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The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - October 2018

October 2018 Featured Artists. 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 links at the bottom of this post for our Facebook group partners - join in the fun and... View more

October 2018 Showcase - Colored Pencil Artwork

The three artists featured in the October 2018 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase submitted stories about their artwork for our blog. Read below about their inspiration for each of these colorful subjects.   Clowning Around by Kylie Carney9.5 x 14 inchesFabriano Artistico paper, and various colored pencils (Faber Castell Polychromos, Pablos, Luminance, Polychromos, Holbein)(Photo from Pixabay) My usual subjects are food and flowers, but I... View more

Learning to Embrace the Creative

by Emma Kerridge A selection of work used to raise money for the wildlife garden I have drawn for as long as I can remember. I have also always loved stationary and can remember promising my Mum that I really needed that extra pencil or pen because I didn’t have one exactly like that in my ever-growing collection. Well, we’ve all... View more

The Dreaded Becomes My Passion

by Cheryl Caro Wood Elf  15" x 19" - The COLORED PENCIL Magazine Monthly Challenge that was the turning point of my colored pencil art. I would say that I am your typical artist who started drawing at a very early age. My interest was and always has been drawing animals. I began drawing from newspaper comic strips, and as... View more

The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - September 2018

September 2018 Featured Artists. 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 links at the bottom of this post for our Facebook group partners - join in the fun and... View more

September 2018 Showcase - Colored Pencil Artwork

The three artists featured in the September 2018 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase submitted stories about their artwork for our blog. Read below about their inspiration for each of these interesting animal subjects. Proud as a...well...Crane by Ronna Williams9 x 12 inches Prismacolor Premiere and Verithin pencils, white highlights using white gouache, on Grafix DuraLar drafting film. (Own photo reference.) This East African Crowned... View more

Looking At Art In A 'Nouveau' Way

by Cindy McClure My Mucha, 14 x 17. My first Art Nouveau piece. I used circular shapes and lots of gold “Your work reminds me of Alphonse Mucha”. This remark made on a portrait post ignited my desire to learn how to draw in Muchas Art Nouveau style. I love Art Nouveau and, with a year of colored pencil practice behind... View more

The Pencil Box - Featured Artists - August 2018

August 2018 Featured Artists. 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 links at the bottom of this post for our Facebook group partners - join in the fun and... View more