A beautiful art instruction book, Colored Pencil Painting
Portraits by Alyona Nickelsen is for those who want to learn to use colored
pencils as their media. The book is full of information and probably geared
toward a more experienced artist. I’m not sure it would be for a beginner in
the art world. It would be a beautiful addition to a collection for
instruction.
The book begins by explaining different media to use with
colored pencils and also gives comparisons of various pencils. It does seem to
lean toward Prismacolor Premier pencils, which at this time are my personal
favorite. It then goes into blending and mixing colors. You will need a working
knowledge of drawing in order to gain from this book unless maybe you just want
to up your skill level in the all popular adult coloring book world. It gives
step by step examples on achieving specific effects.
The book is full of beautiful works by different artists. It
is so hard to tell pencil from actual photography in some examples. The pages
are printed on a very nice quality paper . The cover damages very easily
though. Mine already has the coating peeling off and I am very careful with
books. Overall, this is a beautifully
done book and it will remain in my collection. I would recommend this for an
intermediate or advanced artist. But a beginner could very well benefit from it
also but it wouldn’t be my go to book for a beginner.
I received this book at no charge from bloggingforbooks.com
in exchange for an honest review. You can purchase a copy for yourself here
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