Colored Pencils for All: A Comprehensive Guide to Drawing in Color

By Michael Warr

Book Overview

Color will bring life and vibrancy to your very first sketch. Here's the complete Introduction to the exciting range of colored media available today: from water-soluble, graphite, and wax oil pencils and crayons to oil pastels, and ordinary colored pencils. With the help of excellent visuals, best-selling artist and author Michael Warr introduces each, and thoroughly explains which application techniques will give you the most from these tools. Start with superb drawing instructions, demonstrating a variety of creative ideas and simple skills such as stenciling and frottage for any skill level to follow. Move on to landscapes, to still life, and even to figure drawing -- usually reserved for the more experienced. Throughout, a superb collection of drawings reveals the potential of each medium. Every one of your drawings will be a visual, colorful masterpiece.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715303503
• ISBN13: 9780715303504
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: David & Charles Uk
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.8" x 8.3"