chapter one   MATERIALS
The Pencils - Drawing Surfaces - Sharpeners and Other Basic Tools - Setting Up a Workspace

chapter two   FUNDAMENTALS
Drawing - Color and Drawing - Mixing Color with Colored Pencil - A Colorist Approach - Creating Illusions of Form, Volume, and Space - Composition - The Primal Nature of Edges

chapter three   GETTING STARTED
Ideas and Inspiration - Working from Life and from Photography - Building Your Own Techniques - Demonstration: Color Lifting Techniques - Demonstration: Impressed Line Technique - A Working Procedure - Appraising Work in Progress - Knowing When You're Finished

chapter four   STILL LIFE AND FLORAL
Selecting and Setting Up a Still Life - Lighting Your Still Life - Integrating Subject and Background - Demonstration: A Still Life - The Floral Still Life - Demonstration: A Floral Still Life

chapter five    LANDSCAPE
The Rooms of Landscape - Working from Location to Studio - Finding Your Setting and Center of Interest - Using Color to Suggest Space - The Eloquence of Understatement - The Naturalistic Landscape - Demonstration: A Natural Landscape - The Imaginary Landscape - Demonstration: A Fantasy Night Landscape

chapter six   AFTERWORD: ART AND INDEPENDENCE
Becoming a Lifelong Artist - Blending Art with Livelihood - Exhibiting and Selling Your Art - The Long View: Laddering Your Goals

index

(128 pages. 7 x 10 (18 x 25 cm). Over 140 full-color and 10 b/w illustrations)

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