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    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners
    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners
    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners
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    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners

    By Sulet Hofmeyr

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    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners is an e-book based on the reputable art course aimed specifically at absolute beginners that the author has been offering at her studio since 2011.
    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners builds on the artistic skills taught in Drawing Basics for Beginners and is written in an easy to read style with lots of illustrative images, step-by-step illustrated demonstrations, and exercises to help you unlock and develop your artistic talent.
    The e-book covers important topics for learning to create realistic artworks in colored pencil and includes: what materials to use; learning new muscle memory for drawing; how to apply colored pencil for realistic rendering; how colors work and what colors to use together for realism; how to create realistic perspective and proportions; how to draw from life versus from reference pictures; how to create a variety of textures; and how to create pleasing compositions.
    If you follow the instructions, do not skip steps and practice often, you will never doubt your artistic competence ever again.
    See Drawing Basics for Beginners and Charcoal Basics for Beginners by the same author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSulet Hofmeyr
    Release dateFeb 24, 2015
    ISBN9781310815256
    Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners
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    Sulet Hofmeyr

    Sulet attended a graphics design course at the Art Director’s Workshop in Cape Town in 1988 after which she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa.In 2011 Sulet decided to combine her natural talent for teaching with her love for helping people and creating art. She recognized the shortage of art instruction available to people who lack confidence in their artistic capabilities and she answered this need by developing an art course specifically aimed at teaching absolute beginners the basic art skills and creative confidence they need to get started. This art course for beginners expanded to instructional art e-books for beginners.Sulet is currently trying her hand at authoring and illustrating e-books for children – an art style new to her. She is also in the process of expanding her art course for beginners even further in the form of online art courses for beginners soon.

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      Colored Pencil Basics for Beginners - Sulet Hofmeyr

      @ The Tip of a Pencil: Colored Pencil Basics s for Beginners

      Second Edition

      by Sulet Hofmeyr

      Copyright 2015 Sulet Hofmeyr

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      ISBN: 9781310815256

      The information contained in this book is for general information purposes only and while we endeavor to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to this book or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on this book for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever.

      - Ralph Waldo Emerson -

      Preface

      Introduction

      Materials needed

      Pencils

      Paper

      Blending tools

      Other tools

      Pencil control

      Pencil grip

      Pressure control

      Pencil strokes

      Layering

      Direction

      The color wheel

      Attributes of the color wheel

      Color terminology

      Hue

      Changing hues

      Value

      Changing values

      Intensity

      Changing intensity

      How to decrease intensity

      How to increase intensity

      Contrast

      Something about perspective

      Proportions

      Grid

      Reference pictures and copyright

      Draw from life

      Structural sketches

      Color combinations

      Complementary colors

      Monochromatic colors

      Analogous colors

      Shading

      Light sources

      Colored pencil techniques

      Different ways of coloring

      Hatching and cross-hatching

      Blending

      Texture

      Tonal edges

      Burnishing

      Tonal underdrawings

      Good composition

      Primary focal point

      Rule of thirds

      Visual flow

      Arrangement of objects

      Use value to create visual flow

      Line

      Spaces

      Planes

      Bibliography

      About the author

      Contact the author online

      I used to be one of the many people who wished I could draw beautifully realistic pictures, but try as I might, my attempts always left me frustrated and on the verge of giving up. I started believing everyone, including myself, who told me that I didn’t have the talent. Fear of failure set in, but I do love a challenge.

      In 1988, I enrolled for a graphic arts course in my rebellion against becoming a teacher as my family tradition dictated. During that year I was introduced to Betty Edward’s book Drawing on the right side of the brain and I discovered that one doesn’t have to be born brilliantly talented - in fact few are so lucky - and that the ability to make art, is a skill that can be learned. Some of the exercises in this book was inspired by and modeled to Betty Edward’s teachings.

      After the graphic arts course, I enrolled for an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences with Psychology as my major. There I learned how the brain works and how one learns new skills. The path for my life was paved … I didn’t want to go into psycho-analysis or art therapy. I wanted to make a difference by teaching art. Teaching, right? Did you catch the irony?

      Think of learning to create art in the same way we think of learning to play the piano. You need to learn how to handle your instrument, you learn the muscle control for playing at different volumes and rhythms and how to make different volumes and rhythms flow into each other naturally, you master all the basic little things to succeed at playing complicated pieces. You start by learning to read music so that you can observe what to do, you learn to play simple scales over and over until your fingers glide across the notes effortlessly. The only way to master any new skill, is to practise, practise, practise the scales until you can do it in your sleep. It is the same when learning to create art.

      So, here is a bit of background information and your first lesson: Inside your brain, there are billions of neurons forming trillions of neural pathways. They are the hallways along which information travels around in your brain and to your body. When you learn a new skill new neural pathways are established that disappear when not used often and improve when used often and frequently. Frequently used neural pathways become so strong over time that the actions become second nature.

      For example, it will feel uncomfortable at first (it is new) when you practise holding your pencil correctly for drawing and coloring , but you will get used to it and soon it will be second nature.

      In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell examines the 10, 0000-hour rule as a general rule of success. Gladwell quotes John Lennon in an interview about the eight hours per day seven days per week The Beatles performed at a strip club in Hamburg: "We got better and got more confidence. We couldn’t help it with all the experience playing all night

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