Cynthia Knox

The newest title in the Drawing Made Easy series pairs the lively, vibrant strokes of colored pencil with a stunning array of botanicals. From garden and tropical flower portraits to gorgeous floral still lifes, there is a project to suit every flower lover. Inside, accomplished artist Cynthia Knox teaches her method of developing a colored pencil through simple step-by-step demonstrations, with helpful tips and tricks sprinkled throughout. She also discusses basic flower shapes, anatomy, photographing references, and setting up dynamic still lifes.

Learn to Render a Variety of Floral Scenes in Vibrant Color

Flowers in Colored Pencil

Bring beauty and a thrilling sense of accomplishment into your life with Cynthia Knox's clear step by step colored pencil instruction. A master artist and instructor, Cynthia generously shares with you every nuance of her methods and techniques in simple language and easy-to-follow steps.You'll explore both shiny and matte textures, brightly lit and deeply shadowed subjects, and detailed and blurred backgrounds. What's Inside: Crystal clear guided instruction. Large, easy to follow step-by-step images. Detailed section on materials and techniques from paper to pencil strokes.Author of numerous books on colored pencil art, Cynthia continues to delight, inspire and empower artists with the beauty of her artwork and the thoroughness of her instruction.

Classic Still Life in Colored Pencil

Ann Kullberg

Capturing the majesty of a stallion, or the innocence of a foal in colored pencil is a skill you can absolutely learn! If anyone can teach you how, it's Cynthia Knox. Author of numerous colored pencil instruction books, Knox guides you every step of the way with clear instruction and beautiful step-by-step images. This stunning volume will soon become dog-eared in your studio as you refer to it again and again. Knox expertly covers supplies, photography, capturing light, pencil techniques and modeling. With 9 mini-demos and four full-image step-by-step horse portraits, you'll soon be on your way to mastering equine portraits in colored pencil.

A Complete Guide to Drawing Horses in Colored Pencil

Cp Horses

Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil provides beginning-to-intermediate artists with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, and engaging guide to creating lifelike still lifes in colored pencil, utilizing a wide range of techniques.

Learn to draw beautiful still life in colored pencil

Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil

Rendering artwork that leaves your viewers contemplating whether a piece might actually be a photograph is no easy task! Perfect for both aspiring and established artists, Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil is an easy-to-understand guidebook that shows you the secrets to drawing lifelike still life artwork in the dynamic medium of colored pencil. If you want to learn how to render realistic still lifes using a wide range of techniques, this approachable, engaging guide is just the resource. After an introduction to the basic tools and materials, you will discover a variety of basic colored-pencil techniques, such as: Hatching Crosshatching Shading Blending Layering Burnishing And much more! In addition, you will find more complex techniques for creating realistic still lifes, including how to render various textures, like glass, wood, porcelain, flower petals, and others. Throughout the book, the expert artist, art instructor, and author offers artist tips and techniques for checking proportions, using layers to build color and depth, and looking for “hidden” colors to achieve realistic effects. Also included is valuable information for connecting all of the elements for polished and professional results. Packed with easy-to- follow instructions, plenty of helpful tips, and beautiful artwork and photographs to inspire, Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil is the perfect resource for taking your colored-pencil art to the next level.

Learn to draw lifelike still life art in vibrant colored pencil

Bob Berry

Meredith Dillman

Michael Dobrzycki

Kythera of Anevern

Featuring drawing lessons, step-by-step projects, and open practice pages, The Little Book of Drawing Dragons & Fantasy Characters teaches beginning artists how to draw dragons, fairies, mythological beasts, and more. Step-by-step projects, creative exercises, interactive prompts, and helpful tips and techniques bring this popular drawing subject to life and invite creativity and personalization. Drawing techniques, such as value, shading, and creating texture and perspective, are included to help artists of all skill levels learn to draw accurately. Learn to draw fur, scales, wings, tails, and how to put them all together to create your own unique fantasy characters and artwork. More than 15 step-by-step projects include: Western Dragon Eastern Dragon Water Dragon Hydra Centaur Fairy Minotaur Griffin Unicorn And more! In the popular, established The Little Book of... series from Walter Foster Publishing, artists and art hobbyists alike delight in learning a variety of fun, approachable, relevant, and interesting art topics in a portable format boasting a fresh, contemporary, and interactive design. Open practice pages, creative exercises, and art prompts encourage interactivity for immediate results while teaching beginners the fundamentals of the featured medium in a fun, engaging way.

More than 50 tips and techniques for drawing fantastical fairies, dragons, mythological beasts, and more

The Little Book of Drawing Dragons & Fantasy Characters

Pat Averill

Eileen Sorg

Debra Kaufman Yaun

Offers step-by-step instructions for completing twenty-seven colored pencil drawing projects, offering advice on appropriate supplies, color theory, and basic techniques in the medium.

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