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Jane Strother has worked across a wide range of media in her career as an artist and teacher. She currently teaches workshops on oil pastels, drawing, painting and printmaking, and gives talks and demos about her own work. Jane has won prizes and exhibited widely across the UK. As an illustrator, she has had work published by Saatchi Design, Reader's Digest, Longman, Heinemann, Penguin and Random House. She lives in Oxfordshire.
I have now had this book for a week. Now that I've looked through
and read different sections I can't wait to get started. This book
is full of countless techniques and inspiration.
*Deborah Donward*
This is a wonderful book, the best "artist's bible" I have read.It
is a treat to browse through for inspiration, and delightfully
detailed in the help and guidance it offers to anyone interested in
creating art with all kinds of coloured pencils.
Subtitled 'An essential reference for the practising artist', the
book easily earns this description. As someone fairly new to
coloured pencil drawing I have found it fascinating to explore the
different sections, which cover Tools and material, Techniques,
Colour, Planning and procedures, Themed palettes, Gallery, and
Subjects.The section on Techniques is inspiring, covering topics
like mark-making, blending and burnishing, as well as sgraffito,
masking and erasing. This section also covers water-soluble
pencils, underpainting, using solvents, as well as combinations
with other media..In chapter 5, Themed palettes includes buildings,
landscapes, portraits, skies, still life, trees, foliage, flowers,
and water.
The other sections are equally comprehensive. The style is simple
and straightforward, and makes you itch to get started - which I
have in a small way. The instructions are clear and easy to follow,
and the colours express the vibrancy of the medium,. The gallery
and subjects section reveal the amazing results that can be
achieved.
*Catherine Mcewan*
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