{"product_id":"the-new-colored-pencil-isbn-9780770436933","title":"The New Colored Pencil","description":"\u003cb\u003eStart coloring, relieve stress, and learn to create radiant, original works of art using colored pencils, wax pastels, and watercolor pencils.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd vibrancy to your coloring creations with instruction from best-selling author and teacher Kristy Kutch as she guides you through recommendations for the newest colored pencil brands, best drawing surfaces, and groundbreaking techniques.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding easy step-by-step demonstrations and inspiring art from today’s best colored pencil artists, \u003ci\u003eThe New Colored Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to use color theory to your advantage, combine color media, create and enhance textures, and experiment with surfaces to create phenomenal effects. Whether you use traditional wax-based, or watercolor colored pencils,\u003ci\u003e The New Colored Pencil \u003c\/i\u003ewill take your creative art pieces to a whole new level.Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Wax‑Based Traditional Colored Pencils\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Getting Started with Waxy Colored Pencils  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Compatible Surfaces for Waxy Colored Pencils  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Getting the Most Out of Color  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Applying and Lifting Waxy Colored Pencil  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Creating and Enhancing Textures with Colored Pencil  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Water-Soluble Colored Pencils\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Water-Soluble Colored Pencils and Compatible Surfaces  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Brushes for Water-Soluble Drawing Products  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Water-Soluble Pencil Techniques  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Wax Pastels and Combining Colored Drawing Media\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Wax Pastels, Compatible Surfaces, and Techniques  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Combining Color Drawing Media  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Afterword  \u003cbr\u003e Appendix  \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  \u003cbr\u003e Index\"In recent years, the medium of colored pencil has expanded significantly. Divided into three sections on each main type of colored pencil--wax, oil, water-soluble--this guide covers both traditional and more modern colored pencil principles and styles. Included is a chapter on color theory; step-by-step excercises to familiarize the reader with a range of traditional, innovative, and unusual techniques; many handy comparison charts showing the characteristics of various tools, materials, and brands; and a very useful hue\/color name\/manufacturer appendix. VERDICT: Artists of all levels looking for a versatile, portable, and colorful new medium can draw inspiration from this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003eKRISTY ANN KUTCH has taught more than two hundred colored pencil and watercolor pencil workshops to artists and students nationwide. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDrawing and Painting with Colored Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a contributor to several colored pencil publications, including\u003ci\u003e The Best of Colored Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Colored Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColored Pencil Explorations\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eInternational Artist Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePratique des Arts\u003c\/i\u003e. She also authored a DVD called \u003ci\u003eColored Pencil Landscapes: Beyond the Basics\u003c\/i\u003e, released by Artist Palette Productions. Kutch is a resident of Michigan City, Indiana.Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the first time I picked up a colored pencil in my local art league class, I have been intrigued by the medium. More than two decades have passed since that course, and I have embraced the growth of colored pencil as a fine art medium with great enthusiasm. Since my first book, \u003ci\u003eDrawing and Painting with Colored Pencil,\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Watson-Guptill in 2005, there have been many product and technique developments. With a spirit of fun and adventure, I have incorporated new pencils, wax pastels, tools, and approaches into my own art. Whether I drew, brushed, grated, spattered, or even blew pigment through a screen, it has been an enjoyable and satisfying experience. In recent years, many new varieties and types of colored pencils have emerged, each with their own merits and characteristics—and sometimes inspiring new techniques. The varieties of pencils and the palette of colors in which they’re available have grown beyond wax- or oil-based “permanent” traditional pencils. Water-soluble drawing products now include new types of watercolor pencils, including ink-like pencils and even tinted aquarelle graphite pencils. Pigments are rich and dense, and more emphasis has been placed on lightfastness for the permanence of one’s art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The emergence of water-soluble wax pastels—which may \u003ci\u003elook\u003c\/i\u003e like crayons but which offer much more in terms of quality, speed, and versatility—has been perhaps the most surprising development in the world of color drawing and painting. Aquarelle wax pastels swiftly cover large areas with rich pigment that dissolves instantly with the sweep of a damp brush. The wax pastel can also be sharpened to a point, or the pigment can be stroked from the tip with a wet brush. This type of aquarelle wax pastel can yield a highly pigmented liquefied wash which can then be applied with a brush. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New and diverse drawing and painting surfaces that are colored pencil–compatible have emerged, too. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Longtime favorite lines of paper have expanded to include more colors. New brands of papers have appeared with a variety of textures, to appeal to artists’ wide-ranging tastes. Versatile illustration board ideally designed and textured for wet media as well as dry is now on the market. Translucent film–like vellum, acid-free and of high quality, offers speedy, rich laydown of colors. From fine-toothed silky paper to sandy-textured boards, dazzling pure white or toned to a range of colors, such supports offer an aspiring array of textures, hues, and unique traits—the potential unfolds with great possibilities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Colored pencil is ever-blossoming as a fine art medium, bringing with it new materials and surfaces, even an expanded concept of what “drawing a painting in color” means. This book presents many possibilities and techniques for widening those colored pencil boundaries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artists whose work I have admired over the years, whether they were long-recognized figures in colored pencil circles or emerging artists I met through my workshop travels, have been generous in sharing their art, describing their tools and techniques, even revealing their sources of inspiration. You will linger and marvel over their art as I, too, have done. I am most grateful for their participation and the enhancement that their art has lent to \u003ci\u003eThe New Colored Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e. My deepest gratitude goes to these very special guest artists, whose contributions so enhance these pages: Debbie Bowen, Jeannette Buckley, Karen Coleman, Barbara Grant, Mary Hobbs, Laura Miller, Jackie Treat, Ranjini Venkatachari, and Jana Westhusing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I hope that learning about colored drawing materials and seeing the work of colored pencil artists will inspire you to consider such techniques and materials and to continue to grow creatively.","brand":"Watson-Guptill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301648650469,"sku":"NP9780770436933","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780770436933_30672c01-cef6-407a-b2ea-be0df39a164a.jpg?v=1742924724","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-new-colored-pencil-isbn-9780770436933","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}