Colored Pencils

This book goes through various colored pencil techniques like glazing and blending to name a few. The size of the book allows it to be taken along for quick reference.

Small but packed with how-to for the colored pencil artist. I particularly liked the Technique and Practice section where I learned about using hatching, ringed shading, and using the direction of the stroke. The advice is practical, compact and to-the-point, and the illustrations show what can be accomplished with this medium. I'm trying to do nature journaling and was pleased with the help it gave me for drawing flowers and animals using tones and surface textures.