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October 2025 Showcase - Colored Pencil Artwork

Priscilla Cassara
Sep 25, 2025
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The three artists featured in the October 2025 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase share the stories behind their beautiful artwork here in our blog. Sweet Surender by Carla Jane11 x 15 inchesLuminance, Derwent Lightfast, Holbein and Polychromos on Saunders Waterford HP High White paper. (Photo from Pixabay.) This piece evokes so much emotion both from animal and human. There seemed... View more

Many Thanks and Sincere Gratitude

Bleuie Acosta
Sep 16, 2025
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by Amy Burghardt I have been drawing most of my life. Which in a large part I am certain that I inherited from my father, who was blessed with artistic skills. He was a self-taught artist who loved to draw for his enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. Over the years I have drawn with all types of mediums but... View more

September 2025 Showcase - Colored Pencil Artwork

Priscilla Cassara
Aug 27, 2025
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The three artists featured in the September 2025 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase share the stories behind their beautiful artwork here in our blog. Gone to Ground by Cathy Choyce12 x 18 inchesPolychromos, Luminance, Pablos and Derwent Lightfast colored pencils on Clairefontaine Pastelmat. (Photo by Tiffany Dillon Keen. Used with permission.) It’s a cool, crisp autumn day, and many riders... View more

The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - September 2025

Bleuie Acosta
Aug 26, 2025
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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

A Work-In-Progress

Bleuie Acosta
Aug 16, 2025
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by Faith Wheeler, cpsa This past summer, I received the news that no one wants to get, “you have cancer.” It was found on a routine colonoscopy and it began a several month journey. Cancer is never planned for but the treatments for eradicating it put you in a work-in-progress status. After all the scans, procedures, radiation and chemo, there's... View more

The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - August 2025

Bleuie Acosta
Jul 27, 2025
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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

August 2025 Showcase - Colored Pencil Artwork

Priscilla Cassara
Jul 25, 2025
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The three artists featured in the August 2025 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase share the stories behind their beautiful artwork here in our blog. Snuggletime by Kirsten Walsh14 x 17 inchesCaran d'Ache Luminance and Prismacolor colored pencils on Saunders Waterford HP 300 gsm. (Client’s photo reference. Used with permission.) This was a private commission of my client’s grandchild, and one... View more

A Portrait With A Dappled Background

Bleuie Acosta
Jul 18, 2025
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by Nancy McCabe I love to draw all types of animals, in particular domestic animals, local wildlife and birds, but recently I started to explore human portraiture. “Solange” was my first human portrait in colour pencil, and I’d like to share with you how I created the background for this drawing. Of course, you can create similar effects using purely... View more

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