Graphitint Giveaway!

Graphitint Giveaway!

WINNERS: Cheri Homaee, Faith Wheeler, Janet Ray, Kim Steinard, David McGee One entry per person, per address. USA only. Five qualified entrants will be randomly selected to win after August 1st, 2023. Winners will be announced here, and prizes shipped to provided...

July 2023 – Editor’s Note

This month we have the winners of the Monochromatic Art Challenge. These pieces focused on a single-color theme and inspired this issue to look at artists who use color thoughtfully to portray mood and emotion. Our featured artist Kate Higgins is an award-winning...
Lasso the Loot Bag Giveaway!

Lasso the Loot Bag Giveaway!

WINNER: Jeanne Cardana Jeanne’s piece was chosen by the CPM staff based on the criteria of realistic rendering and detail in the western-theme. This work has perfectly captured rustic textures with the various elements that make up a cowboy’s look. Enjoy...
June 2023 – Editor’s Note

June 2023 – Editor’s Note

Having three horses myself, I have had a passion for horses since I was a teenager that I passed to my youngest daughter and is one of the reasons we love bringing these issues filled with some of the most incredible equine artists to inspire you. Let’s first...
BOTM 2306

BOTM 2306

SUBSCRIBE BY 7/1 DRAWING: HORSES Learn to draw step by step Author: Walter Foster Creative Team Paperback, 40 Pages Drawing: Horses shows you how to render a variety of beautiful horses in graphite pencil, with tips on choosing materials, building with basic shapes,...
BOTM 2305

BOTM 2305

WINNER: Cathy Sparks THE COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DRAWING ANIMALS More than 200 drawing techniques, tips & lessons for rendering lifelike animals in graphite and colored pencil Author: Walter Foster Creative Team Format: Hardcover, 240 Pages This helpful...
Editor’s Note – May 2023

Editor’s Note – May 2023

Animal lovers, this one’s for you! We have incredible animal portraitist Shay Melia of Shaymus Art as our featured artist, who shares his tools of the trade with us and more. If that wasn’t enough, we brought in more experts, such as Lisa Hartel, to closely examine...
Stabilo Woody Giveaway

Stabilo Woody Giveaway

WINNERS: Kim Keys, Ann McDougal, Mis Vadovsky, Fabia Irvin, Cher Petrovic CLOSED! Winners will be selected, contacted, and posted here soon. We are excited to partner with Stabilo to giveaway FIVE 18pc Woody 3 in 1 sets. Just tell us how you found COLORED PENCIL...
2304 BOTM

2304 BOTM

WINNER: Deborah McGowan DRAWING AND PAINTING BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS Discover Techniques for Creating Realistic Florals and Plants in Pencil and Watercolor Kyehyun Park Format: Paperback, 112 Pages In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers, discover how to draw flowers such...

Editor’s Note – April 2023

Spring has sprung, and there are flowers everywhere! You may not be experiencing the beauty of the buds where you live yet, but you can almost smell the floral scents inside this issue.  Our featured artist Susan Rubin is a master at rendering botanicals in a way that...