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Mastering Colored Pencil

An Essential Guide to Materials, Concepts, and Techniques for Learning to Draw in Color

Author: Lisa Dinhofer  

Mastering Colored Pencil
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Many people who bought colored pencils during the adult coloring book craze are now looking to learn new ways to be creative with them.

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Many people who bought colored pencils during the adult coloring book craze are now looking to learn new ways to be creative with them.

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Many people who bought colored pencils during the adult coloring book craze are now looking to learn new ways to be creative with them.Coloured pencils are coming of age. More and more artists are discovering the incredible qualities of this versatile new medium. So forget the red marking pencil of your third grade teacher. At a recent count there are over twenty different reds in the colour pencil spectrum of Prismacolor and an equal number in several other companies, such as Faber-Castell and Derwent. The choice is wide. The base of the pencils varies as well- wax, watercolour, pastel, and graphite. These are media bases that can be interchanged or mixed together. The effects that can be achieved are limitless. A work in pencil can be a drawing, a watercolor, or an oil painting. A wax pencil can sketch, can draw, can paint. A watercolour pencil can do the same. The drawing can be transparent as a loose wash or as dense as an oil on canvas. You can work as small as a postage stamp or as large as a wall. The scale is up to the artist.Mastering Colored Pencil presents all the traditional and contemporary techniques artists need to draw with this amazing versatile medium. Included are over 15 step-by-step demonstrations and thoughtful exercises that are sure to help every artist achieve striking results with pencils.

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“"New York City artist Dinhofer marshals her considerable knowledge to show you how to create polished drawings with colored pencils -- discussing color theory, rough versus smooth paper, washes, erasing, stenciling and many other fine points of colored-pencil art. Creating's not your thing? Buy this book for the beautiful color reproductions of Dinhofer's work." --Brandeis magazine”

"New York City artist Dinhofer marshals her considerable knowledge to show you how to create polished drawings with colored pencils - discussing color theory, rough versus smooth paper, washes, erasing, stenciling and many other fine points of colored-pencil art. Creating's not your thing? Buy this book for the beautiful color reproductions of Dinhofer’s work." - Brandeis magazine

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About the Author

Lisa Dinhofer, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. Her most recent solo shows were at The Century Association (New York 2016), Denise Bibro Fine Art (New York 2012), and Purdue University (Indiana 2010). Collected widely, Dinhofer's paintings and works on paper are represented in many public and private collections including The Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, City College (CUNY), and many more. A recipient of numerous awards, she has received a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Individual Fellowship Grant, and the MacDowell Colony Fellowship.Lisa Dinhofer's work has been reviewed and profiled in several publications including Arts Magazine, Art News, and Drawing Magazine. She has also written feature articles about drawing for Drawing Magazine.Ms. Dinhofer is a graduate of the New York City Public School System. She went on to receive her BA, Magna Cum Laude with Honors, from Brandeis University and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Dinhofer is on the faculty of the Art Students League and The National Academy School in New York City. She also teaches a popular class for the online site, Craftsy.In 2003, Lisa Dinhofer completed a 90-foot glass mosaic mural, Losing My Marbles, commissioned by MTA, Arts for Transit. This public work is located at the Times Square, 42nd. St., subway station in New York City. Lisa Dinhofer continues to live and work in New York City. For more information, please visit her website,

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Product Details

Publisher
Monacelli Press | Monacelli Studio
Published
19th December 2017
Pages
160
ISBN
9781580934923

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