Colored Pencil Step by Step: Explore a range of styles and techniques for creating your own works of art in colored pencils (Artist's Library)

This book is excellent. I have been giving them as gifts to others.

This is a good book for teaching drawing techniques.

I’m recently retired, and I want to try all kinds of art...art...art! This is my introduction to colored pencil drawing, and it is a real eye-opener! I had no idea that you couldn’t just push harder to get darker and to shade...or just add yellow to blue to get the green you want. This is a little book, and it doesn’t have hundreds of lessons; but, for me, it was a nice introduction. It suited my goal.

Begin with a simple handful of pencils, then find a hobby or arts store, and on to your ability. In the art store when you bought the book, ask the staff... They like to talk, and to show you books that you'd like.

This book isn't quite what I'd thought - or hoped - it would be. It is more detailed and specific, while I was looking for more general information for a beginner. It's a nice book, with a lot of information, but I won't ever really go through all of it and make the best use...

bought for a gift

I am somewhat new to colored pencil art and the beautiful, creative artwork that I've seen using this medium. I had no idea that is the medium of choice for so many talented artist. I want to learn how to be creative in the art of using colored pencils. This book gives simple explanations of the several terms and definitive techniques central to the beginner. It gives great points on materials the newcomer will need. These items are quite inexpensive as compared to materials needed for painting, photography, etc. I'm just playing around with the things shown in the book and having a good time from the start!

I am new to colored pencil and bought this book for the techniques and portrait chapter. I like the book overall but was disappointed in portrait and parrot drawing. They were done step by step in grisaille technique: first 3 steps were done in monochrome and then color was added. This is the first time I saw it done this way and did not like the result. The girl has greyish tint, especially evident on the skin, which does not look realistic. The same was done with parrot, the picture looks dusty, like a mix between graphite drawing and colored pencil. I prefer more vivid and vibrant colors. The rest of the book I enjoyed. Update: On page 39 in the box about sgraffito technique the last sentence is not finished. It ends with "but remember that". What do I need to remember?

Great book

The instructions are clear but some of the photos are a bit small so lack clarity.

A good instruction book for anyone starting out with coloured pencils. The featured artists are all knowledgeable and very good with this popular medium. The book has good information, and a lot of it in such a small book. I do recommend it.

The instructions are clear and detailed. However, one should have pen pastels to get the most of it. I suspect that pen pastel has financed the author so that all readers would be obliged to buy them (which are very expensive, by the way)

petit livre à couverture souple, 64 pages, écrit en anglais étape par étape les auteurs nous livrent leurs conseils pour réaliser des dessins : paysages, chaton, petite fille, fleurs etc. aux crayons de couleur. Le travail des ombres, par exemple sur des fruits m'a intéressée. je regrette que cela soit plus un livret qu'un vrai livre