Ann's Colored Pencil News & Stuff!

by Robin Manelis About 3 years ago, I took Cynthia Knox’s Vivid Flowers in Colored Pencil Craftsy class. At that time, I can remember being blown away by the amazing colored pencil artwork I’d see online, in magazines and books. My dream was to become good enough to get published and to inspire others that way I was inspired. My first drawing,... View more

May 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

Three artists featured in the May 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.   Tranquility by Jeannette Sirois16" x 20"StonehengeLuminance, Pablos, PolychromosCopyright Free Reference Image I live and work by the Pacific Ocean, on a small island off the coast of British Columbia. My... View more

by Alison Philpott All my life I’ve had an artist’s heart. No matter what was going on in life I have escaped to the solitude and peace of my drawing. A few years ago the time was right to expand my horizons and I wanted to start giving back using my art. That’s when I was introduced to a medium security... View more

by Barbara Dahlstedt Made in America, 19.5 x 29 inches, Prismacolor on Fawn Stonehenge paper. This is my 26th year teaching high school art. I figured out that I have touched the lives of about 4,000 teenagers! I’ve helped most them with drawing their own face or their friends and family. Anyone who knows me knows that I love drawing faces.... View more

The three artists featured in the April 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. Vision Of Wisdom by Rhishabh Kumar9.4 x 12.6 inches Prismacolor and Faber-Castell Polychromos on Canson Mi-Teintes earth toned paperCopyright free, Creative Commons, or Public Domain (https://pixabay.com/) This artwork is one... View more

April 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 your... View more

by David Hoque I’ve been asked to write this column from the perspective of the magazine’s first retired military veteran and now colored pencil fine artist. Me and members of my unit preparing for pre-jump inspection. Stuttgart, Germany 1993. I was born into a military family in Monterey, California and lived all over the country for the next 20 years. As... View more