Step by step instructions guide you through a range of blending, mark-making, and mixed media techniques to improve your drawing skills, and introduce you to a range of new effects. Over 30,000 copies sold worldwide. Includes a comprehensive guide to color and composition, and all the tools, materials, and techniques you need to capture a range of subjects, from still-life studies to holiday sketching and portraiture.
This book also includes a gallery of inspirational works from other artists, and an image bank of copyright-free photography mean you can get started straight away. This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of this book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and provides useful tips for more advanced readers.
The Colored Pencil Artist's Drawing Bible describes techniques like hatching, blending, blending with solvents, impressing, sgraffito, burnishing, and more. Other chapters detail how to use complementary colors, and lightening and darkening colors. Directions on composing, and images in a gallery help artists improve their skill.
Author(s): Jane Strother
Edition: Spi
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Year: 2008
Introduction
Chapter 1: Tools and materials
Types of colored pencil
Paper types
Sketchbooks
Stretching paper
Essential tools
Chapter 2: Techniques
Handling pencils
Mark-making: Dry pencils
Hatching
Blending
Blending with solvents
Blending water-soluble pencils
Mark-making: Water-soluble pencils
Impressing
Sgraffito
Burnishing
Working on colored paper
Transferring a sketch
Masking
Erasing techniques
Rectifying mistakes
Underpainting
Mixed media
Chapter 3: Color
All about color
Prismatic colors
Warm and cool colors
Complementary colors
Color and mood
Lightening and darkening colors
Overlaying colors
Chapter 4: Planning and procedures
Choosing a viewpoint
Choosing a format
Composition
Sketching
Drawing styles: Loose
Drawing styles: Tight
Comparing methods: Loose
Comparing methods: Tight
Chapter 5: Themed palettes
Buildings
Landscapes
Portraits
Skies
Still life and flowers
Trees and foliage
Water
Chapter 6: Gallery
Chapter 7: Subjects
Index
Credits