Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you curious about colored pencils as a medium? Has your child graduated from crayons and looking for something a little more ...

We tested 13 colored-pencil sets with 60 kids and parents, and we found the best sets for most beginners, a good set for the ...

As an art college student in the early 1990s, Lisa Watkins was told by her professors that she “couldn’t see color.” Though she eventually earned her degree in textiles, she admits the assessment ...

Later this month, a dozen or so amateur artists will gather to learn something new and technical, trade tips and generally support each other in their love of colored pencils. It's an art form that's ...

Colored pencils can be used to create works of art with depth and incredible color, even though the humble artist’s tools aren’t always considered by artists. “Colored pencil is the only transparent ...

Many artists don’t consider colored pencils as a medium for their work, even though they can be used to create art with incredible color and depth, according to Judy Jacobs. “Colored pencils are not ...

To find his subject, artist Phil Schorn looks for leaves. The more colorful and intricate-looking they are, the better. That’s because, for Schorn, art is in the details. His colored pencil drawings ...

All summer at the Strathmore Mansion in North Bethesda, you may find gallery-goers huddled around a small, photorealistic depiction of a fruit in a plastic bag. “Hold on,” one of them may whisper, “is ...