored Pencil
Kristy Ann Kutch explains each step as she creates a colored pencil drawing of a flower. The close-cropped framing works well too - go on, try it!
Kristy Ann Kutch explains each step as she creates a colored pencil drawing of a flower. The close-cropped framing works well too - go on, try it!
Cats in Colored Pencil
A delightful gallery of our favourite felines beautifully portrayed in colored pencil.
A delightful gallery of our favourite felines beautifully portrayed in colored pencil.
Realistic Portrait Drawing - Howard David Johnson
Get some tips on realistic portrait drawing from illustrator Howard David Johnson. With loads of big images, this page takes a while to load, and the dense text can be hard to read, but its well worth it for the insight into the artist's technique. Especially note the use of contoured hatching to model the form, and scratched-line - sgraffito - for white hairs.
Get some tips on realistic portrait drawing from illustrator Howard David Johnson. With loads of big images, this page takes a while to load, and the dense text can be hard to read, but its well worth it for the insight into the artist's technique. Especially note the use of contoured hatching to model the form, and scratched-line - sgraffito - for white hairs.