Colored Pencil Portraits

by Ann Kullberg

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 you might think to create lifelike colored pencil portraits. Using her own beautiful portraiture for instruction and inspiration, Kullberg walks you 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. You'll learn how You'll also find Kullberg's secrets for making your portrait come alive, along with 17 mini-demos that make it easy to paint realistic features, hair and clothing. Inside is everything you need to get started, as well as advice and important information on painting portraits professionally!

Genres: Art, Drawing, Ebooks, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 1999

Reviews

[Donna Mallery · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a little outdated now, but it is a detailed description on rendering portraits in colored pencil. There is still a lot to learn from this book, and many include it as a must on their bookshelf. I like the way it shows you how to blend core pencil colors to reach various skin tones. It is definitely worthy of reading!

[Ireland Durante · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has some good color combinations for skin and hair but it requires many many layers so it will be ideal for a big project not coloring in books. I particularly liked the section on how to color fabric I found it to be very useful and it’s hard to find instruction how to color fabric and clothes. It is excellent if you are serious about doing portraits. This book uses prismacolor colored pencils.

[Katherine Coble · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I guess the library wanted its book back. I may yet buy a copy for myself but I don't really have much interest in portraiture per se. I did like her overall technique lessons; those alone make the book worthy of interest for anyone working in this medium.

[Anna Klein · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful educational tool for the experienced artist!