<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908556567005721660</id><updated>2024-10-07T00:39:06.240-05:00</updated><category term="portrait art"/><category term="Claude Monet"/><category term="Crayola"/><category term="Crayons"/><category term="Picasso"/><category term="Pointillism"/><category term="Series"/><category term="black and white"/><category term="colored pencils"/><category term="drawing techniques"/><title type='text'>Colored Sticks</title><subtitle type='html'>Art reviews,while sharing a passion for custom portrait art.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7908556567005721660/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Greg Smith Art Studios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04732278574909090184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908556567005721660.post-3498582303063999153</id><published>2011-08-06T03:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T03:50:25.899-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Colored Pencil: Review, Prismacolor Softcore Colored Pencils</title><summary type="text">Prismacolor Softcore Colored Pencils:





Prismacolor Colored Pencil Sets

Prismacolor Colored Pencils are touted as being one of the best pencils on the market. Many artist proclaim that they will not use anything else. Our team of reviewers have taken on the task of testing these highly touted colored pencils. 

What We Found

Through our review/testing process we found that these are a very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/feeds/3498582303063999153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/2011/08/colored-pencil-review-prismacolor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7908556567005721660/posts/default/3498582303063999153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7908556567005721660/posts/default/3498582303063999153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/2011/08/colored-pencil-review-prismacolor.html' title='Colored Pencil: Review, Prismacolor Softcore Colored Pencils'/><author><name>Greg Smith Art Studios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04732278574909090184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908556567005721660.post-2574681593959010492</id><published>2011-07-20T21:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T21:53:31.814-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crayola"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crayons"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="portrait art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Series"/><title type='text'>Portrait Art Series: Drawing with Crayons</title><summary type="text">

Portrait: Crayon Kalon

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; When choosing the perfect medium for each of my portraits I like to go out on a limb sometimes and try something that I have never used before. In this particular case I chose to go with the handy old box of Crayola Crayons. 
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; When I first decided that I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/feeds/2574681593959010492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/2011/07/portrait-art-series-drawing-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7908556567005721660/posts/default/2574681593959010492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7908556567005721660/posts/default/2574681593959010492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloredsticks.blogspot.com/2011/07/portrait-art-series-drawing-with.html' title='Portrait Art Series: Drawing with Crayons'/><author><name>Greg Smith Art Studios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04732278574909090184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E0ilJG_pHQa5uwp2Xx_WfPGCeN0l2IKah5-3Qx_jMD-v17I4d0A4FzASn_niNCsHxhTuq-Pf3Nm8YuIuPpg7xtilqYpYpAjHhYjy3rH2sFburs2aq_OM8CKQctbE-eOkErB4vq1kBFQ/s72-c/Kalon.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908556567005721660.post-6929167207971308245</id><published>2011-07-07T21:25:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T14:35:12.263-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Claude Monet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colored pencils"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drawing techniques"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Picasso"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="portrait art"/><title type='text'>Portrait Art Series: Drawing with Colored Pencils</title><summary type="text">

Portrait: Brayton in Colored Pencil
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Colored pencils! Yeah, they are like first cousins with the famous crayon. Now I am sure that each one of us at sometime has&amp;nbsp;created&amp;nbsp;our own piece&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp; refrigerator art. These&amp;nbsp;colorful&amp;nbsp;masterpieces mark the beginning of the making of a future Picasso.&amp;nbsp;


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Judging by the post title it can be deduced that we are new to the whole blogging scene. We are very excited about being apart of the blogging world and are looking forward to producing a meaningful and hopefully helpful blog. Our intentions for starting this blog is to spread and share our passion for portrait art. 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