101 Textures In Colored Pencil: Practical Step-By-Step Drawing Techniques For Rendering A Variety Of Surfaces & Textures

101 Textures In Colored Pencil: Practical Step-By-Step Drawing Techniques For Rendering A Variety Of Surfaces & Textures

Get a feel for your art-literally! 101 Textures in Colored Pencil?eaches you every technique you?ll need to give your colored-pencil drawings realistic, palpable texture. There has never been a better opportunity to master textures. Knowing how to make your surfaces and textures look real is one of themost challenging aspects of creating art in colored pencil, even for experienced artists.?01 Textures in Colored Pencil provides artists with step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide variety of the most common textures and surfaces, including sand, water, metals, foliage, wood, fabrics, stone, grass, hair, and many more. To get you started, this comprehensive guide opens with a review of?ools and materials as well asbasic skills, such as strokes, effects, and color mixing. Each page of instruction is a comprehensive resource onhow to create a specific texture, complete with two to threeeasy-to-follow steps and afinal, detailed image of the finished artwork. Plus, the book is organized into sections based on subject matter, so you can easily find the specific texture you're looking for. Anartist's gallery in the back of the book provides examples of the textures in completed works of art. Just a sample of the textures you will learn to render:People: smooth skin;?ged skin; straight, curly, and wavy hair; lipsAnimals & Insects: smooth, curly, and course canine fur; elephant skin; feather; fish scalesFabrics & Textiles: burlap, tweed, silk, velvet, leather, lace, sequinsGlass, Stone, Ceramics, Wood & Metal: porcelain, polished silver, hammered brass, peeling paintFood & Beverage: red wine, cut citrus fruit, coconut, peach, dark chocolateNature: smooth and rough bark, moss, river pebbles, still and rippled lake, clouds101 Textures in Colored Pencil?ncludes all the textures you need to create realistic masterpieces in colored pencil.About the AuthorDenise Howard has earned regional, national, and international awards for her colored pencil drawings.?he has been featured in Colored Pencil Magazine and Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, has work published in several books, and is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the UK Colored Pencil Society, and the Pencil Art Society.