Ann's Colored Pencil News & Stuff!

by Ute Koskie 'Whoa', Prismacolor on Art Spectrum Colourfix smooth black, 40x60cm., own reference. This piece took 70 hours to complete and was the most difficult one to date. From an early age I recall of having a paint brush or pencil in hand and leaving my mark on anything I could find, and it did not stop there and, to... View more

by Melinda Edstein 'Monkey Cups'. To be included in the Hunt Institute's 16th International Exhibition. I was fortunate to grow up on a large suburban block on the outskirts of Sydney, where my mother was a passionate and talented gardener. My sisters, neighbors and I played in our backyard – sucking sweet nectar from prawn plant flowers, making paper from papyrus, and... View more

November 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

The three artists featured in the November 2018 issue of COLOR Magazine Showcase submitted stories about their artwork for our blog. Read below about their inspiration for each of these beautiful works of art. The Vanishing Vulture by Debbi Hide15 x 11 inches Prismacolor, Prismacolor Verithin and Polychromos on Pastelmat(Artist’s own photo) This is one of a series of colored... View more

by Peter Nelson The Four Jolly Old Men of Lydford - Fred, Harry, George & Henry. Thank you dad for your boyish character. People ask when I started art. I was always good as I can remember and loved drawing, with early successes, qualifications and worked as an engineering draughtsman. In 1986 I started watercolor painting, finally taking up colored... View more

by Elinor Jolly "Tali" 10" x 9" colored pencil drawing of a collie, my first colored pencil commission. For as long as I can remember as a child I was always drawing, even during a stay in hospital whilst on traction when I was five years old I was constantly drawing and coloring until one day the hospital staff asked my mother... View more

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

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