How to Color Like an Artist: Instructions for Blending, Shading and Other Techniques - Softcover

Winters, Veronica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486813673 ISBN 13: 9780486813677

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2017

Synopsis

These simple, step-by-step instructions for techniques using colored pencils offer suggestions and exercises for adult colorists wishing to develop their coloring skills. Full-color photographs illustrate a wide variety of methods including creating texture, layering, and blending. The guide also features eight practice plates from Dover's bestselling Creative Haven® series.

About this title

About the Author

Russian-born Veronica Winters received her MFA in painting from Penn State University. Her award-winning work has appeared in art and colored pencil magazines, and she has published several books and fulfilled many commissions.

From the Back Cover

Improve your coloring skills with these simple, step-by-step instructions for techniques using colored pencils. Intended for beginning artists and coloring book enthusiasts, this guide is ideal for those without formal training but with some experience of coloring with pencils. A wealth of suggestions and exercises will show you how to take your skills to the next level.
Discover how to create volume with such shading techniques as crosshatching, long and short strokes, and color gradation. Learn how to form unique textures that add detail to images. Practice blending techniques and layering one color at a time to control values and colors effectively. Full-color photographs throughout the book illustrate each method as well as lessons in color theory. Eight practice pages from Dover's bestselling Creative Haven(R) series of coloring books provide the opportunity to test your new techniques.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486813673
• ISBN 13: 9780486813677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96