Mastering Colored Pencil: An Essential Guide to Materials, Concepts, and Techniques fo (ART) - Tapa blanda

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'Lisa Dinhofer es una artista que vive y trabaja en la ciudad de Nueva York. Nacida en Brooklyn y educada en el sistema de escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Nueva York, se licenció con honores en la Universidad de Brandeis y obtuvo su maestría en Bellas Artes en la Universidad de Pensilvania. Su obra se ha expuesto ampliamente tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Sus exposiciones individuales más recientes tuvieron lugar en The Century Association, Denise Bibro Fine Art y la Universidad de Purdue. Sus pinturas y obras sobre papel, ampliamente coleccionadas, forman parte de numerosas colecciones públicas y privadas, entre las que destacan el Museo de Brooklyn, la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York, el City College (CUNY), IBM y muchas más. Galardonada con numerosos premios, ha recibido la Beca Individual del Fondo Nacional para las Artes (NEA) y las becas MacDowell y Yaddo Colony. En 2003, Dinhofer finalizó un mural de mosaico de vidrio de 27 metros de largo, titulado «Losing My Marbles» (Perdiendo la cabeza), encargado por la MTA, Arts for Transit. Esta obra pública se encuentra en la estación de metro de Times Square, calle 42, en la ciudad de Nueva York. '

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Many people who bought colored pencils during the adult coloring book craze are now looking to learn new ways to be creative with them.

In Mastering Colored Pencil, artist and colored pencil evangelist Lisa Dinhofer presents everything artists need to know about traditional and contemporary drawing techniques, materials, and color theory in order to master this versatile medium.

Colored pencils, an inexpensive, easy to use, and mobile medium, are coming of age. More and more artists are discovering the incredible qualities of drawing with colored pencils. The wide variety of vibrant color choices among the major manufacturers seems endless. At a recent count, there are more than fifty different reds in the colored pencil spectrum of Prismacolor, Faber-Castell, and Derwent. The base of the pencils vary as well: wax, watercolor, pastel, and graphite. These can be interchanged or mixed together. The effects that can be achieved are limitless.

A work in pencil can be a drawing, a watercolor, or an oil painting. A wax pencil can sketch, can draw, can paint. A watercolor pencil can do the same. The drawing can be transparent as a loose wash or as dense as an oil on canvas. Artists can work as small as a postage stamp or as large as a wall. Mastering Colored Pencil is illustrated throughout with Dinhofer’s fresh and sophisticated artwork and includes more than twenty-five step-by-step demonstrations, thoughtful exercises, workbook templates, and specific assignments that are sure to help every artist achieve striking results with pencils. A special exhibition section includes work, technique descriptions, and insights from seven additional contemporary artists.