Ann's Colored Pencil News & Stuff!

Corresponding with the art gallery that is featured each month in Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, The Pencil Box blog series will give artists a bit more space to share insight and inspiration about their colored pencil art. Make sure to check out FB group links at the bottom of this post. Call for entry is posted every month in participating Facebook groups—join in... View more

by Lori Loré Colored pencils are ideal for realistic, detailed figurative drawing, but also allow for imagination, exploration, and artistic expression. I am free to challenge myself, to explore techniques, surfaces, color schemes, and pencils, which best set the scene to portray a unique story. Vacation photos are great sources of anonymous people in a variety of places. Painting random... View more

Corresponding with the art gallery that is featured each month in Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, The Pencil Box blog series will give artists a bit more space to share insight and inspiration about their colored pencil art. Make sure to check out FB group links at the bottom of this post. Call for entry is posted every month in participating Facebook groups—join in... View more

The three artists featured in the September 2026 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase share the stories behind their beautiful artwork here in our blog. Summer in Beilngriesby Andrea Hieke11.8 x 17.7 inchesCaran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils on Fabriano Artistico extra white, hot pressed. (Original design/concept, drawn from life, en plein air.) As an artist, my inspiration often comes from unexpected... View more

Colored pencil artist Karen Dimaio shares the layering and blending techniques behind Good Vibrations, including how she used odorless mineral spirits, preserved fine white lines and created rich dark values without using a black pencil. This colored pencil drawing is very different from anything I have created or captured in my artistic journey, both in subject matter and composition. I... View more

The three artists featured in the August 2026 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase share the stories behind their beautiful artwork here in our blog. Just Chillin'by Andrea Hares7.3 x 11 inchesPolychromos colored pencils on Mounting Board. (Photo reference by John Cameron, used with permission.) We are lucky to live on this beautiful planet. Let’s face it: There is so much... View more

Corresponding with the art gallery that is featured each month in Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, The Pencil Box blog series will give artists a bit more space to share insight and inspiration about their colored pencil art. Make sure to check out FB group links at the bottom of this post. Call for entry is posted every month in participating Facebook groups—join in... View more

by Cyndie Hammond Retirement can be an enlightening transition, but it is often shadowed by fear of the unknown and a tendency to overthink. Combine that tenuous shift from work to leisure with the gray, isolated days of Covid 2020, and the result was a perfect storm. I meandered through that time finding solace in ways that fit my needs.... View more