Creating Textures in Colored Pencil

by Gary Greene, Angela Lennert (Designer), Pamela Seyring (Editor)

It would seem, looking at the lifelike textures in this book, that the techniques used to create them are complicated. But they're really very easy. The simple "secret" is making the most of colored pencil's distinctive translucent properties with techniques such as layering, burnishing and underpainting.
Illustrated step-by-step demonstrations detail the methods and specific colors you can use to create a rich variety of Flowers - rose, cineraria, tulip, orchid, hyacinth, marigold; Fruits & Vegetables - orange, grape, strawberry, banana, peach, tomato, avocado, onion, potato, Indian corn; Leaves & Wood - maple leaf, philodendron leaf, croton leaf, kale leaf, fir, palm, fern, cactus, bark, unfinished and finished wood, weathered wood; Earth & Water - sand, gravel, soil, rock, calm water, rough water, rapid water, water drop, shell; Hair & Skin - people of various ages and ethnic backgrounds; Animals - fur, hide, scales, feathers; and Man-made Textures - glass, porcelain, metal, rust, paper, balloon, cloth, brick, wicker.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Reference

Hardcover

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[M.A. Florence · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures used as examples and detailed information on how to layer colors in these pictures. Unfortunately, leather was not included in the examples so I had to make up my own color mixtures in hopes that my sofa texture will look like leather.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I would have rated this 5 stars if it were closer to the original release date (1996). It's a little bit dated-looking, but most of the techniques are sound. The one exception is solvents, including rubber cement thinner, which I wasn't able to find in stores or anyone who knew what I was asking for.

[Lisa Ulibarri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book. I always wondered how some got such a smooth look with the colored pencils.

[Annie Feng · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! Glad to have discovered it again. I found this book when I was in grade 6, and now so many years later looking back, it really taught me everything I know about coloured pencils. I'm just about to go into graduate school, and it's really something I'd recommend to everyone who is obsessed with realistic portrayal like I am.

[Bridget Weller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing wrong with what was there, just not that much there...

[Annisa]

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