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Colored Pencil: Project Book for Beginners

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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.

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!

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.

While Yaun's book is okay for someone to learn a little bit about colored pencil, please be aware that it is merely a reprint of part of the book entitled Colored Pencil Stey by Step (Walter Foster, 2003; ISBN 1-56010-719-7). I did not realize this and ordered Colored Pencil: Project Book for Beginners when I already had Colored Pencil Stey by Step. I am now contacting Amazon to see if I can return the book and get a refund.

Ms. Angelo's book is a beautifully illustrated and easy to understand how-to on colored pencil techniques. I can hardly wait to get her other book "Exploring Colored Pencils" and the companion DVDs.
The exercises are layed out step by step and she includes a color chart so even a beginner, like me, can do it. Her sections on supplies and papers were very helpful. I especially enjoyed the various examples of art pictured in the book - amazingly all done with colored pencil!

This is a great book if you are a beginner of have been using colored pencils for a while. Great detail and photos, good instructions. I am new to this and I love this book.

This book is very basic and great for learning how to draw with colored pencils. Arrived in good conditon and quickly.