Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer by Layer, Paperback

Masterful Color will redefine the way you think about colored pencils. By employing classic techniques such as tonal under painting, chiaroscuro and color layering, you will achieve a depth and intensity of color that rivals the celebrated paintings of the Old Masters.

• 15 step-by-step demonstrations teach a classic approach to color, value and composition
• features a gorgeous range of subject matter, from luscious fruits and flowers to shimmering porcelain, crystal, silver, glass and more
• all the lessons come together in a grand, start-to-finish painting demonstration, from initial concept to final touches

About the Author:

Arlene Steinberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University. She worked as a textile and wallpaper designer for more than 20 years before retiring and putting her talents toward realistic painting with colored pencil. Her colored pencil paintings have won many awards in regional and national exhibitions, and she has been published in American Artist Drawing magazine. Arlene teaches in Long Island, New York, where she lives, as well as nationally and in Canada. She and her friend Gemma Gylling run a web board, http: //www.scribbletalk.com, for artists who use drawing media. Visit her website at http: //arlenesteinberg.com/. Steinberg lives in Glen Head, New York.