Jumpstart Cheery Cherries & Zebra Tutorial: Easy Colored Pencil Lessons for Beginners

by Cynthia Knox, Amy Lindenberger, Ann Kullberg (Editor)

Prefer Instant Download? Download now at www.annkullberg.com New to colored pencil? We can help! With just 15 colored pencils you can learn how to draw cherries that glow like an oil painting. The queen of drama in colored pencil - Cecile Baird brings you the perfect beginner lesson to master subjects in dramatic lighting. You will learn how to create a shimmering dark background and use burnishing and highlights to turn two simple cherries into a dynamic piece of art.
What's Inside? PLUS BONUS Zebra You can take trial and error straight out of your vocabulary with Jumpstart's clear, easy lessons. This Level 2 Zebra is simple enough for beginners, but adds a new challenge - drawing on black paper. Learning how to really use the black of the paper to save you time is what this lesson is all about!

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ABOUT JUMPSTART Created by master colored pencil artists, each Jumpstart tutorial features 8-10 steps and focuses on teaching you why and not just how the artist applies their technique. Our Jumpstart tutorials for beginners and beyond truly show you exactly how the artist works, making it easy to learn new colored pencil techniques to apply to your own projects. Easy, fun and a great way to learn! About the Ann Kullberg has been a leading colored pencil artist and instructor for over 30 years. Her first book, Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step revolutionized portrait drawing with colored pencil. She is the founder of COLOR magazine, a monthly magazine devoted to colored pencil artists, begun in 1999. Known for her thorough and approachable teaching style, Ann gets what artists need to know to succeed.

24 pages, Paperback

Published March 3, 2020

About the author

Cynthia Knox, CPSA is an award-winning artist who has authored 14 art instructional books with a new one to be released in 2020 by Walter Foster Publishing (Quarto Publishing). She teaches online classes for Bluprint.com (formerly Craftsy.com) with over 13,000 students enrolled across 3 classes. Cynthia's passion is teaching students how to draw with colored pencils and graphite, and she conducts workshops throughout the United States, internationally and on cruises. Cynthia is a Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, a Juried Member of the International Guild of Realism and a commissioned portrait artist. Her artwork is in shows, private collections and on her website. Cynthia credits her passion and inspiration for art to a deep love for God and her family. She lives in upstate New York with her husband Jeff and has two adult daughters, Katharine and Abby, and sons-in-law, Zachary and Garrett. Her artwork, resume, teaching schedule, upcoming publications and testimonials can be viewed on her website at www.cynthaknox.com, and she is on Facebook and Instagram. Cynthia is represented by LaBelle Enterprises for her workshops with Bob LaBelle as primary contact at www.boblabelleenterprises.com.