The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - August 2025
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 the fun and your artwork could be featured, too!
Chester’s Winter Morning by Christine Neale
21cm x 22cm, colored pencil on Grafix drafting film
Photo ref: Harriet Tearle
I first saw the photograph of Chester on a social media page and instantly knew I had to draw him! The photographer is the talented 13yr old daughter of a friend and she was over the moon to have her photograph chosen. The main reason I was drawn to Chester, apart from the clarity of the photograph, was the light composition, the many different textures and the colours on the trampoline. I changed the background slightly because it was a bit "busy" and tried to subtly emphasise the roundness of the trampoline by doing so. Having chosen to draw on my favourite surface, drafting film, I knew it would be a difficult to get the smoothness of the trampoline to contrast with the frost and fur but it was a challenge I found incredibly enjoyable and educational. It was a joy to use my turquoise, mauve and yellow pencils to capture the winter morning sunlight and I am immensely pleased with the final drawing and how it captures the tranquility and calmness I was aiming for.
CHRISTINE NEALE:
In January 2023 Christine joined Bonny Snowdon’s Pencil Group and discovered her love for coloured pencils. She particular enjoys capturing the lighting of the subject and is looking forward to retiring early next year from her job as a village postmaster in Norfolk (UK) to spend more hours drawing.
Bruno by Jose Fernando Camacho
9x12 inches, colored pencil on Pastelmat
Bruno is a lovely and loyal Australian shepherd, It was quite difficult took a good reference photo to him so I decided to make a video and take a "screen capture" from the video so I could get this marvelous pose. I enjoyed drawing his eyes and the most difficult part of this drawing was to achieve the blurry and unfocused part of its fur, I took more than two weeks and a half drawing him but was worth it. I decided to work on Pastelmat because the contrast between darks and lights are easily to get on. The best experience of drawing Bruno was seeing the happiness face of Bruno's Daddy.
JOSE FERNANDO CAMACHO:
Jose Fernando is a Colombian graphic Designer who lives in Miami Fl. USA and he decided drawing pet portraits after pandemic time and it was the best decision he ever took. Now this is his full-time job and his hobby as well.
Pensive by Moira Richardson
35cm x 25 cm, colored pencil on Pastelmat
Photo ref: Frank Angileri
The picture really touched my heart—the Gorilla leaning against the tree, looking so thoughtful and it made me consider what he might be thinking about. Was it the loss of his habitat and the danger to the survival of his species, or was it something far more in the moment—like food! I would like to think it was the former. We as humans are critically endangering so many species, including the magnificent Mountain Gorillas—it is time for us to take responsibility and preserve the wonderful animals we have on this planet.
MOIRA RICHARDSON:
Moira is a coloured pencil artist based in Nottinghamshire, England. She started drawing during COVID-19 lockdown, initially doodling cartoon horses and then joining Bonny Snowdon's Ignite Academy. She specialises in animal portraits.
Facebook: Moira Richardson Animal Portraits
The Wild Hunt by Virginia Hunt
Size of Artwork (Height x Width)
29.7x42cm, colored pencil on Drafting Film
Willow Ufgood Hunt, named for a character of a favourite childhood movie, and like her namesake, cast a spell over the whole family. More often known as the Menace or the Wild Hunt, she is a master of destruction. A digger of holes, a chewer of toys, pegs and blankets and the very best friend of a 7-year-old boy. Where he goes, she will follow. And just like her favourite little boy, she is always on the go. Sweet and gentle, playful and wild, she loves everyone and everything. Pictured in a rare moment of stillness, I wanted to capture how she looks right at you with those gentle, expressive eyes and the typical Staffy pout.
VIRGINIA HUNT:
Virginia Hunt has always loved to draw and create and at the ripe old age of forty…something, decided to dip her toes into the magical world of coloured pencil art. She lives on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia with her husband, son, and the family cat and dog.
Facebook: Virginia Hunt Coloured Pencil Art
These artworks are published in the AUGUST 2025 issue of COLOR Magazine.
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