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Chapters: Silly Putty, Crayon, List of Crayola Crayon Colors, Hallmark Cards, List of Crayola Colored Pencil Colors, Timeline of Crayola, Color Wonder, Crayola Treasure Adventures, Lists of Crayola Colors. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Crayola crayons have come in a multitude of different colors since their introduction in 1903. By 1905 Binney ... Read more

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Not just stuff to look at
I like this book, it is small and easy to carry around.Each artist shows how they come up with these creative portraits.They show how they take images from several photos to create one unique work of their own.They show up close detail, so you can see how that particular technique looks up close.They give you a list of the colors they are using for the portrait in detail.For example, a list of colors used for the eyes, skin, hair, etc.I like looking at the final works, they are inspiring, especially Vera's.She did a piece based on her overcoming breast cancer.It's amazing. ... Read more

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Learn how to create exciting colored pencil paintings from Gary Greene, CPSA, author of Creating Textures in Colored Pencil and Capturing Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil. Two workshops. 55 minutes. ... Read more

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Don't overlook this slim but power-packed art guide
Colored pencils are or used to be looked down upon by "serious" art people. Possibly the tendency of pencils to bloom with wax on the surface of burnished artwork or the sense that colored pencils were for holiday dabblers and children dragged them down. But today, artists make some completely amazing work with colored pencils.

There are a number of good books, but this slim volume has a lot of information and almost every page has two excellent colored photos illustrating work in progress.

The book covers layers, values, mixed media with colored pencil and other media like gray marker (to make grisaille, or a gray value sketch below a layer of pencil.) There is a section pencils with wash and pastels, too.

The techniques go from landscape to ultra-realism still life, to poster illustration. A list of materials needed is given as well as a description of how colored pencils apply to paper and the effect of layers on papers with texture.

In summary, a short but complete overview that would start any artist on the right foot doing colored pencil artwork. ... Read more

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The How To Draw and Paint series is specially written to encourage and motivate the beginning artist. This book is chock-full of essential information in an easy-to-follow format and is lavishly illustrated with beautiful drawings and gorgeous art. ... Read more

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Are you an artist and don't know it, or you know it and really want to show it? Quick sketches garners fast cash in a wide open market, such as courtrooms where photography is not permissable, country fairs, shopping malls, flea markets, art exhibits, relatives, friends, neighbors, and of course on the internet just to name a few. The list of potential customers is infinite.

Speaking of images, this word expresses precisely the essence of the art of quick sketching like no other can, in that portrait sketching is all about capturing a discernable likeness of the subject in lieu of an exact photographic imagery.

This publication rather than espousing theoretic jargon, historical contents, and complicated techniques, takes a simple direct hands on approach with innovative methods that guarantees to produce quick and professional results. I

Its contents reveals in condensed form the secrets and applicable techniques of quick sketching, developed from decades of successful experiences by the artist and author. Benjamin Jackson, is an artist of international repute as painter, illustrator, designer, and teacher his repertoire is prolific in each category.So much for the formalities as previously promised to avoid rhetorical redundancy, lets get busy the very moment this standing or lay flat portable combo book and easel is in your hands, which includes: (1)PRERENDERED SKETCHES IN BLACK AND WHITE AND ETHNICALLY TINTED PAPER. (2) CHARCOAL PENCILS IN WHITE AND BLACK. (3) FLAT KNEADED ERASER (4) STUMP FOR SHADING. (5) 12 BLANK TINTED PRACTICE SHEETS. (6) TRANSPARENT WIPE CLEAN VISUALZATION PRACTICE SHEETS. ... Read more

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BAD CHOICE!
This is a poor excuse for a book!It has a couple of pages of [...] "how to draw a head" instructions.The rest of the book is just sketches of portraits.You could get a MUCH better book than this to learn portrait drawing.Save your money!I sent mine back for a refund! ... Read more