Creating Textures in Colored Pencil

By Gary Greene

Book Overview

Why limit yourself to colored pencil drawings? With the simple techniques illustrated inside, you can create colored pencil paintings rich with lifelike textures. It's easy Just follow these... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891346538
• ISBN13: 9780891346531
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

SEE: Gives Good Basic Techniques For Drawing In Coloured Pencil, review dated June 5, 2006.

I received the book and just love it. All new things in there for me to discover. I, too, put colored pencils down for their lack of vibrant, saturated color. This book gives me and this medium a whole new chance. 😊 I read through the various reviews and realized that the one I have referenced above says it all, and says it best. Please read through that one, dated June 5, 2006, for a better understanding of what this book is all about. Happy 📚 reading.

Great Transaction

There is alot of good colored pencil instruction and examples in this book. It is worth a try.

The Purpose Of This Book

"THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK is to get your 'creative juices' flowing by painting interesting, realistic textures with colored pencil, then applying what you glean to develop exciting and unique colored pencil paintings." - Gary Greene [from the front flap]

beautiful drawings

The real merit of this book is the absolutely gorgeous drawings which, if not for the title, I wouldn't have beleived were colored pencil. It is wonderful to see colored pencil treated with the same legitamacy as acrylic or oils, and I now look forward to "painting" with my pencils.The most useful aspect of the book is the rev iew of materials, where the author breaks down how to use rubber cement thinner, odorless turpentine, and colored markers to enhance your colored pencils, as well as various artistic tools.Before I used this book, my colored pencils always were grainy, and I didn't even really realize it. There were too many "flecks", too much white showing through the paper. This book taught me a technique called burnishing, which has dramatically and instantly improved my drawings, I'm sure it can do the same for you. I also am experimenting more with layers, after looking at the phenominal results that can be achieved.My only complaint is the lack of detailed how-to's. The individual colors used are explained, and there is some break down of the process, but not enough to produce satisfactory results. However, I think it is definatley worth the modest price, and would recommend it to anyone interested in this medium.

This is why Gary Greene's the master

"Creating Textures in Colored Pencil" is a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to know how to create rough brickwork, soft, shiny ribbon, or any texture in between. Gary also gives the color pallets for each demonstration (including skin tones) and explains the different types of supplies. I've had this book for 5 years and still find myself referring back to it.