Colored pencils are convenient, neat, portable, economical, forgiving. Now they're even more ideal for beginning artists because they're available in amazing new water soluble versions. One of the first books to cover water soluble colored pencil techniques in depth. Start with a drawing in colored pencil, then add water to create a painting. It's amazing--and amazingly easy. Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil covers traditional colored pencil techniques as well as tips on mastering the new water soluble colored pencils. From basic color layering, burnishing, and lifting, to using water soluble pencils to create beautiful florals, still lifes, and landscapes, this book is full of great ideas and step-by-step inspiration. Paperback book measures 8 1/2 in. x 10 7/8 in., 144 pages with 200 color illustrations. Watson-Guptill, 2005. ISBN 0823015688