The Colored Pencil Manual by Veronica Winters

Experienced artists looking to master a new medium will relish this comprehensive guide to using colored pencils by Veronica Winters, author of How to Color Like an Artist. Step-by-step projects with photos and directions illustrate the many details that bring a simple composition to brilliant life, offering readers a comprehensive overview of colored pencil techniques.
A brief introduction covers necessary materials and explains the book’s overall approach, and subsequent chapters address specific techniques.

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Each lesson features color swatches that match the colors of different pencil brands, as well as the type of drawing paper and other supplies that will work best for the artwork. Winters expertly covers such techniques as shading and blending and discusses a wealth of other topics, including the importance of light, composition, drawing solid objects in 3-D, color theory, how to draw textures and fabric, how to create symmetrical shapes, and many other aspects of colored pencil drawing.

Title: The Colored Pencil Manual
Author: Veronica Winters
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 978-0486822969

For the past 3 years I’ve been really into adult coloring and paper crafts. With that said, I mostly use glitter gel ink pens and markers because I never knew how to properly use colored pencils. Well, until now and thanks to this wonderful instructional book by Veronica Winters.

The book includes step-by-step instructions on how to use colored pencils and the author lays it all out in an easy-to-understand format. The book goes over the materials that you need and then the instructions begin. You’ll learn the importance of light, all about the composition and the focal point, how to turn the form, how to create volume, how to blend colored pencils, how to draw fabric and so much more! It’s like a complete art course on colored pencils all in one handy book!

I just had my 2nd major knee surgery in the past 4 months and as soon as I can get down into my art & craft room again, I’ll definitely be sitting down with this book & my colored pencils to try out some of the techniques. This is the first time in YEARS that I’ve been excited to try out coloring and drawing with colored pencils.

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