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Experienced artists looking to master a new medium will relish this comprehensive guide to using colored pencils by the author of How to Color Like an Artist. Step-by-step demonstrations with photos and directions explain shading, blending, color theory, more.
Learn how to draw with colored pencils by following this easy and accessible guide, in which award-winning artist Kendra Ferreira demonstrates the creative potential of an exciting and highly versatile artistic medium. Colored pencils combine the expressiveness of painting with the control of drawing. They allow for really rich and luminous color, with finished drawings being so detailed and pigmented that they resemble paintings. With 10 step-by-step tutorials, Kendra helps beginners learn: the fundamentals of drawing and colored-pencil techniques. tutorials covering a range of subject matter, including still lifes, portraits, clouds and landscapes. advice on tools, materials and techniques, plenty of tips throughout and ideas on how to take each tutorial a step further. special features on drawing skies, adding figures to a scene and how to create colorful greys and shadows. Skills developed include: making marks, sketching and composition, creating tone, light and shade, mixing colors, layering, optical mixing, burnishing, underpainting, creating texture and using solvents for painterly effects.
With this easy-to-use handbook, best-selling author Gary Greene provides you with instant access to his best tips, tricks and techniques for creating exceptionally realistic colored pencil artwork. Whether you're new to colored pencils or perfecting advanced techniques, you'll find the answers you need here in dozens of complete step-by-step demonstrations, including: • Simple techniques for achieving amazingly realistic compositions, including layering, burnishing and underpainting • Proven methods for working successfully with water-soluble colored pencils • A full range of inspiring subject matter, from flowers and animals to landscapes and still-life compositions • Tips for solving common problems, fixing mistakes and taking sharp, clear reference photos • Expert guidance in choosing the right materials and colors, including complete color charts from all the major manufacturers It's all here in the The Ultimate Guide to Colored Pencil—the solutions and secrets you need for your own colored pencil success!
Getting Your FREE Bonus Download this book, read it to the end and see "BONUS: Your FREE Gift" chapter after the conclusion. Pencil Drawing: 20 Colored Pencil Ideas and Techniques In this book Pencil Drawing Techniques you will learn 20 colored pencil ideas for drawing your first masterpiece. Here different color pencil techniques, tricks and tips are mentioned that will help you to get an adorable drawing without making much efforts. The 20 colored pencil ideas mentioned in this book are easy to learn and they are less costly as well. This book is highly effective for the beginners who want to make remarkable masterpiece when they start. The beginners often feel huge difficulty when they start working with colored pencils as they don't have idea how to use them properly. Besides they are also unaware of the colored pencil ideas that they can start. But this guide will help you about colored pencil techniques, shading, texture and patterns. Moreover the 20 colored pencil ideas will help you to choose the right drawing that you will love to try. The main topics covered in Pencil Drawing Techniques are: Colored pencil ideas Colored pencil techniques Colored pencil tips and tricks Step by step guide for drawing with colored pencils And much more. Download your E book "Pencil Drawing: 20 Colored Pencil Ideas and Techniques" by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now with 1-Click" button!
Easy-to-follow demonstrations show you how to use colored pencils to paint trees, flowers, animals, people and other popular subjects. The colored pencil is an easy-to-use, inexpensive and incredibly expressive medium. And nobody is more skilled with the pencil than Bet Borgeson. Using many visual examples to illustrate her points, Bet will teach you how to use layering, burnishing, lifting color and other basic colored pencil techniques to create an exciting range of effects—from highly detailed realism to loose, luscious color. She also offers advice on choosing the right materials, conveying textures, layering in backgrounds, and combining colored pencil with other mediums.
The Complete Colored Pencil Book is a comprehensive technique guide that offers a full spectrum of colored pencil instruction. Readers of all skill levels will enjoy helpful tips on improving their drawing skills and creating dozens of lifelike textures. It features more than ten demonstrations that focus on the results that specific tools can bring to your work.
An artist can create an astonishing range of hues, tints, and textures using colored pencils. This volume of Running Press's Encyclopedia of Art Technique Series demonstrates how to fully explore the potential of this remarkable medium. Covers the characteristics of various kinds of pencils and assorted techniques. Over 200 full-color photos.
