Author: Frances Judy Martin Publisher: ISBN: 9780731810031 Category : Colored pencil drawing Languages : en Pages : 191
Book Description
"Explains the basic characteristics and colour ranges of all the main types of coloured pencil, from hard-and soft-leaded pencils to pastel varieties. Step-by step visual demonstrations of all the key techniques - from blending, blocking in and burnishing to sgraffito, strippling and impressing - plus illustrations of the effects they produce."--BOOK COVER.
Author: Alyona Nickelsen Publisher: Watson-Guptill ISBN: 0823085570 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
Learn to paint with groundbreaking new techniques for a favorite medium! • Dazzling colors, incredible realism—with simple step-by-step demonstrations • Easy-to-follow instructions from a top colored-pencil artist • Master the wide range of colored pencil effects possible, including blending, layering, translucent effects, and more Radiant color…painterly finishes…astonishing realism…with colored pencils! Achieve rich, luminous color and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects. Artists of every level will be inspired by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen, presented in Colored Pencil Painting Bible for the very first time. Nickelsen’s innovations will delight readers and detailed you-can-do-it processes bring her striking results within reach for every artist. Take colored pencils beyond the ordinary with Colored Pencil Painting Bible!
Author: Yoshiko Watanabe Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462923623 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Learn to create vividly realistic colored pencil drawings in just a few lessons! A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing provides instructions for creating brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows, bright highlights, smooth gradients, and glowing colors. Learn at your own pace over the course of 14 easy-to-follow lessons! This complete all-in-one guide starts with the basics—drawing lines, adding colors, drawing shapes and creating gradations. Then, it provides a series of detailed lessons teaching you how to draw colorful, everyday objects, such as: Food items like burgers, breakfasts, cookies, pickles, tarts, melons, apples, asparagus and cocktails Flowers & plants such as hydrangeas, succulents, roses and carnations Household items like silverware, bottles, toys, handkerchiefs, gemstones and dolls A variety of animals including parakeets, kittens and dogs Each lesson includes blank sketch of the subject so you can focus on coloring techniques, and Faber-Castell color codes are provided so you can faithfully reproduce the example illustrations. Each lesson also includes a tear-out practice sheet with the full sketch so you can dive right in and try your hand at rendering these objects yourself! The practice template sheets are also available online to download and print at home. This book has everything you need to master a dynamic art that is affordable and satisfying. Take the 14 lessons in 14 days, like a crash course in colored pencil mastery—or take your time. Colored pencils are a favorite medium of hobbyists and increasingly embraced by fine artists as well!
Author: Cynthia Knox Publisher: Walter Foster ISBN: 1600582737 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 34
Book Description
Introduces basic techniques for using colored pencils to create drawings from photographs, offering instruction on working with colors and achieving correct proportions.
Author: Cynthia Knox Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing ISBN: 1633228444 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 45
Book Description
Discover the secrets to creating beautiful, realistic colored pencil drawings with Drawing: Colored Pencil Basics. Whether you’re a novice or an accomplished artist just getting started with colored pencil, Drawing: Colored Pencil Basics provides you with the instruction and inspiration you need to master this versatile medium. By starting with the necessary supplies and basic techniques, this colorful, comprehensive guidebook gives you a solid foundation so you can work through each stunning project with ease and joy. Award-winning artist Cynthia Knox first teaches the fundamentals: tools and materials, colored pencil techniques, color basics, the basic shapes drawing method, the grid method, using photo references, and more. She explores blending, burnishing, and layering colors, plus a range of styles and techniques for creating your own works of art in colored pencil. After learning the basics of drawing in colored pencil, move on to the step-by-step lessons, which demonstrate how to draw strikingly realistic still life and animals. Each drawing project focuses on a specific technique. Included drawing projects are a fall leaf, a colorful cupcake, a butterfly on a flower, a pony, a bowl of cherries, and a puppy—all in gorgeous, realistic detail. A reference photograph is used for each project, so you can learn how to transform your everyday photographs into beautiful pieces of art with only paper and colored pencil. Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: Colored Pencil Basics allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and coloring techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for realistic colored pencil drawings.
Author: Eileen Sorg Publisher: Walter Foster ISBN: 160058151X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
Anyone who has always wanted to draw in colored pencil but finds all those colors intimidating can breathe a sigh of relief after opening this book. Drawing Made Easy: Colored Pencil shows readers how to draw almost anything in colored pencil with ease! After introducing readers to the tools and materials needed to get started, award-winning artist Eileen Sorg demonstrates how to draw flowers, still lifes, animals, and a variety of other objects by building up color and form in simple layers. By the last page, readers will be able to draw a horse, a bowl of fruit, a tree frog, a puppy, and even a garden gnome with beautiful, vibrant color. The book also includes in-depth information on tracing and transferring images, so aspiring artists don’t even need to know how to draw to master the art of colored pencil!
Author: Cocomaru, Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462924344 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 133
Book Description
Learn how to create photorealistic colored pencil drawings that are convincing enough to fool the eye! This book shows you how to make incredibly realistic colored pencil drawings in 10 easy step-by-step lessons. Follow along as author Cocomaru explains how to depict highlights, shadows and refractions, how to render photorealistic textures, and how to create a sense of depth in your drawings that makes them appear truly real! Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques provides all the information needed to get you started—which materials to get, how to set up your workspace, how to prepare the underdrawings, and all of Cocomaru's trademark techniques on how to achieve maximum realism! Learn to draw objects with sparkling realism, for example: A sliced orange with juicy, mouthwatering sections A glossy blue marble with a beautiful light refraction A kinetically sloshing glass of red wine An adorably fluffy cat and a sweet-looking corgi And much more! You'll begin with simple drawings and progress to more advanced ones as you learn all the amazing techniques for creating photorealistic colored pencil drawings!
Author: Sue Vize Publisher: The Crowood Press ISBN: 1785001604 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 497
Book Description
Drawing with graphite and coloured pencils enables the artist to capture every detail of a plant, and to enjoy, study and celebrate their wonderful forms. Whether the illustration is a striking monotone or vibrant with colour, pencils give you absolute precision. This book, written and illustrated by an award-winning botanical artist, introduces and explains the drawing skills behind the art. Each chapter concentrates on a different aspect of the plant, working upwards from the root system to include the stem, leaves, flowers and fruit. Fungi have also been included due to their close association with plants. With tips and advice throughout, the techniques are supported by step-by-step projects, clear exercises and over 300 colour illustrations. The author explores the techniques of using graphite and coloured pencils, with practical help on lighting, posture and keeping plants fresh. There is instruction on composition, colour charts and mixing, and advice on portraying texture and hairs, and achieving bloom on fruit, with simple explanations of botany to aid the artist's understanding. Lavishly illustrated with 307 colour images.
Author: Bet Borgeson Publisher: ISBN: 9780823007493 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
No one who works in colored pencil—or wants to—can afford to be without this book, which is the most complete resource on the medium. The revised edition provides the latest information on colored pencils while retaining the best feature of the original: Bogeson's beautiful artwork; authoritative information about materials; clearcut lessons on color mixing and specific techniques; and demonstrations of various methods for creating works in colored pencils. Two new chapters introduce revolutionary techniques: applying frisket film to lift colored pencil pigment from paper, and using ordinary masking tape to remove even densely applied color. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Veronica Winters Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 0486822966 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 179
Book Description
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.
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