Friday, March 30, 2018

Love Colored Pencils Review & GIVEAWAY

Hey You. Want to learn how to color? Just add colored pencils, a sharpener and blending stump to this fun new book Love Colored Pencils: How to Get Awesome at Drawing: An Interactive Draw-in-the-Book Journal by Vivian Wong. This popular young Instagram artist, known for her fantastical colored pencil illustrations shares the methods she uses to color on large 8.5"  x 10" pages. Publisher: Quarry Books released the 128 page paperback on February 6, 2018. The format is demo and "try it yourself". Vivian demonstrates a technique, or colors in a subject, and then provides a dedicated space for the reader to practice. Chapter One covers techniques. Chapter Two how to color portraits - the eyes, noses, lips, skin and hair. Chapter Three how to color feathers, fur and flowers. Then use your new skills alone or in various combinations to create your own masterpieces. Get your copy below!
 
CONTENTS
Meet Vivian

Chapter One: Tools and techniques
Tool and Materials
Holding your Pencil
Pressure
Hatching
Crosshatching
Stippling
Blending
Vivian's "Go-To" Colors
Color Mixes
Knowing the Color Spectrum
What is Tone?
Bringing it all together

Chapter Two: How to color
Eyes
Noses
Lips
Skin
Hair

Chapter Three: My favorite things
Feathers: Owl
Fur: Leopard
Flowers

Index and Credits

Artist and author Vivian Wong.






















Page 30 and 31. Demo page on the left. "Try it yourself" practice page on right. Large 8.5"  x 10" pages.


My copy the book and colored pencils.

Love Colored Pencils is available worldwide at Quarry Books, a division of the Quarto Publishing Group USA. Check out their unique catalog at Quarry Books. Quarto has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until April 19, 2018. Canadian and USA addresses only. Good luck!

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37 comments:

  1. asheraresFri Mar 30, 05:20:00 PM 2018

    I would be interested in reading The Pallet Book.

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  2. Shelley EFri Mar 30, 05:24:00 PM 2018

    There are so many great books and I own quite a few. One that looks like it would be a great addition to my art book collection is "Modern Drawing"

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  3. kathy dFri Mar 30, 05:37:00 PM 2018

    They have so many nice titles it's hard to choose one,I think

    Lettering with Purpose by Brittany Luiz for my daughter.

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  4. Elizabeth TarlowFri Mar 30, 07:11:00 PM 2018

    I would love to have a copy of DIY Hydroponic Gardens by Tyler Baras!

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  5. rj7777Fri Mar 30, 07:15:00 PM 2018

    The pallet book looks interesting. I have some and was going to make a compost bin with them but haven't yet!! Great ideas I bet! Rita Spratlen

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  6. AnonymousFri Mar 30, 07:38:00 PM 2018

    The book whole food, looks like something I would like to read.

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  7. Calvin F.Fri Mar 30, 08:48:00 PM 2018

    Know It All Medicine

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  8. Jim MayFri Mar 30, 10:00:00 PM 2018

    I think I would find this book, Love Colored Pencils, very useful. Being disabled I find I have lot's of free time. This might help me keep busy.

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  9. Jim MayFri Mar 30, 10:12:00 PM 2018

    I'd really like to read The Orchids Book.

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  10. MelodySat Mar 31, 05:45:00 AM 2018

    I like Houseplants and Hand Lettering A to Z.

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  11. robynlSat Mar 31, 11:58:00 AM 2018

    I'd like to receive Guide to Vegetable Gardening.

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  12. JMac272Sat Mar 31, 10:04:00 PM 2018

    Drawing school fundamentals

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  13. Emily CSat Mar 31, 11:29:00 PM 2018

    I would love Cross Stich Star Wars.

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  14. jayne cameronSun Apr 01, 07:09:00 PM 2018

    I would like to read Woof

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  15. Julie WaldronMon Apr 02, 03:44:00 PM 2018

    I'd like 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History by R. G. Grant for my husband.

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  16. AnonymousWed Apr 04, 12:06:00 AM 2018

    I would love the Color by Numbers: Happiness by Arpad Olbey

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  17. Lala77Thu Apr 05, 02:56:00 PM 2018

    I think the DIY Circus Lab would make a really unique and fun gift for kids.

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  18. Muttlover13Thu Apr 05, 03:11:00 PM 2018

    So many great title to choose from, maybe the Pallet Book or Beekeeper's Lab

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  19. Fan R.Fri Apr 06, 09:56:00 PM 2018

    I like Rum Curious The Indispensable Tasting Guide to the World's Spirit!

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  20. trishdenSun Apr 08, 06:34:00 PM 2018

    A book I would like to receive is the Wild Jewelry by Sarah Drew book. Thanks!

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  21. clare0bMon Apr 09, 08:03:00 PM 2018

    I'd like to receive 101 Textures in Colored Pencil.

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  22. MichelleTue Apr 10, 01:51:00 AM 2018

    I would also like the low sugar so simple cookbook. I have been trying to cut back.

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  23. Sheila HickmonTue Apr 10, 09:51:00 PM 2018

    I'd also like the Tarot Companion!

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  24. UnknownWed Apr 11, 02:29:00 AM 2018

    I would like to receive the Colour-by-Number: Mandalas by Walter Foster Creative Team

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  25. UnknownWed Apr 11, 04:44:00 PM 2018

    I love the color by number books for my daughter but I especially like the hiccups book for my autistic three ur old

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  26. Live Laugh LoveFri Apr 13, 11:12:00 PM 2018

    I like the A Moment in Time Capsule by Editors of Briday that is always something to treasure as you get older.

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  27. tat2gurlzrockMon Apr 16, 11:12:00 AM 2018

    I would love to have the Marley Coffee Cookbook.

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  28. GabriellyMon Apr 16, 12:54:00 PM 2018

    I would like the Anywhere, Anytime Art: Colored Pencil by Cara Hanley.

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  29. Debbie PTue Apr 17, 12:10:00 AM 2018

    I'd love to receive Electric Guitars.

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  30. Rose Santuci-SofrankoTue Apr 17, 05:07:00 PM 2018

    I really like their "Drawing: Landscapes & Vistas by Diane Cardaci" book. Love to be able to draw like that! Thanks and God Bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol

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  31. UnknownWed Apr 18, 11:01:00 AM 2018

    Love Carboard Boxes but so many wonderful options.

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  32. UnknownWed Apr 18, 09:29:00 PM 2018

    I'd like the Felt Friends Woodland Critters.

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  33. Kayla klontzWed Apr 18, 10:47:00 PM 2018

    I'D ALSO LIKE Color By Numbers Happiness book!

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  34. Clair ShumackThu Apr 19, 12:32:00 AM 2018

    I would love to have the Badass Babe Workbook!

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  35. Antoinette MThu Apr 19, 02:32:00 PM 2018

    I would like Upcycling.

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  36. Jerry MarquardtThu Apr 19, 05:45:00 PM 2018

    I would also like to obtain the book Brew Your Own Big Book of Clone Recipes.

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  37. MichelleCatThu Apr 19, 10:44:00 PM 2018

    I would love to gift this to my eldest son:
    The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge
    Prayers, Incantations, and Other Texts from the Book of the Dead

    He is big into all civilization's mythology (? that sounded weird)

    entering under bonita7878(at)yahoo(dot)com

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