Working bigger, bolder, faster with Wax-based Colored Pencils - A Demonstration by Vera Curnow Control is the operative word for colored pencils. Clean, cheap, and portable, there are no ...

Molly Hashimoto creates a Garden Journal using Watercolors with Masking Fluid and Italic Calligraphy When I create studies in my journal of my favorite flowers and plants, I look to artis ...

Letters can be used to adorn all kinds of objects or as an intriguing element incorporated into artwork. We used a lightbox to trace an elaborate K from a clip art book of ornamental alphabets onto a shee ...

Rock Newcomb Explores Graphite On Claybord for a New Look During the past decade, I have worked with many mediums and surfaces (supports). Claybord Smooth™ is the one surfac ...

Bet Borgeson demonstrates how to achieve brilliant artworks using colored pencils and juxtaposed color In this close-up view of the railroad symbol that is inverted in the composition, th ...

Janie Gildow takes us on a step-by-step colored pencil demonstration: Creating Shiny Metal with Colored Pencils I love colored pencil for its richness of color and exceptional control. My ...

Colored Pencils on Colored Paper for Quick Results: A Step-by-Step Demonstration by Vera Curnow, CPSA Layering the translucent pigments of colored pencils can take time, but you can speed ...

Bet Borgeson Enlivens the Mood of her Art with Colored Pencil and Ambient Texture Drawing and painting offer many chances for textural effects besides those that are drawn to represent th ...

A Step by Step Demonstration of how to Draw a Cityscape by Patrick Williams My preliminary drawings are always done in a sketchbook. I carry one with me where ever I go. It s a great way ...

Molly Hashimoto Creates Ornamental Celtic Knotwork using Gouache. Early illuminated manuscripts from the British Isles contain beautiful examples of ornamental knotwork and zoomorphic cr ...

Demonstration by Caroline Buchanan You are asked to do a value study for your paintings. Sound familiar? You think you know what that is, so you sit down and draw the things that will be ...

Creating a one-color notecard design is a fun way to learn a variety of pen and ink techniques. You may then bring your drawing to a print shop and select from a variety of paper colors and textures, or scan and ...