A Beginner's Guide To Colored Pencil Drawing

A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing shows you how to create brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows and highlights, smooth gradients and colors that glow in a few easy lessons. This complete all-in-one guide starts with the basics--drawing lines, adding colors, drawing shapes and creating gradations. Then, it provides a series of detailed lessons teaching you how to draw colorful, everyday objects, such as: Food items like burgers, breakfasts, cookies, pickles, tarts, melons, apples, asparagus and cocktails Flowers & plants such as hydrangeas, succulents, roses and carnations Household items like silverware, bottles, toys, handkerchiefs, gemstones and dolls A variety of animals including parakeets, kittens and dogs Color codes are provided so you can faithfully reproduce the drawings illustrated in this book. Tear-out practice sheets with outlines are included so you can dive right in and try your hand at drawing these objects yourself. This book has everything you need to master a dynamic art that is affordable and satisfying. Colored pencils are a favorite medium of hobbyists and increasingly embraced by fine artists as well!