Get a feel for your art—literally! 101 Textures in Colored Pencil teaches you every technique you’ll need to give your colored-pencil drawings realistic, palpable texture.
*Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All Time by Book Authority*
There has never been a better opportunity to master textures. Knowing how to make your surfaces and textures look real is one of the
most challenging aspects of creating art in colored pencil, even for experienced artists.
101 Textures in Colored Pencil provides artists with
step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide variety of the most common textures and surfaces, including sand, water, metals, foliage, wood, fabrics, stone, grass, hair, and many more.
To get you started, this comprehensive guide opens with a review of
tools and materials as well as
basic skills , such as strokes, effects, and color mixing. Each page of instruction is a comprehensive resource on
how to create a specific texture , complete with two to three
easy-to-follow steps and a
final, detailed image of the finished artwork. Plus, the book is organized into sections based on subject matter, so you can easily find the specific texture you’re looking for. An
artist’s gallery in the back of the book provides examples of the textures in completed works of art.
Just a sample of the textures you will learn to render:
- People : smooth skin; aged skin; straight, curly, and wavy hair; lips
- Animals & Insects : smooth, curly, and course canine fur; elephant skin; feather; fish scales
- Fabrics & Textiles : burlap, tweed, silk, velvet, leather, lace, sequins
- Glass, Stone, Ceramics, Wood & Metal : porcelain, polished silver, hammered brass, peeling paint
- Food & Beverage : red wine, cut citrus fruit, coconut, peach, dark chocolate
- Nature : smooth and rough bark, moss, river pebbles, still and rippled lake, clouds
101 Textures in Colored Pencil includes all the textures you need to create realistic masterpieces in colored pencil.
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Denise Howard has earned regional, national, and international awards for her colored pencil drawings. She has been featured in Colored Pencil Magazine and Ann Kullberg’s COLOR Magazine, has work published in several books, and is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the UK Colored Pencil Society, and the Pencil Art Society.
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