Drawing the Joy of Nature with Colored Pencil: A Step-by-Step Guide

by Lee Hammond

Overview

Draw colorful subjects with bestselling author Lee Hammond.

This book is loaded with fun lessons and projects from popular instructor Lee Hammond on drawing brightly colored nature subjects realistically—more easily than you ever thought possible! The book includes basic colored-pencil drawing instruction on materials, using a grid to transfer a preliminary drawing from a photo, values, color, shadows, blending, and other key lessons for beginners. Twenty+ demonstrations show how to draw subjects from three different viewpoints, and how to draw detail from far away to super close. It includes fruit, flowers, leaves, butterflies, and birds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684620449
Publisher:	Mixed Media Resources LLC
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	113,909
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lee Hammond has authored more than 30 art-instruction books that have sold more than one million copies. She conducts classes in person and has many online videos with ArtistsNetwork.TV that have drawn hundreds of thousands of views. These include Art Lessons with Lee Hammond: Draw Faces in Colored Pencil, Lee Hammond's Lifelike Drawing in ColoredPencil, Drawing Lifelike Portraits in Graphite with Lee Hammond, and Lee Hammond's Lifelike Drawing.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Beauty of Nature 6

1 Getting Started 12

Pencils 13

Colors 14

Drawing Paper 16

Other Tools 17

2 Basic Techniques 18

Comparing Layering and Burnishing 19

Demo: Drawing a Rock 21

Demo: Drawing a Cherry Tomato 22

Demo: Drawing an Orange 23

3 Composition, Color, Shapes, and Shading 24

Composition 25

Color 26

Shapes and Shading 28

Demo: Drawing an Egg 30

Demo: Drawing Colored Eggs 31

Other Things to Remember 32

Enjoy the Journey 33

4 Capturing Your image on Paper 34

The Grid Method 35

Using a Viewfinder 36

Segment Drawings 37

Try Different Viewfinders 38

5 Drawing Fruits and Vegetables 40

Different Views 41

Different Backgrounds 42

Different Paper Colors 43

Demo: Drawing a Pear 44

Demo: Drawing a Tomato Close Up 46

Demo: Drawing an Apple Close Up 48

6 Drawing Lovely Leaves 50

Vein Details 51

Lights and Darks 52

Exaggerating Color 53

Demo: Drawing a Sea Grape Leaf 54

Demo: Drawing Waterdrops on a Leaf 56

Leaf Details 58

Succulents 60

Demo: Drawing a Succulent 60

Different Paper Colors 62

Different Approaches 63

Start Simple, Graduate to More Complex 64

7 Drawing Trees 66

Banyan Tree Details 67

Scratching for an Illusion of Realism 68

Demo: Drawing and Scratching Foliage 69

Tree Trunk Details 70

8 Drawing Beautiful Flowers 72

Simple and Complex 73

Demo: Drawing a Magnolia Bloom 74

Demo: Drawing Waterdrops on a Petal 76

Demo: Drawing a Rose Step-by-Step 78

Different Paper Colors 80

No Two Alike 81

Shading Details 82

Light and Shadow 83

Shadow Edges 84

Extreme Shadows 85

Demo: Drawing a Bird of Paradise 86

From a Distance 88

Stay Curious 89

9 Drawing Butterflies, Bees, and Bugs 90

Demo: Black Swallowtail Butterfly 92

Different Paper Colors 94

Different Approaches 95

Demo: Drawing a Malachite Butterfly 96

Bees 98

Demo: Drawing a Bumblebee 98

Honey Bee Details 100

Other Garden Bugs 101

10 Drawing Birds 102

Surrounding Details and Basic Shapes 103

Demo: Drawing Parrot Feathers 104

Adding Soft Pastel 106

Complementary Colors 107

Demo: Drawing an Owl 108

Macaw Details 110

A Different Viewpoint 112

Seabird Details 113

Demo: Drawing a Blue Jay 114

Drawing on Black 116

Telling a Story 117

Demo: Drawing a Toucan 118

White Gel Pen Details 120

Large Waterfowl 122

Birds Are Fascinating Subjects 124

Conclusion 125

Index 126