Kristy Kutch, a graduate of Purdue University where she received a BA and an MA in Education, holds a life license in teaching. She has taught over 200 colored-pencil/watercolor pencil workshops nationwide for students of all ages. She is the author of Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil, and The New Colored Pencil, and is a contributor to numerous books on colored pencil techniques. Kristy filmed an instructional DVD through Artist Palette Productions: Colored Pencil Landscapes: Beyond the Basics, and has three new instructional DVDs from F. & W. Media.