Encyclopedia of Coloured Pencil Techniques

Name: Encyclopedia of Coloured Pencil Techniques
Brand: Search Press
Price: 36.99 AUD
Availability: InStock

Search Press

$36.99

Publisher Search Press
Dimensions 222 x 222 mm
Page Extent 176
Pub Date November 2014

Description

A complete step-by-step guide to key colouring techniques using coloured pencils, with an inspirational gallery showing how artists use them.

An indispensable guide for anyone keen to learn coloured pencil techniques, or for the experienced artist who would like to build on their existing skills. Filled with information on the basic characteristics and colour ranges of the main kinds of coloured pencil, and step-by-step visual demonstrations of key techniques from blending, blocking in and burning to sgraffito, stippling and impressing. The reader will not only discover how professional artists use imaginative and dynamic styles to interpret a wide range of subjects, but they will also be inspired by the 150-plus full-colour illustrations to create brilliant artworks of their own.

About the Author

Judy Martin is a painter and teacher also known as the author of a number of practical art books. She lives and works in Brighton, on England’s south coast, and exhibits in her home studio every year for the Artist’s Open Houses during Brighton Festival. She studied painting and printmaking at Maidstone College of Art and went on to a two-year postgraduate degree at Reading University. She was a freelance writer and editor for a period of fifteen years, and has subsequently worked in adult education and at a mental health day centre, facilitating groups in art craft and ceramic work.

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