Color Pencil Wheel Book

by John Barber

Color pencils are an ideal medium for beginning artists, inexpensive, widely available, and forgiving. Learn all the techniques for creating works of art using color pencils with this interactive mixing guide. Turn the interactive color wheel on the front cover to see the exact shade that will result from mixing color pencils of different hues. Learn how to mix color pencils successfully to create satisfying drawings of your own using this versatile medium. Work through the eight projects, increasing your knowledge of the major techniques involved on working with color pencils. Study the gallery of works included inside and appreciate the variety of effects that can be achieved. Written by a practicing artist and illustrator with wide experience of working in color pencils, this book is the ideal introduction to working in this exciting medium.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book to learn how to use color pencils, and especially watercolor pencils. The book is filled with exercises demonstrating various techniques, and each successive exercise builds on the ones that came before.

The author gives you almost a step-by-step guide for each exercise, and that "almost" was maddening. I kept having to figure out the steps leading to where I was, and that's why I gave this only four stars. I could have done with one less exercise, if it meant so many steps wouldn't be left out.

I went through the entire book, and finished feeling I knew so much more about using my watercolor pencils than before starting, and that is why this book "almost" got five stars.