World Famous Comics: Painting Light With Colored Pencil
Painting Light With Colored Pencil
By: Cecile Baird Publisher: North Light Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: North Light Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: March 19, 2008
Product Description: Capturing the elusive qualities of light is one of the most sought-after goals of artists in every medium, and Painting Light with Colored Pencil helps readers achieve that goal with:
An overview of the basics of any work of art, such as composition, gathering reference material, value and color
Over 20 step-by-step lessons covering a variety of popular subjects, including fruit, flowers, textures and water
Two extended demonstrations that show readers how to combine the individual lessons to create a refined, detailed painting
Through the techniques explained in this book, readers will learn how to unlock the potential of colored pencils to create realistic, light-filled paintings that glow.
Good for Still Lifes and Technique "Painting Light in Colored Pencil" is a wonderful book if you are interested in technique applied to still life compositions. She does a great job of moving reader through process of the creation of a "mood" that is related to light. Most of her examples involve fruit, flowers, and ceramics. If this is your interest, you will find the book helpful. If you are interested in landscapes or more unorthodox subjects I believe you will feel the book is too limiting. The first 31 of 126 pages is dedicted to materials, photography, and composition. For a beginning colored pencil artist this may be very helpful section. For advanced artists, you will probably skip over this section. I liked the book since it contains interesting techniques and a good message -paint what you like (what inspires you) and have fun at it.
Definitely a book for the artist's bookshelf This is a must-have book for the colored pencil or any artist at any stage in their art career. I am not a beginner, but found lots of good advice and suggestions that have helped me in my art. What first impressed me when I flipped through the pages was the beautiful drawings and photos. Her use of light is incredible.
There are 21 demonstrations for the reader to try, everything from leaves and flowers to candlelight. Her use of color is applicable for any type of art style, from portraits and animals, to landscapes and still lifes which Ms. Baird favors. While she is a realist there is still alot of information that is helpful for those who's style tends to be less realistic.
Getting those special effects in colored pencil is easy with this! Cecile Baird is an expert with colored pencil realism -- a slow, layered, difficult medium that depends on good drawing skills and a patient attention to detail. Her artwork is spectacular, but unlike some colored pencil books, so are her step by step lessons. She'll take one element from a major work of hers and go through it step by step till you can create something similar -- and from there set up your own still lifes to convey the light of a candle, the rich textures of brass or wax with light shining through it, the soft petals of a rose.
Her style creates something reminiscent of the Old Masters, a still life with musical instruments will have lavish textures throughout, brocade that shines in the light of a lamp, brass that gleams and glass that's transparent. This book solves all of those technical mysteries and is wonderful if you want to draw chrome or glass or cloth or light.
Ms. Baird has a great way with words too, her explanations are clear and easily followed as she breaks down what seems to be an intuitive process into understandable principles you can apply to your own ideas and subjects. Be prepared to make some intelligent substitutions on which colored pencils to use for the projects, or visit several art stores for open stock pencils. Like most authors of colored pencil books, she has her favorites and they range across several brands. But having tried the projects by substituting similar colors in Prismacolors, they work fine with the substitutions.
Excellent condition and service This product came exactly how it was presented-quickly and in great condition-couldn't be happier!
Thanks for the quick turn around-very pleased!
Informative I found this book easy to understand. The color theory is very helpful. I would recommend it.
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