"A complete step-by-step directory of key techniques, plus an inspirational gallery showing how artists use them"--Cover.

"Explains the basic characteristics and colour ranges of all the main types of coloured pencil, from hard-and soft-leaded pencils to pastel varieties. Step-by step visual demonstrations of all the key techniques - from blending, blocking in and burnishing to sgraffito, strippling and impressing - plus illustrations of the effects they

Demonstrates basic techniques from blending and erasure to stenciling and stippling, and provides examples of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits

Explains the basic characteristics and color ranges of the main kinds of colored pencils: hard, soft, and pastel varieties. Offers step-by-step, visual demonstrations of each key technique-from blending, blocking in, and burnishing to graffito, stippling, and impressing-with more than 150 full-color illustrations. Includes an inspiring gallery of finished examples that

Provides over 1400 articles that deal with materials and techniques in art from ancient times to the present, including such media as ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, and computer art.