People’s Choice Award 2011, the winner is…

People’s Choice Award 2011, the winner is…

Peoples Choice Award - Joyce de RuyterA big Congratulations to:

Joyce de Ruyter

who is the winner of the Peoples Choice Award for 2011.

Congratulations Joyce, well done!

Joyce’s artwork had 48 votes.

The tally was close here is the tally of the top votes.

Elena Kolotusha – 44

Andrea Cooper – 39

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Artshine Interview for ACPN

I was honoured recently to be interviewed for the ArtShine website for the ACPN. Please take a moment to read and share it with your friends.

2011 ACPN Featured Members – December

2011 ACPN Featured Members – December

Rather than having an individual Featured Member for December I thought it would be great to showcase all of our fantastic Australian Coloured Pencil Artists together.

And the winner is… Entries from our 2011 online exhibition

And the winner is… Entries from our 2011 online exhibition

The entries are in and our judge has judged the entries of our 2011 online coloured pencil artworks exhibition. See all of the fabulous artworks from our members and see who won! Don’t forget to vote in our peoples choice! :)

Call for entries – Only 1 more week left.

Call for entries – Only 1 more week left.

The deadline for our call for entries for our online exhibition is coming up fast only 1 more week left.

Prismacolor to release 18 new colours!

Prismacolor to release 18 new colours!

For the Prismacolor pencil lovers, they have just released 18 new colours and yes “Deco Pink” is back.

2012 ACPN Calendar

2012 ACPN Calendar

In support of the ACPN and coloured pencil art in Australia we have put together a 2012 ACPN Calendar representing collection artworks from members from the Australian Coloured Pencils Network.

Featured Member of the Month – October 2011 – Denise Martin

Featured Member of the Month – October 2011 – Denise Martin

Our featured member for October is Denise Martin – “Had a set of 72 Derwent coloured pencils when I was a child, which was my favourite possession”

Call for entries: 2011 ACPN Online Coloured Pencil Exhibition

Call for entries: 2011 ACPN Online Coloured Pencil Exhibition

The Australian Coloured Pencils Network is an online community for Australian Coloured Pencil Artists locally and worldwide. Via our network our aim is to promote and raise awareness of coloured pencil art in Australia and provide resources and exposure for Australian coloured pencil artists and all coloured pencil art in the Australian and Worldwide art community.

The UGLY stage – We all have it, & 5 tips to beat it!

We all have it…. it’s that moment where everything looks ugly, crap, where our vision in our heads is not meeting what we see before our eyes this article gives you 5 tips to help beat the “ugly stage” when creating coloured pencil art.