I have often ambled through galleries where a certain painting catches my eye - it looks exactly like real life, and it takes me a minute to realize that the painting is not in fact a photograph. I always wondered how the artist could accomplish such a feat, replicating the depth of life.
Here's how! Alyona Nickelsen walks the reader through the process of imitating real-life portraits in bite-size steps. I did not feel overwhelmed at the material covered in "Colored Pencil Painting Portraits," which was surprising, given just how in-depth and insightful Nickelsen's details were.
The star of this book was the last few pages: Nickelsen outlines, in detail, the pros and cons of various solvents that work well with colored pencils. I definitely will refer to these few pages in my future endeavors with colored pencils.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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