Color Workshop: A Step-by-step Guide to Creating Artistic Effects

Put yourself in the hands of renowned artist Rachel Reinert—and take your coloring to the next level!
The basics of coloring seem simple: choose colors and stay within the lines. But with Rachel Reinert’s techniques, anyone can go beyond to create vivid, awe-inspiring works of art. Her accessible tutorials teach readers everything they need to know about color theory, shading, burnishing, cross-hatching, and so much more. Coloring enthusiasts will appreciate her easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions as they apply her methods to creative projects.

Inspirational images of Rachel’s colored illustrations provide eye-opening examples of the beauty that can be achieved with the simplest of materials—and 24 pages of black-and-white line art allow artists to practice their newfound skills.
 
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Rachel Reinert grew up in CO and CA, but has travelled extensively across the globe. For the last two years, she lived and traveled around Australia in Sydney and Perth. Since then, she has been to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China, France, Canada, and Germany. She is endlessly inspired by the flora in each new country she visits and, in turn, applies her floral observations to her illustrations and paintings. Rachel currently lives in San Diego, CA.