101 Textures in Colored Pencil: Practical Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques for Rendering a Variety of Surfaces & Textures

I'm an adult coloring book junkie, always on the hunt for a way to improve my skill set...no pressure, just like seeing my pages get "better." This book is fabulous for creating depth, dimension and texture with your color pencils. And you don't have to use Prismas or Polys to get good results. I've been stepping outside my "P" box and using some other brands of less expensive pencils: Castle, Kalour, Black Widows, Goldfarber and my favorite, Arteza. And my results have been pretty darn good. Each technique is fully explained and illustrated (in color) and there is everything from fur to glass included. This book has helped me add interest (and more fun) to those coloring pages with large, kind of "empty" objects and blah backgrounds without having to use markers, which I have not mastered on coloring book paper...yet! Very happy with this purchase.

I have recently started using colored pencils not just for adult coloring books, but also in my mixed media work. This book has been a game changer! It is laid out very nicely with tools and tricks for artists in the front, and then by section for animal fur, skin, plants etc. Each texture detail spells out in 4 basic steps how to achieve realism, and the colored pictures and pencil color suggestions are great! And just like that- Bammm! I’m a better artist!! For someone like me that cannot afford to take multiple art classes, this book is perfect. It’s a great course bundled up in one easy to follow reference book. I have had it only a short time, but find myself using it a lot. One nice thing about this book is the refresher course on color theory, and how something like obtaining a deeper red color is not necessarily done by just layering on more red. I think this book is a very valuable tool for anyone that likes working with colored pencils and thanks to Denise for sharing her knowledge with the rest of us!

HAS SOME GOOD INSIGHTS. WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE MORE STEP BY STEP PICTURES.

This was exactly what I was looking for. I do colored pencil coloring , I was glad to find a book that had step by step instructions for adding texture to my pictures.

As an art educator, I have a ton of art books and I did not have anything like this one. This book has a great variety and can be used kind of like a dictionary of how to create different textures realistically. I also love that there several photos showing different stages of building and layering the color and there are explanations of the supplies you need including colors and even how sharp or dull the pencil should be for the technique. I can’t wait to use it in practice.

I bought this book to use with my adult coloring books, and I am so glad I did. It briefly talks about supplies that are readily available and cheap, most of which I had never heard of in relation to coloring. I'm excited to try some. But my favorite part is this books simplicity. She teaches an effect on two to give steps, using Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, AND the sharpness of the pencil to be used. There are many techniques that depend on a dull pencil. She teaches in steps, with pictures. These are not crazy complicated, and the results are outstanding. The first one I tried was copper, and after practicing in my "practice coloring book", I began doing it successfully. I bout this book in the Kindle format, which is perfect for me, as I can easily go to th table of contents and find the effect that I am looking for. This is truly one of the best books of coloring techniques that I own.

This book are a medium size, I compare the size of this book with the Colored Pencil Bible by Alyona Nickelson, and you can see the difference between both. It's convenient for travel, I really like it, because it goes to the point, and it gives you many examples to give textures with colored pencils! It has many practical tips and also shows a brief introduction to the materials, and other interesting things. I recomended at 100%!

I would’ve liked more detailed information on how to do the various techniques

何となくざっと見るのには、良い本だと思います。

He aprendido mucho siguiendo los consejos . Sobre todo para dibujar la piel, tanto de personas como de animales. T

Livro excelente. A única crítica que eu faria é que as demonstrações poderiam ser quebradas em uma quantidade de passos maior; de qualquer forma, entendo que isso foi uma escolha: mais passos menos demonstrações; menos passos, mais demonstrações. Seja como for, apesar de ser um livro caro, vale a pena para quem quer dicas.

I am a beginner. I am happy to get this book. To understand colors, blending, workability, how to get details etc., and most importantly how patience can give extraordinary results🙈 The only con is one need to have bigger set of Prismacolor pencils.

The author gives what I think is just the right amount of information on pencils, supplies and techniques. I find the photo quality excellent and the instructions easy to follow. I make coloured pencil art, and have struggled with certain textures; this book offers mini-tutorials on many that I always wanted to perfect. I will have fun working my way through those that interest me and think I'll be referring to it often in the future. Bonus: she offers down-loadable CP swatches on her website. Recommend this book for beginners to intermediate CP artists. UPDATE I've had this book for four months now, and have enjoyed working my way through many of the textures. I've found the instructions clear and my results are very pleasing.