lol...I'm using colored pencils to finish up a project I'm doing for grad school...

[Reverend_Smitty]

and I'm not even an art major! I'm taking an athletic facilities management course and one of the assignments is to design a playground. We had a whole checklist of things to include and we had to write a written explanation of everything inside of it but now I'm working on the diagram. The prof showed us examples of past projects and some people went all out designing theirs, unfortunately I'm not very artsy so a colored pencil drawing will have to do.

But it just makes me laugh that I'm still doing arts and crafts in school even this far into my education :)

[BarenakedLady]

1. Colored pencils aren't arts & crafts

They are a valid medium for real works of art. I may be biased though as that is what I started with. You would be amazed by some of the realism using colored pencils.

You can see some award winners here http://www.cpsa.org/GALLERY/WINNERS2007/AG2007.html

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Those drawings are pretty badass...unfortuately my own skills pale way in comparison

[lost-in-nj]

3. I (well Santa) got my

24 yr. old daughter


crayons and a few coloring books for xmas

nothing wrong with having fun!!!!

I LOVE colored pencils and the smell of crayons is awesome


lost

GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT!!!!!!!!



:hi:

[mentalsolstice]

4. Respected art form

All told, I probably have 300+ Prismacolor pencils. With these babies and the right paper you can have "painting" that looks like oil, but without the mess. One of my favorite CP artists...http://www.arlenesteinberg.com/ArlenesGalleryPage.htm. CPs are my link to sanity.