If you’re intimidated by pairing colors, or just need a nudge to try some new color combinations, check out this week’s free download. We share five versions of the color wheel and some tips on how to mix complementary, tertiary and tints of color from Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer By Arlene Steinberg.

For more tips on how to layer color and basic color-pencil techniques, including composition, color theory, textures and more, pick up your copy of Masterful Color in the My Craftivity shop.

Crumble, Crackle, Burn By Von Glitschka includes 60 great textures for you to use in your artwork. Download this week’s PDF for the Volatile Veneer texture and the image inspired by it.

For more images and textures, purchase Crumble, Crackle, Burn: 60 Stunning Textures for Design & Illustration through the My Craftivity shop here.

The Savvy Crafter’s Guide to Success by Sandra McCall encourages you to turn your crafts into a career. McCall includes advice and stories from more than 20 successful mixed-media artists.

In this week’s free excerpt, you get to take a peek into the studios of some of theses artists.

To purchase your copy of The Savvy Crafter’s Guide to Success, visit the MyCraftivity.com shop here.

Visual Chronicles by Linda Woods and Karen Dinino, is a no-fear guide that shows you how to express your inner self through art and words. This week’s free project shows you how to create a guest book for the important people in your life to sign, color and create how they see fit.

To purchase your copy of Visual Chronicles, visit the MyCraftivity.com shop here, or here for the UK store.

Links by Jean Yates encourages you to create jewelry inspired by your life and surroundings. Jean encourages you to tap your sense of smell and the memories it evokes to create this week’s free project, the Trinity Spiral necklace.

Read the prompt, then create your own piece of jewelry.

To purchase your copy of Links, visit the MyCraftivity.com shop here.