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Whether you are an accomplished artist desiring to learn a new medium or a beginning artist simply wanting to play with this colourful art form, The Art of Coloured Pencil Drawing features all of the basic information you need to get started in this versatile and approachable medium. From selecting and handling pencils and choosing paper and supports to understanding color theory, learning pencil strokes, and layering colour to create depth and form, The Art of Coloured Pencil Drawing is brimming with valuable instruction and helpful tips and techniques for mastering working with colored pencil. Discover uses for a variety of colored-pencil techniques, such as hatching, crosshatching, stippling, burnishing, and blending. Learn valuable tips and tricks for drawing from photographs, setting up balanced compositions, and working with light sources, as well as capturing the beauty of the natural world by creating realistic textures and expressing time of day and mood. In The Art of Colored Pencil Drawing, artists Cynthia Knox, Eileen Sorg, and Debra Kauffman Yaun share their expertise and artistic insights for working with colored pencil to achieve lifelike results through inspiring subject matter and step-by-step demonstrations of still lifes, pets, wildlife, birds, garden and tropical flowers, landscapes, foliage, and more. In-depth, easy-to-follow instructions show aspiring artists how to develop and improve their drawing skills, guiding them from simple sketches to final flourishes. Filled with gorgeous, colorful artwork, The Art of Coloured Pencil Drawing is sure to be a valuable and welcome addition to any artist's reference library.

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Cynthia Knox is an award-winning artist who specialises in works of traditional realism. She is a Signature Member of the Coloured Pencil Society of America, a juried member of the International Guild of Realism, commissioned portrait artist, and occasional art instructor. Her artwork is in shows, private collections, and on her website. Pat Averill considers herself primarily self-taught, although she has attended an array of workshops and seminars on oil, water-colour, and coloured pencil. She considers the way she figuratively inhales the colours, values, and shapes she observes around her to be an integral part of her artistic process. Eileen Sorg is an award-winning artist who lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State with her husband, Scott, and their terrier, Scout. Working primarily with a mixed media technique of coloured pencil, water-colour, and ink, Eileen always strives for unique compositions that set her work apart. Debra Kauffman Yaun discovered that she had a knack for drawing people when she was a young girl growing up in Tampa, Florida. She has drawn and painted many commissioned portraits, several of which have been of children - her favorite subject to draw. Debra's artwork has been published in several art magazines and books, and she has won numerous awards.

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