Colored Pencil: Project Book for Beginners [Paperback]

Debra Kauffman Yaun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003 | Series: WF /Reeves Getting Started

Over the last few decades, colored pencil has gained immense popularity as a fine art medium, and this Walter Foster Publishing and Reeves-produced book is a wonderful introduction to this unique art form. These brightly colored tools allow precision and control and can produce a range of effects, qualities that make them both easy and enjoyable to use. This guide will teach you all about the tools and materials you will need and the basic pencil strokes and techniques to use with them. With personal tips from the artist, this book provides step-by-step instructions that guide you through five impressive and inspiring colored pencil projects. Plus you'll learn how to draw on colored paper and textured grounds, how to use a colorless blender, and much more!

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From the Publisher

The Walter Foster/Reeves "Getting Started" Series

Walter Foster Publishing--the leader in art instruction for more than 80 years--has paired up with Reeves--the leading manufacturer of quality art materials for beginners since 1776--to create the "Getting Started" series books. This exciting series gives aspiring artists the knowledge they need to create beautiful drawings and paintings, no matter what previous art experience they've had. Each title provides simple, step-by-step instructions for rendering a variety of subjects, as well as clear, uncomplicated instruction to aid the beginning artist with a specific medium.

About the Author

Debra Kauffman Yaun discovered that she had a knack for drawing people when she was a young girl growing up in Tampa, Florida. After graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, Debra worked as a fashion illustrator. She has drawn and painted many commissioned portraits, several of which have been of children-her favorite subject to draw. Debra's artwork has been published in several art magazines and books, and she has won numerous awards, including an international prize. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, having served as president of the Atlanta chapter, and she is a juried member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta. She also enjoys teaching classes and workshops in portraits and colored pencil. Debra lives in Buford, GA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560107405
• ISBN-13: 978-1560107408
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Colored Pencil

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginning artists, October 9, 2005

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DMB (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Colored Pencil: Project Book for Beginners (Paperback)

This book may have projects for beginners at colored pencils, but not for beginning artists. Each project starts with a "simple" black & white sketch that no beginner could ever do! Not a bad book if you are an accomplished drawer, but true beginners should look elsewhere.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars unbelievable, June 7, 2006

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design student - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Colored Pencil: Project Book for Beginners (Paperback)

I must agree with another reviewer that this book is impossibly

difficult for a beginner. I am trying to find a book that starts

from the simplest with step-by step instructions working up to

more advanced. Which book is it? Not this one!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredibly easy way to produce impressive colored pencil drawings!, September 6, 2006

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J. Poole (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drawing: Colored Pencil (HT243) (Paperback)

I could not believe how incredible my colored pencil drawings turned out after going through this book. Sandra presents the steps in easy to follow language and simple examples. She presents several techinques and then gives lessons to practice each technique. The method she uses in this book instills the confidence to continue with the process. I produced drawings that I was proud of almost immediately. (I had gone through Sandra Angelo's So You Thought You Couldn't Draw first, so I felt confident with my drawing skills, but this book does not require that.)What I like most about this book is the overall philosophy that comes across: drawing is a process that can take you to a different place where stress disappears and relaxation enters in.