Ann's Colored Pencil News & Stuff!

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

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

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

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

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

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

The three artists featured in the August 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.   Beautiful Jess by Jane Robinson12 x 9 inchesCaran D'Ache coloured pencils and a small amount of acrylic paint. The artwork has been drawn on tinted Daler Rowney Ingres Paper.... View more

by Christina Simon Agapanthus in Bloom, around 9x12in (paper) - I fell in love with everything about this flower, specially its colours. Reference photo by Nigel Burkitt, with permission. Caran d'Ache Luminance and Pablo on Moulin du Roy HP 300gsm I was born and raised in Brazil and always had pencils and paper in my hands as far as I can remember.... View more