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Title: Colored Pencil Solution Book by Janie Gildow, Barbara Benedetti Newton ISBN: 1-58180-026-6 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Colored Pencil Solution Book
Comment: What a great book! I'm a watercolorist but picked up this book because it looked interesting. Well, after reading it, I was so inspired that I've ordered a set of pencils and can't wait to get started using this - at least for me - new medium. I can't say that I'd give up watercolor but I think I've dicovered a new love! There is so much useful information in this book about color, color values, composition, set-up and so much more that I would certainly recommend it for any artist's library regardless of their medium of choice. The artwork alone is worth buying this book! I would have rated it higher than five stars if I could have!
Rating: 5
Summary: Would Give it a 6 if I Could
Comment: Get this book. Really. Even if you work in colored pencil only occasionally it is worth it. This book is as close to being a reference guide on anything to do with realistic colored pencil work I've ever seen. The only things missing are styles that are more experimental in approach and no focus on water-soluable colored pencils.
Some of the things I particularly liked:
1. Focus on specific name-brands of colored pencils, their binders, the effects this has on different types of paper, etc.
2. Techniques - such as:
a. mixing colors, how to apply colors evenly on varying degrees of rough to smooth paper, tonal gradations.
b. linear, stroke overlap, circular/oval strokes, burnishing.
c. liquifying dry colored pencil layers with solvents.
3. Underpainting in grey tones to get values correct and more vibrant color applied on top.
4. The actual patterns of each of the demonstrations shown step-by-step in the book. So you can actually practice each technique used in each of the demonstrations. Each demo gives a recipe of the "ingredients" used.
5. A section on common mishaps or mistakes along with tricks to fix them.
And this is only a portion of the things you can learn. I would like to mention one other thing. Most of the subjects chosen for the book all lean to the still-life or floral arrangement category. So you won't find in-depth discussions of skin tones for portraiture or fur for wildlife paintings. Even so, I believe the consistent high quality of the artwork displayed and wealth of techniques make it a worthwile addition to any colored pencil artists library.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book on Colored Pencils
Comment: I am new to colored pencils and I found this book to be refreshing and detailed and actually had step by step how to's for newbies as well as those experienced in colored pencil. the artwork demonstrated was awesome and this is a main source of learning for me. It not only told you how to, but with what colors of pencil as well as strokes to use. Great book, so glad I bought it.
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Title: Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil by Ann Kullberg ISBN: 1581801696 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner by Bet Borgeson ISBN: 0823007618 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step by Ann Kullberg, Ann Kullberg ISBN: 0891348441 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques by Judy Martin ISBN: 0762401176 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Colored Pencil Explorations by Janie Gildow ISBN: 1581801866 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.99 |
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