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| Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Greene
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 221762
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 1581802951
Dewey Decimal Number: 702
UPC: 035313322310
EAN: 9781581802955
ASIN: 1581802951
Publication Date: February 15, 2002
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Product Description
As a teacher of coloured pencil workshops, Gary Greene sees his students buying water-soluble pencils "by the truckload." Problem is, they don't know how to use the medium or even what it's capable of...and until now, there's never been a book to teach them. In this much-requested book, Greene shows artists how to achieve a variety of different effects with this fascinating medium - from loose, watercolour-like washes to precise airbrush looks. The author, along with 6 guest artists, show how they use the medium in 18 complete painting demonstrations.
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A classic on the subject... November 10, 2008
This is a true classic, the first book to really cover watercolor pencils in depth. It's in my own library, and I wrote Watercolor Pencil Magic!
I didn't end up using the crush up pencil tips and paint technique in my book, because it seemed like an uneccesary step in the creative process, but Greene's paintings are beautiful and inspiring!
 Duh, it's Gary Greene May 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everything by him is good so it's no surprise that this is a wonderfully helpful book!
Very Helpful April 27, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to learn the nuances of using watercolor pencils. The author's illustrations show the remarkable results that can be attained with this medium.
I especially want to comment on the series of cherries, which other reviewers have referred to. The cherries are the most useful and important part of the book, in my opinion, and the feature that distinguishes this book from others in this field. By repeating the same subject (the cherries) over and over, but as painted by different techniques, the author demonstrates the variety of achievable effects. I was surprised just how different each set of cherries looked when painted in the various techniques. Those demonstrations, along with other instruction in the book, make for valuable instruction. This is a great book for anyone who wants to become skilled in this medium.
Excellent techniques April 8, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I don't understand the complaint with the cherries by some of the other reviewers. Gary is just introducing the reader step-by-step to the techniques using cherrys as the example AT FIRST. There are 13 cherry techniques covered over 20 pages, but there are 128 pages in the book. Hmmmm, could there be more? WHY YES! As a matter of fact there is.
He then proceeds to use these techniques on other images that DO NOT repeat themselves. He covers stuff like portraits, animals, landscapes, textures, flowers and a bit of the abstract. There is a large variety. AND WAIT, theres more! He also demonstrates the varying techniques step-by-step with these other various non-repeating works of art! So, don't be fooled by the complaints about cherrys. It's just covered in Chapter 2 and then he goes into more depth in all the other chapters. (Chapter 1 is the usual materials tools and color charts.)
Okay, so it is not for beginners. You should know how to draw well, and be confident in your drawing. You know... be able to create the illusion of 3D on 2D. Or else you'll be one of those reviewers who says "I'm disapointed in this book, I expected more."
Painting with water-soluble colored pencils January 4, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was a gift so I have no knowledge of the contents other than that the gift recipient was pleased with the content and found it helpful in learning to paint with watercolors.
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