If you love the look of blended colors, but hate trying to actually blend colored pencils on your own, you definitely need to invest in a few tri-tone pencils. These pencils feature several coordinating colors of lead together so you get a subtle blended look when you color. The examples in this post were all done using Yoobi colored pencils, which are a little hard to sharpen but still lots of fun to play with. You can find them at Target for $3.49.
