Create beautifully textured details in colored pencil-it's easier than you think! New in paperback! In Texture in Colored Pencil (formerly known as Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil), learn to render lovely background and foreground elements in your colored pencil artwork with skill and confidence! Ann Kullberg's invaluable, fail-proof techniques will help you transform a "good" portrait into an extraordinary work of art. Inside you'll find easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction that shows you how with over thirty-five different subjects. Learn to create a wide variety of details-from flowers, sand and waterfalls to lakes, leaves, stones and more. Kullberg also includes a special Q&A section that explores, illuminates and answers your most common colored pencil questions. You'll learn how to choose the colors and pencil strokes that ensure wonderful results every time. This classic guide is all you need to learn to add gorgeous details and more to every piece of art you create! *Note to readers: This book is a paperback reprint of Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil by Ann Kullberg (now out-of-print). This is a paperback version of the hardcover title with a new cover and title; the interior content is the same.

There's no other publication like this on earth for colored pencil artists. Over 80 artists from 13 countries share their stunning colored pencil art, what makes them tick as artists; and then, going a step beyond, they reveal their secrets, tips and techniques. First, soak in the beauty of the art & mastery of the medium, then settle in and learn: How to get "in the zone" When and how to burnish How many reference photos are enough? What can a "magic eraser" do for you? How to see color So much more Instruction and inspiration in one beautiful package, documenting the wonderful journey that the "lowly" medium of colored pencil is taking throughout the world. It will fast become a "treasure" in your colored pencil library. This title also available in a Premium Satin Gloss Edition on the author's website.