Your Art Box

Have a set of watercolor pencils sitting on a shelf collecting dust because you haven’t a clue how to use them? Well I’m guessing since you’re here you’ve decided to dust them off, break open the box and figure out how to use watercolor pencils. “So, do you just wet the pencil to use them?”, is … Read more

I’d be lost without my colored pencils. They have been coloring my world since 2001! They are such a wonderfully responsive medium that is relatively easy to learn, is inexpensive, very portable and produces great art! But did you know how blendable they really are? And how important it is to be able to blend … Read more

You’ve been creating art for a while, joined art clubs, created and sold pieces, did commissions and participated in shows. Maybe you’ve gotten your work into galleries as well. At least, you’re getting a sale or a commission occasionally. And maybe you’re lucky enough to be making a full-time income. But maybe it’s a part-time … Read more

If you work with colored pencils as an art medium, undoubtedly you have experienced the frustration of sharpening your pencils. You try to sharpen them in a handheld sharpener, and they keep breaking again and again. It’s broken down to the wood showing no visible pigment. The electric pencil sharpener manufacturers say not to sharpen … Read more