Bobbins the Cat: In-Depth Tutorial

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• 30 detailed steps with full color images and instruction
• Learn embossing, stroke and layering techniques for drawing cat fur and whiskers
• Reference photo and line drawing included

The purr-fect way to fine tune your colored pencil skills! Bobbins will keep you busy learning new embossing techniques for whiskers and fur while providing you with hours of relaxing, artistic fun. Amy Horton walks you through her exact process for creating life-like animals with CP - from the direction of your stroke to layering colors - step by step. By the end of this tutorial, your own technique for purr-fectly realistic animals will improve, guaranteed.

What you'll learn:

Embossing: How to use it to bring details like cat fur and and whiskers to life. Amy teaches you this brilliant method for adding precise detail.

Faber-Castell Polychromos: Amy chooses 16 colors from the Polychromos line for this tutorial, and you'll find that the oil-based pencils work perfectly for blending many layers to achieve rich, dynamic colors.

Fabric: Bobbins rests in a sea of floral fabric, making this the perfect image to learn two new skills in one! Get fabric folds and shading just right while learning how to create a soft, receding background that lets the kitty just pop off the page.

About In-Depth Tutorials:

Created by master colored pencil artists, each In-Depth tutorial features 30+ steps and focuses on teaching you why and not just how the artist applies their technique. No book or video comes close to the amount of instruction in an In-Depth tutorial. Art instruction books typically contain 4-6 steps per demo. That just scratches the surface! With large images and 30 or more steps, In-Depth tutorials truly show you exactly how the artist works, making it easy to truly learn new colored pencil techniques and achieve success.

Note: Stonehenge white drawing paper and colored pencils not included. Polychromos pencil name changes can be found here. 

Publish Date: January 2018.

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