Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer
by Arlene Steinberg
from North Light Books
Colored pencil artists are gaining respect in the art world. This book approaches colored pencil work in the same manner as oil/acrylic painters work; offering instruction on how to plan and work on the entire painting at once. The result is a more cohesive, finished painting.
Rich colors are a desirable result for most artists. The techniques of creating a tonal underpainting and layering colors have been used by master artists for centuries. This book, which uses complementary colors for the underpainting, allows the contemporary colored pencil artist to tap into that tradition used by the Masters.
There is no other book that approaches color in this manner for today's artist.
Opposite or complementary colors create contrast and vibrancy. Masterful Color is loaded with instruction on how to layer colored pencil effectively to create deep, vibrant colors that exude richness. Readers will learn how to layer these complements over one another, creating rich shadows and adding depth and dimension to their paintings. With extensive coverage of basic techniques, detailed information on composition, color theory, textures and more, colored pencil artists will learn everything they need to achieve rich, vibrant colors by layering complementary colors. 17 demonstrations show readers the various techniques needed to use this approach and an extended final demonstration leads them through the entire painting process, step by step.
Colored Pencil Solution Book
by Janie Gordon
from North Light Books
"*Provides more than 70 specialized answers for common colored pencil dilemmas *Step-by-step mini-demos illustrate techniques and help artists apply what they've learned
Few mediums can rival the range of effects achieved with colored pencils. This guide offers sound instruction from two highly respected artists. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience they provide answers to the most frequently asked questions. Chapters feature an easy-to-refence format covering crucial topics including setup, application, technique, color theory, texture and light."
Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil: Basic Techniques for Mastering Traditional and Watersoluble Colored Pencils
by Kristy Kutch
from Watson-Guptill
Colored Pencil Portraits
by Ann Kullberg
from North Light Books
Portraits not only capture a likeness, but offer for generations to come a glimpse into the subject's life. Sounds like quite a challenge. But with Ann Kullberg's help, it's not as difficult as one might think to create lifelike colored pencil portraits.
Using her own beautiful portraiture for instruction and inspiration, Kullberg walks artists through the process step by step--from basic information about materials and techniques to two demonstrations that show how complete portraits come together from beginning to end.
Readers will also find Kullberg's secrets for making their portrait come alive, along with 17 mini-demos that make it easy to paint realistic features, hair and clothing.
Basic Colored Pencil Techniques (Basic Techniques)
by Bet Borgeson
from North Light Books
Painting Light With Colored Pencil
by Cecile Baird
from North Light Books
Capturing the elusive qualities of light is one of the most sought-after goals of artists in every medium, and Painting Light with Colored Pencil helps readers achieve that goal with:
- An overview of the basics of any work of art, such as composition, gathering reference material, value and color
- Over 20 step-by-step lessons covering a variety of popular subjects, including fruit, flowers, textures and water
- Two extended demonstrations that show readers how to combine the individual lessons to create a refined, detailed painting
Through the techniques explained in this book, readers will learn how to unlock the potential of colored pencils to create realistic, light-filled paintings that glow.
Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Artist (Serious Beginner)
by Bet Borgeson
from Watson-Guptill
Color Drawing: Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers, 2nd Edition
by Michael E. Doyle
from John Wiley & Sons
Stunningly updated, totally redesigned, practical, and ready to use This new edition of Michael Doyle's classic Color Drawing is the ultimate up-to-date resource for professionals and students who need to develop and communicate design ideas with clear, attractive, impressive color drawings. In an easy to use, step-by-step approach, this comprehensive guide presents a total system of color design drawing that encompasses approaches to sketch communication as well as more finished presentation drawing. Totally redesigned to provide quick, easy access to key information, this Second Edition covers the basics of color phenomena, media, techniques, and approaches to illustrating materials necessary to communicate design ideas. With nearly 400 new color illustrations, it contains a new section on color and design principles for creating more sophisticated presentation drawings and offers innovative ideas for the reproduction and distribution of finished drawings. Color Drawing features:
* A complete body of illustrated instruction that demonstrates the development of design ideas from initial concept through presentation drawing
* Finely honed explanations of each technique and process
* Faster and easier ways to create design drawings
* Methods for combining hand-drawn and computer-generated drawing techniques
This remarkably versatile volume is both an illuminating textbook and a completely reliable self-teaching tool, as well as a handy quick reference. It is an excellent guide for students at any level and an unparalleled resource for design professionals.
Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil
by Anne Flood
from North Light Books
With this surprisingly simple step-by-step guide, anyone can create beautiful pet portraits. Anne deMille Flood walks readers through her easy techniques for rendering cats, dogs, birds, horses and other cuddly friends.
Beginning and intermediate artists will appreciate the close-up demos for getting the texture of fur and feathers just right. There's also clear instruction on working from reference photos, choosing focal points and getting started.
This is an essential reference for anyone who wants to create animal portraits in colored pencil. Artists will quickly find themselves drawing better than they ever thought possible!
No Experience Required - Colored & Watercolor Pencil (No Experience Required)
by Gary Greene
from North Light Books
Readers will see near-instant results from the only book available that combines instruction on colored pencil and watercolor pencil, two increasingly popular mediums. It's ideal for novices, who can look forward to:
-More than 25 step-by-step demonstrations illustrating simple techniques to create realistic paintings
-Guidance on combining the mediums for great, unique results
-A lighthearted, unintimidating approach to drawing and painting fruit, flowers, water and textures
-The Glossary and Words to Know and Quick Tips sidebars that get readers started immediately
Colored & Watercolor Pencil is a valuable addition to the fast-growing No Experience Required! series.
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