Top-selling Colored Pencil Painting Bible author Alyona Nickelsen applies her expert instruction in colored pencil painting to the ever-popular portrait genre--teaching beginner and intermediate artists how to create lifelike and personal works.
Colored pencil painter Alyona Nickelsen reveals how to use the medium to push the limits of realistic portraiture.
Colored Pencil Painting Portraits provides straightforward solutions to the problems that artists face in creating lifelike images, and will prime readers on the intricacies of color, texture, shadow, and light as they interplay with the human form. In this truly comprehensive guide packed with step-by-step demonstrations, Nickelsen considers working from photo references versus live models; provides guidance on posing and lighting, as well as planning and composing a work; discusses tools, materials, and revolutionary layering techniques; and offers lessons on capturing gesture and expression and on rendering facial and body features of people of all age groups and skin tones.
By:
A Nickelsen
Imprint: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9780385346276
ISBN 10: 0385346271
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 July 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
CONTENTS FOREWORD • vii INTRODUCTION • 1 CHAPTER 1 • COLORED PENCIL REVOLUTION • 5 An exploration of new working surfaces, materials, and tools CHAPTER 2 • THE RULES OF THE GAME • 27 The use of successful oil painting practices with the colored pencil medium CHAPTER 3 • WORKING THE MEDIUM • 43 Innovative methods and techniques for painting with pencils CHAPTER 4 • CONTROLLING COLOR • 55 Understanding the nature of color and the properties of pigments CHAPTER 5 • PORTRAIT FACTS AND FICTION • 73 Ideas and solutions for composing a portrait CHAPTER 6 • PRACTICING THE ESSENTIALS • 89 Rendering key components of portraiture CHAPTER 7 • HOW TO KEEP FRIENDS AND MAKE CLIENTS HAPPY • 137 Hands-on examples of painting a colored pencil portrait
ALYONA NICKELSEN is a contributing writer for Colored Pencil magazine and the author of Colored Pencil Painting Bible. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including American Artist, The Artist's Magazine, and American Art Collector. Nickelsen's paintings have been exhibited and won awards in prestigious national and international juried shows, such as Salmagundi Club, the American Artist Professional League, Audubon Artists, and the Colored Pencil Society of America. She is the creator and instructor of the Colored Pencil Painting Learning Center hosted on her website, www.brushandpencil.com.
Reviews for Colored Pencil Painting Portraits
-This is a must have book for all colored pencil artists and not just those interested in portraiture but those looking to really understand and master the art of colored pencils.---Ivor Harrison, The Art Gear Guide -Colored Pencil Painting Portraits is a wealth of information and instruction, and it is a joy to watch how Alyona brings her rich, beautiful portraits to life.---Australia Colored Pencil Association
