The Colored Pencil School site was made to be a concise resource for the colored pencil artist, student and teacher.
We encourage you to submit short listings pertaining to colored pencil. It's your submissions that will make this site successful.
All submissions are free and will be reviewed before publishing.

Teachers' Tools: These are printouts that will be handy for any colored pencil teacher or pupil. Teachers! If you have any printouts you would like to share, please contact us!
Ball Photo Reference in black and white and color in .pdf format. Print it out!
Blank color wheel in .pdf format. Print it out and fill it in!
	We are currently seeking more materials for our viewers at Colored Pencil School to be able to print out. If you are a teacher and have something that you use with your students that you can submit here please email nicole at nicolecaulfield@gmail.com. Anything from definitions of color terms, color theory, descriptions of shading etc would be helpful. Your name would stay on all the materials you submit.
Online Resources: Anything listed here has an extensive educational colored pencil experience.
Scott Tillett Wolf Tutorial & Portrait Tutorial - Colored Pencil artist Scott Tillet shows his techniques in 2 tutorials on his website. www.wendyprior.com - A colored pencil artist who offers step by step tutorials for free and purchase. Easy to follow and great for beginners or any level. www.annkullberg.com - An online colored pencil magazine and a great source for colored pencil kits, put together by the artist and author Ann Kullberg. WetCanvas Colored Pencil Forum - An artists forum where artists can post and discuss their work. It has a great list of past discussions in their colored pencil library. Scribble - Resouces for the Colored Pencil Artist Scribbletalk Drawing Forum - An artist's forum where artists can post and discuss their work. There is an individual forum for colored pencil and projects you can participate in. Crayons de Coleur - Forum artistique dédié à la technique des crayons de couleur Creative Spotlight - Colored Pencil demos by various artists. Pet & Portraiture Art Forum - For Artists Worldwide! A great site specifically for the pet portrait artists. It covers all media including colored pencil! Making a Mark - Well this is actually a blog by colored pencil and pastel artist Katherine Tyrrell. I'm listing it here because Katherine has really made it into a great resource for information on colored pencil and pastel with product reviews and artist interviews as well as works in progress. Also a great place to visit if you want to take your colored pencils outdoors as Katherine is an avid sketcher and enjoys sharing her pleine aire techniques. Borgeson Studio - Award winning artist and author Bet Borgeson's site features online colored pencil classes. I've heard nothing but good things about her online classes which feature more than just colored pencil techniques by pushing the imagination. Bob Ebdon Colored Pencil Kits - Award winning artist and UKCPS founder, Bob Ebdon, offers colored pencil kits for sale on his website. Nicole Caulfield Colored Pencil Kits - Award winning artist and founder of this site (coloredpencilschool), Nicole Caulfield offers colored pencil kits for sale. Janie Gildow - Colored Pencil instructional videos, kits and books are available on the site of this well-known and award winning colored pencil artist. Please let me know if I am missing any valuable sites!!!
Colored Pencil Organizations:
CPSA - Colored Pencil Society of America - includes links to regional chapters UKCPS - United Kingdom Colored Pencil Society
Colored Pencil Books: watch for 3 new colored pencil books coming out soon from Ann Kullberg, Arlene Steinberg and Alyona Nickelsen!
Colored Pencil Videos:
Janie Gildow - Colored Pencil instructional videos can be found on her site as well as kits, books etc.

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