How To: Color copper metal with color pencils for jewelry

It seems contrary to what you instinctually believe is true, but you can actually mix two modes of art - coloring pencils and metal from jewelry making - and fuse them into one work of jewelry.

Follow along, start to finish, as Art Jewelry magazine associate editor Jill L. Erickson demonstrates how to add color to copper metal sheet by building up layers of colored pencils. It's easy once you know which products to use - you can draw directly on the metal.