Customer Reviews

The Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques

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I have been using Prismacolor pencils for many years and over that time, developed my own techniques, but I found the ideas and examples in this book to be great. I have been dabbling in the techniques I learned in this book and combined some of them with my own. Drawing some things had always been a struggle for me to get "just right," but after seeing some of the detailed examples, I now do them without thought. My favorite discovery in this book was learning to get rid of or hide my mistakes instead of my previous method of just scraping the entire project and starting over.

As for the reviews about the art work, well, they didn't bother me. I wasn't buying a book of art, I was buying a technique book and I found the drawings inside to do a good job of showing off each technique. I also enjoyed that the artwork was taken from various artists because it gave a better sampling of what is possible.

As a recreational sketcher, my husband also enjoyed browsing this book and playing with some of the ideas. Even his notepad doodles now show some signs of the shading and erasing effects that he picked up in this book. So, you don't have to be a serious artist to get something out of this book.

I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to get the most out of their pencils or explore new coloring techniques.

I thought this book was very helpful; every technique is demonstrated throughout it. There is color on every page giving you a better idea of how the technique is supposed to be used.

Excellent, excellent, excellent Judy Martin. This book is a great help to beginning art students, for architects, and retired professionals who take up art seriously. It gives you not only an overall view on the many techniques in drawing, but you develop a feeling for each technique. Drawing is easy at different levels, but expressions of feelings in drawings are the challenges in art. Thankyou.

Oh, I'm sure that there are better books out there, but I like this book. I'm a beginner, and I am learning all of the time. Everytime I open this book, I learn something new. I agree with the reviewer who said that if it was art that was in question, then he/she would have bought a book on artwork. This is a book on colored pencil technique. IMHO, If you rate it for what it is, it's a very good book. .

I like the book a lot, it will be of great use to me,both for learning and a good source of reference.

Here is another must have book in your library for new and novice artists using colored pencil as a medium. This book defines all you need to know, and shows the user the proper techniques. Learn all the new langugage from the pro, on what is what in colored pencil medium.

As a new color pencil artist, I was hoping there could have been more step by step actual pictures for me to follow and do. Other than that, I enjoyed the book!

This didn't have as many photos in it as I'd hoped for, however, it does have some great tips in it!!

I really didnt find this book helpful at all..For one thing for the most part, she didnt use her own art, and when she did it was discouraging because it wasnt very good(just my opinion, maybe its just her style) I dont think she showed the techniques well, she explains it to a degree, but anyone who has read anything on colored pencil could write a book like hers, she writes about a technique and show other artists work to show it, and it just isnt helpful at all, I wouldnt recommend this book at all.

This book has good tips on color pencil drawing but it lacks on detailed information for truly beginners. Wrong orthography is a problem on this book. It is not worth more than the sales price.