Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils [Paperback]

Gary Greene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2002

As a teacher of coloured pencil workshops, Gary Greene sees his students buying water-soluble pencils "by the truckload." Problem is, they don't know how to use the medium or even what it's capable of...and until now, there's never been a book to teach them. In this much-requested book, Greene shows artists how to achieve a variety of different effects with this fascinating medium - from loose, watercolour-like washes to precise airbrush looks. The author, along with 6 guest artists, show how they use the medium in 18 complete painting demonstrations.

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About the Author

Gary Greene is a professional graphic artist and photographer as well as a successful colored pencil artist whose work has been featured in American Artist and The Artist's Magazine. He is the author of Creating Textures in Colored Pencil and Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; 2 edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581802951
• ISBN-13: 978-1581802955
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Colored Pencil

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50 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lack luster book, April 10, 2000

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"caprig" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils (Hardcover)

I find it hard to explain why I was so disappointed in this book. Perhaps it is the redundancy of subjects(cherries), yet the cherry part was interesting in the fact that it compared a same subject with different techniques. Still it lacks something.

The other examples of pictures that were in the book were overwhelming for me. It is as if I were already expected to know how to draw the pictures. I did not find there to be enough step by step instruction.

I also have another book by Gary Greene- Textures. That book is far more inspiring and instructional than this one is.

This book just does not whet my appetite for watercolor pencils enough to make me want to race to my pencils and start drawing right away. Instead, it just makes me sigh, and put the tin away for yet another day.

This topic could be covered in a far more inspirational and effective way than was done in this book. And the examples should be more exciting and motivating than they are.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first, and best, book on this medium, March 25, 2000

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This review is from: Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils (Hardcover)

A must have book for water-soluble CP users. At last, one book that shows everything that is possible with these pencils.

The introductory section lists tools and materials in a comprehensive way, allowing the user to compare brands and see what suits their style best. A short section - the cherries referred to above - then shows the wide range of different effects that can be achieved, and I found this informative and useful.

The bulk of the book is taken up by fabulous artists - including of course Mr Greene, but also Rhonda Farfan (Colored Pencil Society of America President) and Bernard Poulin (CPSA Advisor) - showing step by step how they achieve fabtastic art work! What more could you ask?

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a great introduction to the medium, March 24, 2006

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This review is from: Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils (Paperback)

As an experienced artist but a beginner in this particular medium, I found this book to be very informative. I noticed that some of the reviewers complained about the cherry paintings, but I found them to be quite helpful. I enjoyed seeing how one subject looked painted several different ways. Though some of the sample step-by-step paintings are pretty substandard, a few are quite good (such as the one of the three parrots). Though probably not the most inspiring art book in the world, this is the best book I have found as an introduction to water soluble colored pencils.