Category Archives: Colored Pencil

ACEO Horse Painting in Colored Pencil, Step 4

ACEO Lockkeeper Portrait 3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″ Rising Stonehenge Drawing Paper, White In this session, I continued work with Verithin pencils, building as smooth and even a color layer as possible throughout the horse. The texture and softness of Rising Stonehenge … Continue reading

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ACEO Horse Painting in Colored Pencil, Step 3

ACEO Lockkeeper Portrait 3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″ Rising Stonehenge Drawing Paper, White Work began with a few final layers of color on the background. I used many of the same colors used in previous sessions, but in the softer, thicker leaded … Continue reading

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How to Fix Mistakes Made with Water Soluble Colored Pencils

A fast and easy way to fix mistakes in water-soluble colored pencil. Continue reading

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Color Glazing a Landscape Painting with Colored Pencils

Painting realistic landscapes in colored pencil. Part 2. Continue reading

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Mini Clinic: Complementary Under Painting

Today we’ll take a look at using a complementary under painting for colored pencil paintings. With this method, the under painting is created using colors opposite finished colors on the color wheel. For example, blue is opposite orange on the … Continue reading

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Salt Lake in Colored Pencil, Week 17

Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Mat Board Finished! The final week of work on Salt Lake in Colored Pencil involved more than just class time because of the cleanup work necessary before I could finish it. The first … Continue reading

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Salt Lake in Colored Pencil, Week 16

Salt Lake in Colored Pencil enters the homestretch looking good, but falters in the stretch run. Continue reading

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Salt Lake in Colored Pencil, Week 15

Work continues through Week 15 with completion of the legs, neck and shoulder and adjustments through other areas of the painting. Continue reading

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Salt Lake in Colored Pencil, Week 14

  Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Mat Board As I’m fond of saying as Neal and I stand at the railroad tracks and watch trains pass, the end is near. This time, it’s not a freight, grain or … Continue reading

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Salt Lake in Colored Pencil, Week 13

This week’s work continued the finishing work started last week. Again, the hindquarters were the focus of the work; this time, from the ground up. Continue reading

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