Color Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Artistic Effects Paperback – May 2, 2017

I think the author, Rachel Reinert, put a tremendous amount of time and effort into creating a fantabulous guide for learning various coloring techniques. I am a novice at this adult coloring craze, and this book is exactly what I needed. It is almost as good as being in an art class because you have the written how-tos, plus the picture and the media to use, right before your eyes.Lots of Pros:1. The beginning of the book has a short bio of the author followed by a table of contents and introduction by Rachel. Five chapters, each on a different technique with assorted coloring tools comes next, followed by tool resources with web addresses and an index precedes the 25 practice pages. Each chapter has a short intro page before the step-by-step instructions.2. Quality, mono-filament sewn spine, easy open and stay put for at ease of reading and coloring while following the step-by-step how-tos.3. Choice paper: White, smooth and a good weight. The text and color examples are reader friendly. The color illustrations are slightly glossy.4. Perforated practice pages on white smooth paper5. The oodles of tips throughout the book are nice also. Ex: how to prevent bleed-through when using markers. I tried it, and it works! I always use a sheet of card-stock as a blotter behind any wet media; however, I just never thought of this trick!6. Step-by-step color pictures with the written how-to beneath the picture. The brand name and colors of tools used are in a side bar. Many tools used are available open stock and can be purchased in color/amount needed versus having to purchase large and expensive sets in order to duplicate the technique using the same tools as the author. CHAPTER 1: The Color StudioMaterials: Six pages on helping one decide which paper and tool to choose for a particular technique. It includes a bit about the tooth (texture) of paper, which is best for colored pencils, gel pens, markers etc. The difference in pencil leads, markers and brushes is also explained.CHAPTER 2: Exploring Color:The six pages of color info starts with the Color Wheel: guide to help make color choices for creating awesome pictures. This is followed by the kinds of color and info on various shades and how achieved, which colors complement one another and how color can be used to produce unforgettable artwork.CHAPTER 3: Colorful TechniquesThis chapter is ten pages of how-tos for various kinds of techniques such as hatching, stippling and more using various tools.CHAPTER 4: Working with Color Step-by-stepThis chapter has some really fun stuff like burnishing, creating shadows, blending, burnishing, creating shadows, highlights with gel pens etc. The how-tos with gel pens and colored pencils on adding realistic backgrounds and water droplets was extremely helpful for me.Just one Con:1. The practice pages are printed with illustrations front and back of the page.

I have been looking for a how-to guide for coloring with a wide variety of medium. I have books for colored pencils and for drawing but none, until this book, which covered coloring techniques for gel pens, pastels and markers as well. This book has everything that I have been looking for.There are pages of tips and information and then there are the exercises in which the author walks you through the techniques step-by-step. The photographs are spot-on for showing what goes where and Ms. Reinert's narrative explains in detail what you need to do to get the same results.I really like that each exercise provides a supplies list so you can purchase and use the same medium the author used. The items that she used are available open stock so you can purchase just what you need versus having to purchase large and expensive sets in order to do the lessons in the book.There are four main chapters in the book: 1) The Color Studio where the author discusses a variety of supplies and how they work, both pluses and minuses. 2) Exploring Color where we learn about the color wheel and how to choose colors that work together. 3) Colorful Techniques which plain and show a variety of ways to use your medium. This includes colored pencils, pastels, gel pens, watercolors and water-soluble pencils and markers. 4) Working with Color Step by Step which walks you through the many exercises in the book. I'll include a couple of photos of the finished samples. There are line drawings at the back of the book for each of the exercises.I really like the way the book is laid out and the detail with which it is written. My only small nit is that the author mentions that alcohol-based markers don't bleed through the page. That has not been my experience as alcohol-based markers bleed through almost all paper (except for thick card stock.) I was actually left wondering if it is an error in text and the author meant water-based markers which bleed through only on thin to thin/medium weight paper. Again, just a nit in an otherwise really helpful book.

Papel de qualidade, a autora mostra as mais utilizadas técnicas de colorir e da vários exemplos passo a passo. No final do livro tem as linearts para poder seguir os tutoriais. Boas imagens, ótimo livro

Een mooi kleurboek wat je leert om stapsgewijs mooie kleurplaten te maken. Achterin het boek is veel ruimte om zelf te oefenen.

Debería haber la traducción en Español,Si sabes inglés o alguien que lo traduzca , es una compra genial.Sino ..... sólo con los dibujos también te puede servir , pero menos

This book, "Love Color Pencils' and 'Colorist: Special Effects,' are excellent for beginners new to colouring or coloring in, or as they now appear to want to you to say 'Drawing.' This is the third book I have seen that refers to colouring as drawing. There are very few project books out there and when you find a great one you grab it. Wonderfully and colourfully presented, excellent for the beginner, intermediary, ... and the accomplished just mighty find it and enjoy it. The exercises are wonderful, the fact you actually get to colour in right there and then what has just been explained not only teaches you the lesson but gives you confidence. The paper is respectabke. The one thing that might throw some people off is that she uses a variety of colouring tools as part of her projects. Most books now are using Prismacolor pencils to teach lessons, since most people have them and they have pretty much become the affordable standard. She uses Prismacolor but she also uses other brands, Faber-Castell, along with Gel Pens, Pastels, etc, in her projects, She also uses a few things like cotton tips and petroleum jelly that may not be available to you, so read the check list at the beginning of each project to make sure you have all that is required or a reasonable substitute. Enjoy the book!

No lo he podido dejar de utilizar,lo tengo siempre a la mano para poner en práctica algún efecto, con consejos fáciles y sin tanto rollo. Muy práctico