Puppy Love: In-Depth Colored Pencil Tutorial

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• 30 full color step by step images and detailed instruction
• Improve your pet portraits and master capturing expressive features
• Reference photo and line drawing included

This new tutorial is pup-approved! Draw a sweet little tri-colored Spaniel puppy in 30 detailed steps with crystal clear instruction and step by step images. You'll spend hours gaining confidence with colored pencils while building a wide range of tones and textures - all under the precise guidance of master artist Donna Mulley.

Learn techniques for gorgeous curly black hair and a soft white coat - all in the same project. You will add tools to your CP toolbox that are sure to help you in future pet portraits: getting the highlights in long, shiny fur just right and perfecting the various reflections in those captivating eyes.

What you'll learn:

Faber-Castell Polychromos: The smooth, creamy application of these pencils on Pastelmat creates such luscious colors, you might wonder why you ever used anything else! Donna has selected 20 pencils to make up this multi-colored dog portrait and you'll use each one to build rich, varied hues in the fur, eyes and face of this adorable pup.

Drawing on Pastelmat: The soft background chosen for this project will allow the curly fur coat to pop and also saves you time - Pastelmat is all the rage because of it's forgiving properties and the smooth surface can also handle layer after layer to get details just right.

Expressive Features: Donna helps you through the tricky part of creating multiple highlights in this dog's soulful eyes. She will also teach you to pay attention to every highlight and shape so that you can master building believable fur colors from white to tawn to dark brown.

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: Drawing paper not included. See list of supplies needed in images. Polychromos pencil name changes can be found here. 

Publish Date: July 2018.

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