CP Treasures, Volume 9: Colored Pencil Masterworks From Around the Globe

The best of the best colored pencil artwork - a contemporary showcase and stunning display of 130+ colored pencil masterworks from international artists.And when we say around the globe, we mean it! In this one beautiful book, we have included work from colored pencil artists in the following 21 countries. Wow!Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, UK and the United States.The truth is, every new volume of CP Treasures hurts my heart a little because we get hundreds and hundreds of beautiful entries but we have a commitment to keeping the total number of accepted entries to around 100. You can see how having to accept so few might hurt my heart a bit, considering I’ve spent over 25 years bolstering, instructing, lifting up and just generally championing colored pencil artists in every way I can.This year, my heart hurt a little less, as we realized how many amazing artists had been accepted into multiple volumes of CP Treasures. If we created a Grand Masters class of those, maybe we could allow for 100ish to be in CP Treasures, Volume 9? Why not!We have 23 artists who have been featured in at least 5 volumes of our spectacular Treasures books. What an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to all those featured in the forward Grand Masters section!But also, congratulations to all of those who made the cut. It’s a brutal process for us. Much hand wringing takes place as we together make decisions that we know really affect the artists we all love and champion. But in the end, the decisions must be made to create a stunning book full of stunning artwork by stunningly skilled artists from around the globe.So, although my heart does always hurt a little every time we publish a new volume of CP Treasures, it also is lightened and glows with pride and joy that we can share with the universe this amazing collection of international art that sparkles with talent, skill, creativity and beauty.Enjoy every beautiful page! Read more