The #1 Skill You Need for Realistic Colored Pencil Drawings

What is the one thing that makes my artwork look realistic? Smooth Blending! In this video, I will give you 5 Tips for creating a smooth blend while I draw this big Blue Chrysanthemum using colored pencils. I drew this using several different brands of colored pencils including Prismacolor, Polychromos, Luminance, Derwent Lightfast, and Holbein on Legion Rising Museum Mountboard. The pencil was blended with Utrecht NOOD odorless mineral spirits. Here is my affiliate link to Blick Art Materials where you will find the supplies I used in this drawing: I do earn a percentage from the sales generated from this link:) You can learn from me on Patreon at See a listing of all of my available tutorials at Find out more about my artwork on my w