Colour-Pencil Drawing: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner (Art Techniques) - Softcover

K. Ferreira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784945307 ISBN 13: 9781784945305

Verlag: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, 2019

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Learn how to draw with coloured pencils by following this easy and accessible guide, in which award-winning artist Kendra Ferreira demonstrates the creative potential of an exciting and highly versatile artistic medium.

Learn techniques, including:

• Materials and equipment
• Colour theory and tonal value
• Sketching and composition
• Perspective

Projects include:

• Still life
• Dramatic skies
• Landscapes
• Flowers and plants
• Portraits
• Figures
• And much more.

Coloured pencils combine the expressiveness of painting with the control of drawing. They allow for vibrant and luminous colour, with finished drawings so detailed and pigmented that they resemble paintings. With 10 step-by-step tutorials, Kendra helps beginners learn the fundamentals of drawing and coloured pencil techniques. She covers a range of subject matter, including still life, portraits, clouds and landscapes. In addition to the tutorials, Kendra provides advice on tools, materials and techniques, gives plenty of tips throughout and presents ideas on how to take each tutorial a step further.

There are also special features for drawing skies, adding figures to a scene and how to create colourful greys and shadows. Skills developed include: making marks, sketching and composition, creating tone, light and shade, mixing colours, layering, optical mixing, burnishing, underpainting, creating texture and using solvents for painterly effects.

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Kendra Ferreira is a pencil and mixed media artist specializing in pet portraits, still lifes and coastal scenes. She has a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and lives and works in Rhode Island. Kendra is a founding partner of Beach Studios, Rhode Island, and teaches classes in colored-pencil drawing. Kendra has won many awards for her colored-pencil work, and is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1784945307
• ISBN 13: 9781784945305
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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