How to Color Like an Artist: Colored Pencil Techniques Including Blending & Shading

Ten stars on this very instructional and entertaining book!!!! It has everything you need to know about colored pencil work. I am so impressed. It is divided into 10 chapters and includes a page on troubleshooting wax bloom and solvent problems. Chapters include; Pencil stroke types, shading techniques, highlights on white and colored paper, textures, blending colors with solvents, blending colors with light-colored pencils, basics of color theory, color harmony, using gray colors to create selective focus and combining mediums. This book has become my coloring bible. I can throw away all those little pieces of paper with notes. The book is published in full color. Color everywhere.This is an absolute MUST!!!!

I have a number of books which explain color theory and the use of colored pencils; however, those books focus on drawing with the medium rather than coloring in coloring books. In this book, the author has explained a wide variety of ways to use colored pencils specifically for coloring in existing designs.There are ten chapters in the book which deal with: Pencil Stroke types, Shading Techniques, Highlights on White and Colored Papers, Textures, Blending Colorings with Solvents, Blending Colors with Light-Colored Pencils, Basics of Color Theory, Color Harmony, Using Gray Colors to Create Selective Focus and Combining Mediums.The author also gives a “shopping list” of types of materials that an adult coloring fan should have at hand. There were some suggestions that I had not considered in the past (such as fixative and tracing paper.)I am very happy with the projects that are included in the book. I'll include some photos of the finished projects so you can see what type of work you will be doing. There are line drawings of each project included, so you can follow the very precise instructions.The artist does use Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and Caran d'Ache Pablo Colored Pencils. She even provides the exact colors that she suggests for use in the projects so that your work will match that which is shown in the book.The only thing I wish is that the book covered blending pencils and use of oil and/or Vaseline as blending agents. It focuses on solvents (such as Gamsol.) It would have been helpful to try the others even though, in the artist's opinion, solvents are the best blending medium to use.In addition to the copy of this book I purchased on Amazon, I was provided a temporary digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.

I have been looking for a book like this for years! It is beautifully done with easy to understand instructions. I give an Adult Coloring Workshop & I showed the members this book...some of them ordered it & they like it as much as I.It is worth every penny. Thank you DOVER PUBLICATIONS.

Disappointed. As an adult coloring book fan, I wanted tips to improve my skills. The writer is very good- really excellent - but it's clear that she has broken up her tips across the many variations of this book so that to get a complete overview of coloring tips, you must buy each of the many books. The book I got is quite scant - I feel a bit ripped off. I'm torn as to whether to buy the rest of the series because her tips are definitely helpful and the book is really cool, but I don't like feeling that I'm being a sucker for this marketing scheme.

This is just ok for me. It is more of a workbook than a reference book. It has projects and coloring sheets to go with the projects. I don't like to actually to color in books, I usually take them apart to color. If I do that with this book, the book won't be intact and I won't have it for reference. The author recommends certain pencils for each projects and it would be easier to follow along if you have them. The first project recommends pencils that I don't have and my local art store doesn't carry open stock. If I decide to do the projects I will have to wait till I am able to order them. The info itself in the book is good I just wish it had a different format.

I feel like a color artist following the author’s suggestions. The coloring paper is high quality so it makes it really easy to color I used another brand of pencils other than prismacolors because I want to save my good pencils for when I feel more confident in my coloring. This books shares with you not only the techniques but which prismacolor pencils to use. Which is helpful. I definitely recommend this book and to buy I new so you can color the practice pages.

Thank you for this book! I like to color, but found myself bored after what used to relax me became old and repetitious. Now I'm learning techniques that make my pages look better and adds life when I color.

This is one of five books I ordered here from my search for color pencil techniques. It's great to have the pages in the book you can tear out and use . The problem I had was the description of the pencils to use for each step . You do as they say but when you move to step 2 or 3 or 4 you can see the picture is different from the previous instructions. This book could be hard and frustrating for beginners. So keep this in mind. Each picture is a separate lesson technique which is very helpful. Happy coloring!!!

Easy to follow instructions. The book is a very easy step by step guide plus pictures to complete yourself with the book. Excellent book.

Excellent book with very clear instruction and sample pages to practice your colouring on. Overall an extremely good book.

Easy to follow instructions

Viele Top-Bewertungen auf der amerikanischen Seite haben mich veranlasst, dieses Buch zu bestellen, um nicht einfach nur weiter platt auszumalen. Leider sind meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllt.Zum Aufbau:Das Buch umfasst verschiedene Kapitel, die sich mit Strichtypen, Verblenden der Farben (untereinander und mit flüssigem Hilfsmittel), Farbharmonie und Kontraste und einigem mehr befassen. Der Inhalt eines Kapitels wird anhand eines Bildes erklärt, welches sich auch unausgemalt am Ende des Buches befindet, sodass man gleich mitmalen kann. Das ist auf der einen Seite gut mitgedacht, man kann ja nicht erwarten, dass jeder alle Motive zu Hause hat. Auf der anderen Seite wäre es viel hilfreicher, die Technik an verschiedenen Beispielen zu erklären und zu üben, damit sich das auf alle Arten von Motiven übertragen läßt.Die vorgeschlagenen Stifte für die Farben und Hilfsmittel sind alle ziemlich teuer, auch wenn darauf hingewiesen wird, dass natürlich ähnliche Farben von anderen Herstellern verwendet werden können. Es bleibt fraglich, ob die Ergebnisse dann die gleichen sind.Mir persönlich geht das Buch nicht tief genug in die Materie. In ein paar Schritten soll das Bild ausgemalt sein. Es gibt zum Beispiel keine Erklärungen, welche Strichtypen sich für welche Motive/Effekte eignen oder wie sich das gezeigte bei anderen Bildern auswirkt. Hatte mir mehr davon erhofft und werde mich nach etwas Anderem umsehen müssen.

Ce livre ce concentre sur les techniques pour les livres de coloriages adultes, et non pas sur le dessin au crayon de couleur en général. Dans ce contexte il est pas mal du tout. Les 10 chapitres: présentent chacun une technique suivi d'un pas à pas détaillé, 9 dessin photocopiable sont fournis en fin de livre pour reproduire les tutoriels et faire ses propres experimentations. Les dessin sont pas mal.Type de hachures, Ombrage, Eclaircissement, Texture, Fondu avec solvant, Fondu avec crayon clair, Théorie des couleurs, Harmonie des couleurs, Utilisation des niveaux de gris, Techniques mixtes.Globalement bien et accesible même aux débutants, mais on trouve des tutos sur internet qui expliquent certains points plus en détail. L'ensemble paraitra un peu léger pour un desinateur expérimenté.