Articles for tag: Colored Pencils, Pencils

Karla News

Best Brands of Colored Pencils

Colored pencils are not just for small children. Colored pencils can create art looks as great as art created with oil paints, or any other art supplies, although it will have a different look. Many people dismiss colored pencils because they think of them as more of toys for children than as tools for artists. ...

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A Review of Pencil: A Free Interface Mockup Application

Pencil is a free application that allows anyone to design prototype or wireframe interfaces for websites, software applications, and mobile applications. Known as the Pencil Project, the application is considered freeware and is published under a creative commons license. Pencil comes in two forms: a plug-in for the Firefox 3 web browser and as a ...

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How to Use Watercolor Pencils

Watercolor pencils are an interesting medium to work with in art. While they take out some of the guess work for color blending and water-to-paint ratios, they still require some practice to get the hang of. I bought my first set of watercolor pencils thinking that they would be a piece of cake to use ...

Berol Prismacolor Pencils Make Me Feel like an Artist

I’m not an artist, but every now and then I like to pretend that I am. Thankfully, when looking for some art supplies for my children, I stumbled across Berol Prismacolor colored pencils and serendipitously found a product that brings out what little artistic talent I possess. Many people feel they have no artistic abilities, ...

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Types of Art Pencils

Drawing and sketching for realism is much more involved then picking up a yellow number 2 pencil, the same as those that were required throughout your elementary and high school career. There are several types of pencils, from graphite, to charcoal to colored and watercolor. All have different uses and provide different shades and tones ...