Using Colored Pencils

I have a bunch of crayons, but I want to use them in the right direction. Help? : D

I learned to use crayons from the book "The texturing in Colored Pencil" by Gary Greene. This is an excellent book. If you want something right away, here's a tutorial for developing fur and feathers: http://www.printfection.com/animalart/Co ...
And another for a dog http://fauna-art.net/Gallery/process.htm (Sorry, I do animals.)