Colored Pencil Guide

by Mark Cooper

If you want to improve your colored pencil drawings, or have never tried to work with colored pencils before, but would like to, this is the book you've been waiting for. This book provides answers to all you ever wanted to know about colored pencils and how to use them to create super-realistic textures such as hair, human skin, lifelike textures and many more in simple, unique step-by-step demonstrations. The material is presented clearly with friendly instructions that everyone can follow. You will learn to draw from both reference photos and imagination so that you can learn to see things through the artist's eyes, enrich your creative mind and get inspiredThe first section, “The Basics,” provides a lot of information about colored pencils that are important to know before you get started using this tool. The author explains which colored pencils you should use and why, which paper and tools are recommended, how to mix the colors to get real, lifelike colors, how you can choose the right colors for your portraits, and many more. The second section, “Practice,” contains a lot of step-by-step drawing tutorials on how to apply colored pencils for professional results. You will learn unique shading techniques and blending methods so that you can be equipped with the necessary skills to enable you to create your future drawings. All aspects of working with colored pencils are covered, including layering, blending, burnishing, mixing and building up color, sketching, shading....

174 pages, Paperback

Published July 29, 2020