Colored pencils are a great art tool for kids both big and small. It allows them to refine their motor skills and encourages their imaginations to run wild. Unlike markers, colored pencils don’t bleed ...

Even in chilly upstate New York, nature artist Carol Coogan tries to sketch outdoors whenever she can. Carol writes and illustrates a weekly column for my local newspaper called "Backyard Naturalist." ...

Even before I became a mom, I fantasized about the day I would get to start drawing or painting with a son or daughter of my own. My parents are artists, and many of my earliest memories include ...

For artists, students, kids, and even just everyday doodlers, colored pencils are an essential desktop item. Having spent seven years of my life studying the pencil as an object and selling it to ...