- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill; New ed of 2 Revised ed edition (Nov 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0823007499
- ISBN-13: 978-0823007493
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 1 x 28 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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#490,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #38 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Instructional > Colored Pencil
- #71 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Pencil
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Product Description
No one who works in colored pencil—or wants to—can afford to be without this book, which is the most complete resource on the medium. The revised edition provides the latest information on colored pencils while retaining the best feature of the original: Bogeson's beautiful artwork; authoritative information about materials; clearcut lessons on color mixing and specific techniques; and demonstrations of various methods for creating works in colored pencils. Two new chapters introduce revolutionary techniques: applying frisket film to lift colored pencil pigment from paper, and using ordinary masking tape to remove even densely applied color.
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Now in paperback--the perennial bestseller that is the acknowledged "bible" of the medium. Borgesen provides the latest, most authoritative information on materials, offers clearcut lessons on color mixing and specific techniques, and demonstrates various methods for creating works. Her beautifully rendered artwork complements the text. 150 color illustrations.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive book on colored pencil,
By Eugene Arenhaus (Haifa, Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Colored Pencil: Key Concepts for Handling the Medium, Revised Edition (Paperback)
As an artist who works in colored pencil as one of preferred medium, I am not ashamed to state that I basically learnt my technique from this book (and lots of exercise, of course.) Ms. Borgeson provides in this book both primary techniques of color application, which instantly put colored pencil in the "painting" category with their rich color and texture possibilities - and "tricks" for getting various effects. Focused on painterly texture and color, but not shunning experimental things, this book is one of the best to get started in color pencils - and return to it over and over again for refreshment. You won't find step-by-step instructions of "how to draw a blue horse" in his book, but rather a variety of examples and principles on which to build a color pencil drawing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clearly the most comprehensive summary of the medium.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Colored Pencil: Key Concepts for Handling the Medium, Revised Edition (Paperback)
The Colored Pencil is clearly the most organized andcomprehensive summary of the medium's techniques and methods. It offers all that is necessary to know in approaching its use. My only dissapointment is the lack of a broader range of example images. The drawings shown have a tendency to lean toward the contrived and sentimental which would be fine if the author also included some drawings that were more experimental and intellectual. The spectacular work of artist Ann McCoy (New York) comes immdiately to mind in this regard.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good ... I needed more actual exercises, though.,
By Burton Houck (East Coast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Colored Pencil: Key Concepts for Handling the Medium, Revised Edition (Paperback)
I bought this book and 'Colored Pencil For The Serious Beginner' and I just didn't find them very helpful, though others certainly have. What I need is step-by-step exercises as I build my technique rather than examples and explainations and this book just didn't provide as many and at the depth I found elsewhere. The explainations were great, to be sure, but I have since found that things are explained much better (for me) in other publications. She has a particular style of work that is not so much photo-realistic as impressionist and maybe that is the reason it didn't suit me. I'm sure others will find it perfect for their style of learning.
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