Cover subtitle: A complete step-by-step directory of key techniques, plus an inspirational gallery showing how artists use them. Includes index.
Contents:
Techniques -- Themes -- Landscape and Townscape -- Objects -- Nature -- People and Portraits.
Summary:
REFERENCE WORKS. This indispensable guide to coloured pencil techniques is filled with information for beginners as well as experienced pencil artists. There are explanations of the basic characteristics and colour ranges of the main kinds of coloured pencil, and step-by-step, visual demonstrations of key techniques from blending, blocking in and burning to sgraffito, stippling and impressing. Draw inspiration from the 150-plus full-colour illustrations, and discover how professional artists use imaginative and dynamic styles to interpret a wide range of subjects.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.