Product Description

Designed for the serious beginner, this guide to the use of coloured pencils shows how to master the various techniques to good effect. Step-by-step guidance and practical advice on how to produce professional-looking work is given.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141021 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From the Publisher
GO FROM SERIOUS BEGINNER TO DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL
Colored pencil, because it incorporates aspects of both drawing and painting, gives the artist a unique opportunity for artistic expression. This book speaks to readers who have a strong desire to become accomplished in this medium. Even if you've never tried it before, if you're committed to learning, you will soon discover how to achieve the brilliant effects found in this beautiful book. Beginning with an overview of materials and the basics of drawing, composition, and color, Bet Borgeson shares with readers her expertise in the techniques of colored pencil. Practical instruction and illustrated step-by-step demonstrations are provided, covering the genres of still life and landscape. You will learn how to do the following:

*Mix color; create illustions of form, volume, and space; perfect composition; use edges.

*Use color lifting and impressed line techniques; apraise your work in progress.

*Select, set up, and light a still life; integrate subject and ba! ckground; perfect composition.

*Find your center of interest; use color to suggest space; appreciate understatenment.

*Blend art with livelihood; exhibit and sell your art; become a lifelong artist.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bet Borgeson is the author of the colored pencil medium's two leading books: THE COLORED PENCIL and BASIC COLORED PENCIL TECHNIQUES. Her pioneering contributions to the medium of colored pencil have been widely acknowledged, and her artwork has appeared in many art publications and anthologies in the United States and abroad.

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Customer Reviews

chapter on business worth whole book
Not only is the book crammed with great technical information, but the chapter on being a professional artist, prioritising time for art, etc. is terrific.