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| Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer | 
 enlarge | Author: Arlene Steinberg
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18928
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1581809573
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.24
EAN: 9781581809572
ASIN: 1581809573
Publication Date: February 25, 2008
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wonderful book May 28, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I found this to be an excellent book on colored pencil. The lessons have a lot of detail and many step-by-step photos which make it a lot easier to complete the projects than in some books. I am using the book as if I were taking a course in color pencils, completing the paintings in the order in which they appear in the book. Most of my drawings are actually turning out to look like the ones in the book. When they don't I do them again paying closer attention to the instructions. I am learning a lot about layering color to get rich tones. I don't think all colored pencil artists build up that many layers to achieve the colors in their paintings but I think that it is worth it to learn this way. Now, when I do a leaf I won't immediately reach for the greens or when i do a red flower, immediately reach for the reds. I have been trying color pencil and knew I needed more instruction but wasn't sure where to start. I was so excited when I got this book because the book gave me the answer.
I did find that my paintings came out more true to hers when i traced the finished painting in the book to make my pattern instead of using the line drawings in the back of the book but all-in-all it is a wonderful book.
Masterful Color Says It All May 18, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have thoroughly covered the author's inclusion of every aspect of colored pencil in this book. They are right on the money. The reason I bought this book, however, and the reason I like it, is stated in the title. 'Masterful Color.' That truly says it all.
This book is filled with color, glorious color! Color and value, the color wheel, training your eyes to see color, and even some history behind the use of color. The demos sparkle with tints and shades, and the references to the Old Masters, and their use of color and technique, are particularly interesting and useful, especially if one wants to paint like an Old Master someday. And that antique look appears to be coming back into fashion.
The usage and properties of color build, in this book, from the ground up. I love to underpaint, but I am never sure which color to use under what hue. On page 47, there is an extremely handy tool...a chart illustrating color combinations that will make your paintings shine! This color chart must have taken days of work and years of experience to develop. Possession of this chart alone is worth the price of the book.
I buy many colored pencil books, but today's market is becoming so saturated, it is difficult to find something new in every book that comes out. This book contains new and different material, and it is a must for the colored pencil lover's library.
Next Best Thing to a Workshop April 22, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a gallery director and host to one of Arlene's three-day workshops, I am happy to say that she has managed to condense an entire workshop into an excellent instructional book full of step-by-step demonstrations, color information and basic templates. Beginners, intermediate students and artists at all levels will find this book to be a very useful tool. Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer is the next best thing to taking a workshop from Arlene. It is a must have for all colored pencil artists and for anyone who wants to learn about colored pencil.
One of the Best Colored Pencil Books I've seen, if not THE BEST! April 9, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm sure there are one or two books on Colored Pencils that have been published in the last 15 years that I don't own. However, I have only been Colored Pencil painting for about 3 years. It's difficult for me to push aside all of those books and to say this is the best I've seen, but I have! There are a few that have been in my Top 5 for awhile. Ann Kullberg's Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step and Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil are the #1 reason why I picked up a colored pencil. Cecile Baird Painting Light With Colored Pencil has been at the #1 spot for me because of her use of burnishing to make a colored pencil painting look super-realistic. Masterful Color bumped itself into the #1 spot within a few days. Ms. Steinberg's explanation of color theory and in particular the Grisaille (pronounced: greez-eye) Method was in depth but easy to understand. Her "Photography 101" section was written in a way so I finally understand aperture and exposure speed, and it took 5 sentences, which was worth the price of the book right there.
I pre-ordered this book on August 3, 2007, and I finally got it about 2 weeks ago. The book now looks more used than many of the books that take up so much room in my den.
I have read just through to the beginning of Chapter 4, but looking through the rest of the book has given me the impetuous to go forth and hope that I can become a fraction of the artist that Arlene Steinberg is. I waited 7 months for this book, and it was worth every minute that I waited.
Create beautiful paintings April 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer to be an excellent book. It is very thorough, from lessons on composition and color, to step by step instructions on how each painting was created. Ms. Steinberg's attention to detail is outstanding and the `tips' are extremely helpful. Having tried her technique of using complimentary colors and layers, I found it produced beautiful, rich paintings. Ms. Steinberg's technique can be applied to portraits and landscapes, as well as still life paintings. I highly recommend this book.
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