The colored pencil : [Key concepts for handling the medium] [The colored pencil medium -- Getting acquainted with colored pencils -- Materials, getting started -- Characteristics and handling -- Mixing colors --Colored pencil techniques and demonstrations -- Linear techniques -- TOnal techniques -- Constructing dark values -- Sgraffito techniques -- Impressed line technique -- Burnishing -- Colored papers -- SOlvent techniques -- Blocking in complex drawings -- Preserving finished artwork -- Appendices -- A note on photographing colored pencil work]

Borgeson, Bet. ; Borgeson, Edwin ; Jay Anning. [art, Bet Gorgeson, William K Martin, David Nielsen, James S Hibbard, Esky Cook, Toni E Franchey, Rosalinda Kolb,

ISBN 10: 0823007421 / ISBN 13: 9780823007424

Published by New York : Watson-Guptill, 1983, 1983

About this Item

142 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.; ISBN: 0823007421; 9780823007424 LCCN: 82-24872 ; LC: NC892; Dewey: 741.2/4 ; OCLC: 9110623 ; "Bet Borgeson is also the author of Colored Pencil Fast Techniques and Color Drawing Workshop. She lives in Portland, Oregon." ; "No one who works in colored pencil-or wants to-can afford to be without this book, which is the most complete resource on the medium. The revised edition provides the latest information on colored pencils while retaining the best feature of the original: Bogeson's beautiful artwork; authoritative information about materials; clearcut lessons on color mixing and specific techniques; and demonstrations of various methods for creating works in colored pencils. Two new chapters introduce revolutionary techniques: applying frisket film to lift colored pencil pigment from paper, and using ordinary masking tape to remove even densely applied color." ; Contents: The colored pencil medium -- Getting acquainted with colored pencils -- Materials, getting started -- Characteristics and handling -- Mixing colors --Colored pencil techniques and demonstrations -- Linear techniques -- TOnal techniques -- Constructing dark values -- Sgraffito techniques -- Impressed line technique -- Burnishing -- Colored papers -- Solvent techniques -- Blocking in complex drawings -- Preserving finished artwork -- Appendices -- A note on photographing colored pencil work.; red cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; FINE/FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The colored pencil : [Key concepts for handling the medium] [The colored pencil medium -- Getting acquainted with colored pencils -- Materials, getting started -- Characteristics and handling -- Mixing colors --Colored pencil techniques and demonstrations -- Linear techniques -- TOnal techniques -- Constructing dark values -- Sgraffito techniques -- Impressed line technique -- Burnishing -- Colored papers -- SOlvent techniques -- Blocking in complex drawings -- Preserving finished artwork -- ...
• Publisher: New York : Watson-Guptill, 1983
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823007421
• ISBN 13: 9780823007424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

No one who works in colored pencil—or wants to—can afford to be without this book, which is the most complete resource on the medium. The revised edition provides the latest information on colored pencils while retaining the best feature of the original: Bogeson's beautiful artwork; authoritative information about materials; clearcut lessons on color mixing and specific techniques; and demonstrations of various methods for creating works in colored pencils. Two new chapters introduce revolutionary techniques: applying frisket film to lift colored pencil pigment from paper, and using ordinary masking tape to remove even densely applied color.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Bet Borgeson is also the author of Colored Pencil Fast Techniques and Color Drawing Workshop. She lives in Portland, Oregon.


From the Trade Paperback edition.