Drawing: Colored Pencil Basics
Learn to draw step by step
by Cynthia Knox
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Pub Date Mar 03 2020 | Archive Date Feb 05 2020
Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster | Walter Foster Publishing
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Description
*Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All Time by BookAuthority*
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 in this 10.25 × 13.75–inch book 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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781633228443 |
| PRICE | $10.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 40 |
Featured Reviews
denise w, Reviewer
Very good in-depth look at using colored pencils as your medium in recreating nature. Really good for intermediate level of expertise.
I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.
jc C, Educator
An excellent book that covers all aspects of drawing with coloured pencils. The projects are amazing, so real, and there is such a variety. The cupcake is an excellent one to have a go with. The illustrations are very inspiring and the author really breaks it down and makes is so accessible. Even a beginner could have a try. Despite it being a very short book it is worth investing in and is definitely one I want to keep on my art book shelf.
Richelle W, Reviewer
This book is absolutely fantastic. The tips and techniques are excellent and the steps are very well organized and detailed. It only has a few tutorials as the book is very short. But the skills covered are invaluable to those wishing to up their skill level in pencil drawings and I loved it. I definitely recommend it and plan to buy several copies. I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.
Reviewer 599455
I grateful to the author, the publishers and Netgalley for a free ARC copy of this ebook. I had a little trouble downloading this ebook initially but had I read the instructions properly in the first place, I would have known to download the Pocketbook or similar app first. Having done so it downloaded easily. I really like this book and found it well illustrated, the descriptions clear and easy to follow. I'm really impressed with it and will be lookong out for more books by this author and in this series.
Agnes P, Reviewer
A very basic but useful and enjoyable book, that in only 40 pages introduces to the essential kow-how of coloured pencil drawing. Simple, clean layout, beautiful artwork, very inviting to move the first steps into this technique.
Kathy F, Reviewer
Cynthia Knox knocks this one out of the park! Drawing: Colored Pencil Basics may be short, but it is packed full of information for anyone looking to begin drawing, or improve their techniques in drawing, with colored pencils.
I love Knox's clear and detailed, yet easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and watching the drawings come alive. The book itself is very visually appealing and covers virtually everything you need to know about using colored pencils.
A five-star review from me!!
My thanks to NetGalley and Walter Foster Publications for allowing me to read a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions are my own.
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