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Have you ever seen cute little painted rocks in your travels? From healing stones to refrigerator magnets to paper weights to table-top or shelf decorations, these painted rocks serve a purpose and have become more popular in recent years. You may have thought it must be tricky or difficult to paint rocks and have always … Read more

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Blending colored pencil is a very popular topic, and there are oodles of articles addressing the how-to-blend question. Many articles discuss materials and tools you can use to blend this medium. In fact my own earlier article, “6 Ways for How to Blend Colored Pencil”, included discussion of materials you can use to blend. But … Read more

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Whether you have been creating art for awhile or are just beginning, I’m guessing you have what I refer to as having a “fire in the belly” for creating art. That is akin to having a food craving (like my frequent chocolate craving—has to be dark, though, not the milk chocolate, lol, but I digress!). … Read more

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If you have landed here to read about the best paper for colored pencil, it might be that you are less than satisfied with your colored pencil work. You may have some of the best colored pencils—Faber-Castell Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier, Koh-i-Noor, to name a few. Also, you may have the basics down: layering, blending shading, … Read more

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Watercolor pencils are a unique medium in that they combine the fun part of each medium—drawing with a pencil and painting with a brush. If you have used colored pencils but have always wanted to try painting, this may be the perfect transition for you. It’s frankly easier than traditional watercolor painting. No kidding! I wrote … Read more

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In the world of Japanese animation, the anime characters have huge eyes, are absolutely adorable and striking, and are very popular. If you google the word anime, you will find over 2 billion results! And believe it or not, these characters are fun to draw, too, when you learn how to draw in the anime … Read more

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The two things we sometimes find ourselves short of in life is time and money. One of my favorite expressions in the world is “day late and a dollar short”. And that certainly applies to me at times! But I think it’s safe to say that we all love to stretch our supplies to save … Read more