Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

In fact, it's not even a photo of a blob of paint. It's a colored-pencil drawing. CJ Hendry: I just kind of sit here and doodle around and just draw a little bit. Narrator: That's CJ Hendry.

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The illustration, drawn with colored pencils, was by a young artist named Keito who lives in Osaka Prefecture. The 21-year-old has been posting three-dimensional, photorealistic drawings of the ...