Birds (Drawing in Color) [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Series: Drawing in Color | Publication Date: September 2001

Glorious color, realistic style, appealing subject matter and clear step-by-step instruction makes these books a great place for colored pencil artists to start. Hammond offers her encouraging "You Can Do It" techniques and demonstrations for brilliant and realistic results.

Lee teaches how to use several kinds of colored pencils in step-by-step demos to achieve beautiful images of a variety of wild birds: Includes tips and reference photos for drawing realistic beaks, wings and feet with surprising realism.

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Hammond, who runs a successful school of illustration in Kansas, has been a prolific writer for North Light books since 1994. This brief volume wisely confines itself to work only in colored pencil. The author breaks down the subtle shapes of different bird species into an assembly of easily rendered forms and explores five elements of shading for creating depth and realism. The details of beaks, feathers, and so forth are demonstrated before the student attempts portrayals of kestrels, parrots, ducks, and finches. Hammond ably packs the teaching of a much larger volume into a mere 80 pages. This is an excellent companion to Bart Rulon's exhaustive Artist's Photo Reference: Birds (LJ 3/15/99).
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About the Author

Lee Hammond is the author of seven Discover Drawing series titles, three Drawing in Color series titles, How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs and How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil from Photographs. She lives in Overland Park, Kansas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581801491
• ISBN-13: 978-1581801491
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,265,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Colored Pencil

More About the Author

A professional artist and art instructor for more than twenty years, Lee has authored seventeen North Light books. She owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Also a certified police composite artist in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked with “America’s Most Wanted.” A contributing writer for The Artist’s Magazine, she is also licensed with many of NASCAR’s racing teams to produce art. Her work is seen online at www.leehammond.com.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent drawings, May 10, 2004

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This review is from: Birds (Drawing in Color) (Paperback)

The drawings and the use of colored pencils is awesome. However, She does not explain how to draw the bird, or how to apply the colors. There are some examples shown, but not for the blue bird, or cardinal. You have to figure it out on your own how to apply the colors for these.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Lee's artwork, June 12, 2003

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Another fabulous book by Lee Hammond. I like her style, not only does she instruct, but she shows you how the work looks completed using different types of colored pencils which is great. Great job. I also have some of her other colored pencils books and love them all.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK. I LEARNED A LOT., September 16, 2007

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This review is from: Birds (Drawing in Color) (Paperback)

I am giving this one five stars due to the fact, that in my case, I learn quite a lot. This is always a good thing. Like Lee Hammond's other wonderful books, this one is filled with good, solid information, probably geared more for the beginner than the advanced artist. With this volume the author explores the use of colored pencils, their use, technique, graphing, verithin pencils, prismacolor pencils, blending with studio pencils and water pencils. If you are interested in color and not the actual drawing of the bird, then this one is for you. Like all books of this nature, it certainly will not fulfill all needs but it will provide quite a lot of very good information. I am glad I have it in my library and turn to it quite often. I note that some of the reviews here state this is a good book for beginners, others indicate that in may not be. This is a difficult call to make, as everyone brings different levels of skill and expierence to the table. For myself, I would say that most individuals could learn much from this book and it is well worth the money. Highly recommend.