{"id":2811,"date":"2025-07-15T20:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T01:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T01:05:16","slug":"drawing-colored-pencil-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/drawing-colored-pencil-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing &#8211; Colored Pencil Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Advanced Art students studied the work of artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annkullberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ann Kullberg<\/a>\u00a0and practiced the techniques reference in tutorials found in her books, &#8220;Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step&#8221; and &#8220;Texture in Colored Pencil.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawings using these techniques are called &#8220;paintings&#8221; because they start with dry pencil &#8220;washes,&#8221; and then use layers of colors which are burnished with colorless blenders to create a smooth finish. Prismacolor pencils are perfect for this technique because of their soft, almost creamy texture, and their rich, vibrant colors.  Here are a few examples of colored pencil paintings produced by my students over the years, along with a short video that demonstrates the blending process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"2813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"2814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Blender2-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Art Demonstration: Prismacolor Blending Pencil\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8q-5VLn_BM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-ColoredPencil1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-ColoredPencil1.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-ColoredPencil1-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Interior.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RachaelB-Interior-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CrystalZ-ColoredPencil2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CrystalZ-ColoredPencil2.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CrystalZ-ColoredPencil2-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BairdL-ColoredPencilPainting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BairdL-ColoredPencilPainting.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BairdL-ColoredPencilPainting-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SabiraU-ColoredPencilPainting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SabiraU-ColoredPencilPainting.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SabiraU-ColoredPencilPainting-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShuyuW-ColoredPencilPortrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShuyuW-ColoredPencilPortrait.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShuyuW-ColoredPencilPortrait-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/XiaoXiaoM-Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/XiaoXiaoM-Exterior.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/XiaoXiaoM-Exterior-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Art students studied the work of artist\u00a0Ann Kullberg\u00a0and practiced the techniques reference in tutorials found in her books, &#8220;Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step&#8221; and &#8220;Texture in Colored Pencil.&#8221; Drawings using these techniques are called &#8220;paintings&#8221; because they start &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/drawing-colored-pencil-paintings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,25,324,451,22,75],"class_list":["post-2811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesson-plans","tag-art-education","tag-art-lesson-plan","tag-colored-pencil","tag-colored-pencil-painting","tag-drawing","tag-high-school-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2822,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}