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 ...

Many of us recognize colored pencils as perennial items on a yearly “back to school” supply list. A math class on graphing might require a few colored pencils, or an art class might incorporate ...

Student-grade colored pencils and professional-grade ones vary drastically not only in their price but how they're made. A set of 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils costs $350, 14 times as much as ...

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 ...