Colored Pencil Resources

Explore colored pencil color charts, layering and blending practice resources, step-by-step tutorials, and technique guides from Greene Sun Art. Whether you're just beginning or developing your skills, find the resources that fit your artistic journey.

Colored Pencil Color Charts

Explore printable color swatch charts for seven professional colored pencil brands. Choose the chart that matches your pencils and preferred way of working.

Colored Pencil Tutorials

Explore step-by-step colored pencil tutorials designed to help you practice techniques, build confidence, and create realistic artwork at your own pace.

Techniques & Guides

Explore printable colored pencil guides and practice workbooks covering layering, blending, color mixing, backgrounds, and realistic art techniques. Develop your skills with resources you can revisit whenever you need them.

Layering & Blending Companion Charts

Practice building color gradually with printable five-layer companion charts designed for seven colored pencil brands. Use them alongside your color swatch charts to explore color combinations, shading, and smooth transitions.

Derwent Drawing 72 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Derwent 100 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Holbein 150 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Luminance 100 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Polychromos 120 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Prismacolor 150 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Prismacolor Verithin 36 Color Chart + Layering & Blending Companion

Recommended Learning Paths

New to Colored Pencils?

Start with a color swatch chart to explore your pencil colors. Then use our beginner-friendly guides to practice layering, blending, and basic techniques.

Colored Pencil Techniques for Beginners -- Practice Guide

Colored Pencil Techniques for Beginners II

Colored Pencil Techniques for Beginners & Intermediate

Want to Improve Your Blending?

Learn how to build color gradually through layering and create smooth transitions with blending techniques. Explore our Layering and Blending tutorials, then practice what you've learned using the brand-specific companion charts.

How to Layer Colored Pencils

How to Blend Colored Pencils

Ready to Create Realistic Artwork?

Develop your colored pencil skills with step-by-step art tutorials and practical technique guides. Explore realistic subjects, color mixing, backgrounds, and the details that bring artwork to life.

Achieving Realism

Color Mixing for Colored Pencil Art

Color, Light & Detail | Colored Pencil Techniques 3-Guide Set

Colored Pencil Backgrounds & Finishing | 3-Guide Set