Review: Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques by Judy Martin

This book by Judy Martin is an accessible and hands-on guide to various coloured pencil techniques. Many beautiful artworks are included.

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[BarbrajoanOriginals]

Teoh, what an absolutely beautiful book and thank you for showing it.. I'm a watercolor painter, but have tried my hand at colored pencils . Some of the experienced artists do wonderful work with them..

[ItsTammy]

I love working with coloured pencils. I have lymphoma and Ovarian cancer and I get very tired as exhausted easily. I simply couldn't do my abstract mixed media art pieces anymore. So I needed to find a new medium where I can still be creative but wasn't so involved etc. I turned to watercolour and coloured pencil! It's perfect for me and coloured pencil artwork really is beautiful and very exciting and satisfying. I can't wait to see some of your work!

[delorreskapluck]

I love watercolors and colored pencil and they are a great compliment to each other in my sketching.

[benjamina]

Nice review. I love these kind of books for the images, but find that so many of them lack detailed instructions and only a few good step by step examples. Most of them skip a lot of steps in those examples. These days I do find a detailed step by step video much more beneficial, I do learn a lot more from those. But there a few good books though I keep for reference.

[ooXChrissieXoo]

wow I'm loving this book! Especially how this book introduces different style, where other books tend to focus on just 1.

[fronkoreoandthewhisks]

Are you planning on showing colored pencil works using techniques from the book? I'd love to see that

[SanthoshMaruthi]

Teoh, excellent review, i enjoy watching your videos, very informative and concise, thanks.

[laurajohnson]

Thank you Teoh. Looks like a beautiful book.

[MDCampbell]

Hi Teoh! I really love that you're developing an interest in colored pencils. I spent years working, professionally, using colored pencils and still adore my time with them. When I got into airbrushing, they were essential in refining areas and bringing out specific details. With watercolor, I often use them to create an added dimension to my work. If you're looking to buy, I highly recommend checking out Faber Castell Polychromos pencils, as they are (in my opinion) the best available, with Prismacolor being my next favorite. The best I ever used, which I still have, are Spectracolor pencils, which are no longer on the market. They were absolutely spectacular and I'm sad they can't be bought anymore. The book is stunning and I love the work shown in it. Thank you so much for the review! Helpful and insightful, for sure! Cheers! :)

[ionlyemergeafterdark]

Looks like a good book. I usually judge an art instruction book by the examples of art in the book. If they are exciting and beautiful then that counts a lot for me. Unfortunately I have so many books, I have hardly any more room. So I look for kindle books. This book is not on kindle, I believe.

[rnee]

Do you have any recommendations for a how-to book on colored pencil art. I am an intermediate watercolor artist interested in learning colored pencil. Thank you!

[TheSgyro]

Oh nice.. So i guess color pencil reviews and sketch demos are coming 😄