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Basic Colored Pencil Techniques

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I always liked to draw using colored pencil. Nevertheless, I never found any interesting book that would deal with several approaches to the colored pencil medium. After reading about Mrs. Borgeson work, I decided to try and never got disapointed. Her books (all of them) give you several different points of view about the colored pencil and teaches you (step by step) how to apply the techiniques to solve apparently simple problems. Layering, lifting, color interactions, error corrections, light and much more. A nice book to have and enjoy.

I found Borgeson's handling of background very interesting and different from all the other colored pencil artists' books. Her use of spot layering and single layer color juxtaposition helps to make the large areas go quickly. She also presents other methods to speed up colored pencil application. Of course, she covers all the basics, too. A good book for any colored pencil artist.

I was immediately struck that the author uses Prismacolor Professional Colored Pencils, my own brand of choice. This made it easy to practice her techniques using the same colors as stated by each image. I learned the best way to layer color - basic tonal layering, heavy pressure layering, two layer approach, spot layering (basic, bold, blended), plus doing the single layer approach. Other techniques covered are the lifting of color, covering large areas, using various colored paper for special effects and so much more that it would take another paragraph to fully describe the multitude of methods the author covers in this book. This book has steered me on the path to produce interesting works of art with colored pencils, where before I managed to use my college art classes to some degree, but not in the quality I really wanted to see my work develop. This is a good book for beginners and intermediates, maybe even good review/reference for the advanced artist. I am so pleased with this book over other colored pencil technique books that I am sure that the others will get dusty from lack of use, while this one will become a true tool to help me with my future artistic endeavors.

I read the reviews on all the colored pencil technique books on Amazon and chose this one. I taught myself watercolor and had been doing some colored pencil illustrations, but needed some help! This book shows all the tricks and tips I could ever need and the steps are usually broken up into understandable stages of a drawing - but not always. I would have liked to see more of the tools at work in the instructional photos. Sometimes just "use an eraser for this effect" doesn't make sense without the eraser right there, doing it. I am actually creating my art using Corel Paint with the colored pencils and this book is a terrific help!

I would recommend this book for beginners and intermediates as well. Easy to follow and the techniques I learned are priceless.

This book, by a pioneer in Color pencil painting is the standard work on this subject for both beginners and advanced artists...a good reference book as well.....Most of the other books are repetitions of this work only.

I ordered this book online and I was excited and anxious to receive it. I was slightly dissapointed when I got it as it did not give as much detailed tutorials as I expected but she did give alot of written information and some examples of techniques that are helpful. The subject matters that were displayed was not of much interest to me. However, the Artist Bet Borgenson is very talanted and the details in her paintings are fantastic.

2 pages per technique.. no examples to practise the technique on. this is writen for people who can "see it, do it".

I am a beginning colored pencil artist and this book is a great tutor! Ms. Borgeson's technique is amazing and she colors everything you need to know to get started. A fantastic artist library item. I've already gone through it cover to cover twice and my progress in this medium's technique is growing by leaps and bounds. Buy it!

This book is for anyone who wants to know about the techniques of using colored pencils. I would recommend this to the beginner artist and to the mature artist or the experienced artist. Thankyou.