colored pencil techniques
and tips
You can learn colored pencil techniques and pick up new colored pencil tips by asking questions at the Art Colony, the interactive extension of Art-is-fun.com!
If there is anything you want to know about colored pencils, please ask your question in the Colored Pencil Forum. From questions about blending to burnishing to sharpening (and everything in between), I or other Art Colony members will be happy to answer any questions you may have about using colored pencils.
Would you like some friendly feedback about your latest colored pencil drawing? If you're stuck and need some help, or simply want some constructive comments on your finished colored pencil art, post your work in the Colored Pencil Show & Tell Forum. We can't wait to see what you've been drawing!
Your question may get posted on this site, along with the answer(s), so that other site visitors may learn from it too. This will allow us to create a handy colored pencil FAQ filled with useful colored pencil techniques and colored pencil tips!
Scroll down past the form to read what others have asked (and what I answered) about colored pencils.
What Other Visitors Have Asked About Colored Pencils
Click below to see colored pencil questions from other visitors to this page... and read the answers!
Is Derwent a good artist pencil?
Reader Question: I currently own a set of watercolour pencils (from the makers of Derwent) and rarely use it for watercolour but just for colouring in....
What are the basic colors used in colored pencil art?
Reader Question: Hi, I want to invest in a set of professional quality colored pencils, like the Prismacolors. I would love the set of 120 but I can'...
How to erase colored pencils
Reader Question: Do you have any tips for erasing colored pencils? I find them very hard to erase if I make a mistake. I am almost afraid of ruining ...
Can you mix professional colored pencils with normal ones?
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Reader Question: Can you mix professional colored pencils with normal ones? I noticed on your site you said Prismacolors are the best, and luckily I ...
What is the difference between professional colored pencils and normal ones?
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Reader Question: What is the difference between professional colored pencils and normal ones?
Professional colored pencils, also called Artist ...
Paper for colored pencil drawing
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Reader Question: Which paper is good for colored pencil? I have a sketchbook with papers of yellowish texture of 130 gsm. Is this good?
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Strathmore Illustration Board for Wet Media
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Wondering how Strathmore Illustration Board for Wet Media will work with colored pencils. (I'm doing a colored drawing of someone's home with lots of ...
How to draw chrome objects with colored pencils?
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I would like to learn how to draw chrome objects with colored pencils. What combination of colored pencils will achieve the best result for drawing chrome ...
Using solvents to blend colored pencils
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I have heard that you can use mineral spirits with colored pencils to break it down and make a kind of wash, which gives the affect of a water color....
Staedtler colored pencils vs. other brands
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Hi, I love working with colored pencils and I recently came across your blog. I have a set of Staedtler - Luna Pencils (24 shades) and I really like these ...
What paper should I use for drawing with colored pencils?
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I love your site and cannot wait to invest in color pencils to reignite my passion for sketching in a whole new way. My only question; what kind of paper ...
