Colored Pencil Painting Portraits

I have reviewed a few different art books on my blog and am always fascinated with the different techniques of the artists. I was lucky to receive a copy of Colored Pencil Painting Portraits by Alyona Nickelsen. This book if full of great tips on using colored pencils to create realistic portraits. I was actually really surprised about how detailed the author is and how much information is included in this book.

Something that I really like and that helps colored pencils to be less intimidating is the step by step process that the author displays in this book. She will take an image and show it in the various stages of having more detail added. This really helps to know what should be done first and how the image comes to be a finished product. This is especially helpful for people such as myself that do not have much knowledge with colored pencils.

I think this book is a great introduction for those wanting to dive into the world of colored pencil art. The book is full of beautiful images and lots of handy tips.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

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