Colored pencils are great gifts for every artist on your shopping list this year.
Whether you need an extra special gift that’s the best present under the tree or a small, extra tuck-in to stuff in a stocking, you’ll find the perfect gift idea for any professional or budding artist.
So grab your Santa Bag and let’s begin…
Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencil
Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils ASIN: B00000J0S3
Your littlest Picasso will love this brightly colored set of Crayola colored pencils. The package includes 50 brilliant colors and come ready-to-use with pre-sharpened tips.
Crayola colored pencils are smooth, durable and blend well. They’re made by a company we’ve all trusted for generations, and this is a moderately priced set that will give your little artist a lot of drawing and coloring fun.
Sanford Prism color Premier Pencil Set
This pencil set has been created specifically for portrait artists. The 24 colors are precisely chosen to capture the tonal qualities and shading an artist needs for producing life-like, high quality portraits.
The pencil cores are made with high-quality pigments that produce rich, saturated colors. The thick cores create smooth washes of color that blend well to create realistic tones and shadowing.
Sanford has packaged this set in a tin storage container, so your artistic friend can carry his tools wherever he goes simply and compactly.
Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils
Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils, 132 Colored Pencils ASIN B00125JEIQ
This set of 132 colored pencils has every color an artist could ever imagine – and then some. The thick cores are made from rich pigment to give top-quality blending. The range of colors allows for meticulous shading and infinite variations.
The pigments are durable, waterproof and the thick cores resist snapping and breaking. The colors don’t smear and can be thickly applied for intense, saturated colorations.
Reeves Premium Quality Watercolor Pencils
Reeves Premium Quality Watercolor Pencils, 3.8 mm Tip ASIN: B00JDU9YZK
This set of 24 pencils is specifically formulated to blend with water to create beautiful and lush watercolor effects. The pigment can be applied dry and a wet brush used to create washes or the tip of the pencil can be wetted and used to give a rich, deep swathe of color.
This is a great addition to any drawing kit or to a watercolorist’s bag of tricks. Used alone, or in combination with other mediums, this smartly priced set is a useful and appreciated gift for any artist.
The Ultimate Guide To Colored Pencil
The Ultimate Guide To Colored Pencil by Gary Greene ASIN: B005E8ADKU
Gary Greene’s Ultimate Guide To Colored Pencil is a great reference for anyone from a beginning art student to a trained professional. The books starts with the tools of the trade, options and other related supplies. With color charts, guide to assorted brands, types of pencils and advice on paper, sharpeners, erasers and solvents, you get advice on what to use and how use it.
The second half of the book is devoted to color pencil techniques. With over 35 photo-filled demonstrations, you’ll learn how to burnish, layer, under paint, use water soluble pencils and how and when to apply fixative.
You’ll also get a quick lesson in creating reference photos and how to use reference photos in your work. This edition is available as a Kindle eBook as well as a hardcover edition.
