The Bottom Line
Anne Kullberg draws the best colored pencil skintones I've seen, with natural, often informal poses, and a marvellous eye for composition. She shares her techniques in a beautifully illustrated, well produced volume that every colored pencil portraitist should own.
Pros
- Learn to draw beautiful skin tones
- Discover the importance of light
- Learn related aspects of portrait art
Cons
- could use some examples with older models
Description
- published by North Light Books, Cincinnati 1999
- ISBN 0-89134-844-1
- Hardcover 128 Pages, 11.3 x 8.9 inches
Guide Review - Colored Pencil Portraits - Ann Kullberg
'Colored Pencil Portraits - Step by Step' is an excellent book which I highly recommend for anybody who is serious about colored pencil portraiture. Ann Kullberg covers essential basics, such as her fantastic time-saving method of vertical-line shading (which allows you to build up a surface quickly, and gives an almost tapestry-like, even rhythm to the drawn surface), color selection and layering. Step-by-step demonstrations show you how to observe the essential highlights, build darks and create skin-tones. Large overviews are balanced with detailed close-ups explaining technique.
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