Customer Reviews

Birds (Drawing in Color)

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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.

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.

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.