101 Textures in Colored Pencil: Practical Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques for Rendering a Variety of Surfaces & Textures

by Denise J. Howard

Overview

Capture the feel of your subject on paper. Learn every technique you’ll need to give your colored-pencil drawings realistic, palpable texture.

Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All Time by BookAuthority*

There has never been a better opportunity to master textures. Knowing how to make your surfaces and textures look real is one of the most challenging aspects of creating art in colored pencil, even for experienced artists. 101 Textures in Colored Pencil provides artists with step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide variety of the most common textures and surfaces, including sand, water, metals, foliage, wood, fabrics, stone, grass, hair, and many more.

To get you started, this comprehensive guide opens with a review of tools and materials as well as basic skills, such as strokes, effects, and color mixing. Plus, the book is organized into sections based on subject matter, so you can easily find the specific texture you’re looking for.

Just a sample of the textures you will learn to render:

• People: smooth skin; aged skin; straight, curly, and wavy hair; lips
• Animals & Insects: smooth, curly, and course canine fur; elephant skin; feather; fish scales
• Fabrics & Textiles: burlap, tweed, silk, velvet, leather, lace, sequins
• Glass, Stone, Ceramics, Wood & Metal: porcelain, polished silver, hammered brass, peeling paint
• Food & Beverage: red wine, cut citrus fruit, coconut, peach, dark chocolate
• Nature: smooth and rough bark, moss, river pebbles, still and rippled lake, clouds

101 Textures in Colored Pencil includes all the textures you need to create realistic masterpieces in colored pencil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633226548
Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date:	12/20/2022
Series:	101 Textures
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	231,514
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Denise Howard has earned regional, national, and international awards for her colored pencil drawings. She has been featured in Colored Pencil Magazine and Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, has work published in several books, and is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the UK Colored Pencil Society, and the Pencil Art Society.

Denise Howard has earned regional, national, and international awards for her colored pencil drawings. She has been featured in Colored Pencil Magazine and Ann Kullberg's COLOR Magazine, has work published in several books, and is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the UK Colored Pencil Society, and the Pencil Art Society.

Table of Contents

Getting Started 4

How to Use This Book 5

Tools & Materials 6

Techniques & Color Mixing 10

People 16

1 Smooth Skin 17

2 Aged Skin 18

3 Straight Hair 19

4 Curly Hair 20

5 Wavy Hair 21

6 Facial Hair 22

7 Eye 23

8 Nose 24

9 Lips 25

Animals & Insects 26

10 Smooth Canine Fur 27

11 Curly Canine Fur 28

12 Coarse Canine Fur 29

13 Canine Eye 30

14 Long Cat Hair 31

15 Short Cat Hair 32

16 Cat Eye 33

17 Horse Coat 34

18 Horse Mane 35

19 Elephant Skin 36

20 Snakeskin 37

21 Leopard Fur 38

22 Fish Scales 39

23 Feather 40

24 Butterfly Wing 41

25 Spiderweb 42

Fabrics & Textiles 43

26 Burlap 44

27 Wool 45

28 Tweed 46

29 Plaid 47

30 Denim 48

31 Cotton 49

32 Silk 50

33 Satin 51

34 Velvet 52

35 Leather 53

36 Sequins 54

37 Lace 55

38 Straw Hat 56

39 Woven Basket 57

Glass, Stone, Ceramics, Wood & Metal 58

40 Stained Glass 59

41 Clear Glass 60

42 Translucent Balloons 61

43 Cobalt Glass 62

44 Porcelain 63

45 Shiny Gold 64

46 Polished Silver 65

47 Pewter 66

48 Copper 67

49 Hammered Brass 68

50 Clay Pottery 69

51 Rusted Steel 70

52 Wet Pavement 71

53 Paint Drips 72

54 Brick 73

55 Peeling Paint 74

56 Marble 75

57 Pearl 76

58 Amethyst 77

59 Smooth Wood 78

60 Aged Wood 79

61 Wooden Barrel 80

62 Wrought iron 81

Food & Beverage 82

63 Red Wine 83

64 Citrus Fruit Rind 84

65 Cut Citrus Fruit 85

66 Pineapple 86

67 Apple 87

68 Grapes 88

69 Strawberry 89

70 Coconut 90

71 Peach 91

72 Walnut Shell 92

73 Black Coffee 93

74 French Baguette 94

75 Frosting 95

76 Dark Chocolate 96

Nature 97

77 Smooth Bark 98

78 Rough Bark 99

79 Pine Needles 100

80 Pinecone 101

81 Palm Frond 102

82 Thatched Roof 103

83 Fern 104

84 Moss 105

85 Grass Field 106

86 Flower Petals 107

87 Mountain Rock 108

88 Smooth Rock 109

89 River Pebbles 110

90 Sand 111

91 Seashell 112

92 Running River 113

93 Still Lake 114

94 Rippled Lake 115

95 Bubbles 116

96 Fire 117

97 Ocean 118

98 Clouds 119

99 Raindrops on Water 120

100 Raindrops on a Window 121

101 Fall Foliage 122

Artist's Gallery 123

About the Author 128