What's the difference between watercolor pencils and colored pencils? Here's a swatch test so you can see watercolor pencil and Colored Pencil side by side.

colored pencil drawing Rhonda Bartoe Tucker

You can of course use a green pencil, or combination of them, but since yellow and blue blend so readily, it makes a nice sun-struck effect to use them like this. This is for the CD for my new class...

If you want to get more out of your pencils or to learn how to color with colored pencils, read on. This beginner’s guide will share everything you need to get started.