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PENCIL DRAWING xx DRAWING & PAINTING xx PENCIL Experiments in colored pencil. Includes portraiture, a botanical using underdrawing, and color-layering with color sticks. The pros and cons of using colored pencils are noted. Pencil illustrations. A description of how George Stavrinos creates his drawings and tips on avoiding unwanted smudging. A painterly approach to creating rich textures and tones with liquid and solid graphite. Watercolor in a stick. How to get quick and easy watercolor effects with colored pencils. Techniques for painting with watercolor pencils. Includes tip on making a field palette by scrubbing pencils on a piece of paper. These colors can be dampened and used just as though they were wells of pan pigments. Making the most of colored pencils. Recommendations on pencil options, drawing surfaces, sharpening, erasing and preventing smudges. Includes examples of techniques, emphasizing three primary methods (transparent layering, burnishing and watercolor painting techniques). An A to Z guide to pencil drawing. Covers composition, shading, texture, a technique for rendering symmetrical objects accurately and a list of basic supplies. How to use graphite or colored pencils to add texture to airbrush art. Developing a unique drawing style. Five basic types of lines and the effects they create. Making the perfect hatch. How to capture volume and subtlety in a drawing with hatching. Become a quick-draw artist. Tips on improving drawing skills by learning to capture on-the-spot impressions. Capture the motion. Learn to translate energy into the freewheeling lines of gesture drawing. Three keys to dimension. How to get a sense of volume in drawings. Sketching at 100 miles an hour. How to capture what's outside a train (or car) window with a few, selective strokes. New depths in colored pencil. Give drawings a solid start and lustrous finish with black and gray layer and burnishing. Advice on using a fixitive or burnishing to give colored pencil art a gloss. Pencil-perfect renderings. How to get smudgeless darks and incredible detail using black colored pencils. How to create softness in pencil drawings by rubbing with steel wool. Seven steps to successful sketching. How to breathe life, realism and energy into pencil drawings. Includes a guide to sketching equipment. Discovering colored pencils. A look at the artistic possibilities of colored pencils. Compares the characteristics of various types and describes drawing techniques, drawing surfaces, fixitives and sharpeners. "Painting" with colored pencil by building layers of burnished color. The basics of using colored pencils to glaze and layer colors. Tip for creating black-and-white drawings with a unique texture that will copy or reproduce without requiring a halftone. Sketches illustrate the range of effects that can be achieved with graphite pencils. An explanation of circulism, a colored pencil technique that forms images by drawing thousands of overlapping, intertwined circles of varying colors and sizes. Creating a complement wheel with colored pencils to show how a given color looks when mixed in varying degrees with its opposite on the wheel. Step-by-step photos show how to apply color opposites to "underpaint" a pencil drawing. Five tips for making quick sketches. Learn to draw in two hours. A simple, step-by-step approach to drawing. A new look at grisaille, a technique that uses graphite and colored pencils and dates to the Renaissance. Trying out colored pencils. Tips on using them to create a variety of effects. Building to a finish. How to turn rough sketches into finished drawings. Improve your drawing. The basics of good drawing summarized. Includes a review of drawing tools and surfaces. Making your point with colored pencil paintings. Advice on choosing pencil type and other tools, planning, and techniques for layering, burnishing, underpainting, creating texture and blending. Creating realism with contrast. How to combine graphite and charcoal to create subtle trompe l'oeil works. Defining form with shadow. How to use shadows to create the illusion of three dimensions. Redefining the limits of the colored pencil. Five artists describe their favorite techniques. Virtual reality. How to achieve super realism in graphite drawings. Erasing more than mistakes. How to use an eraser as a tool for brightening a drawing. | |||||||||
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