By Kristen Wooley
On-line Forty-Niner

Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College students are displaying their colored pencil still life work at the Long Beach Main Library. The art graces on the left wall of the main lobby in the library and bringing a little color to the somewhat drab colored lobby.
 
The art itself meets high standards, with very realistic still lifes bursting with color. The color blending looks like the artists created their own colors. The layering with colored pencil gives the pieces a rich, hearty look.
 
One piece depicts the interesting way that pencil can be used to create the effect of shiny glass. The work is very realistic looking with a lot of emphasis on detail, which might explain why the piece has already sold for $150. Other examples of price range from Ken Estes’s piece that is being sold for $500 to Roy Blanco’s piece that is not for sale.
 
The display itself is nothing to brag about because there is not very much color to really draw the visitor’s attention to the remainder of the display.

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