The Art of Colored Pencil Mastery: How to Burnish the Image in Your Mind onto the Paper before You

By Joshua Holmes

You’ve Always Wanted to Take Your Art to THE NEXT LEVEL.
Now You Can!
In this book you'll learn:
– How to choose the right paper
– How to burnish your shapes
– How to achieve powerful gradient
– How to apply effective stroking
And Much More!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joshua Holmes
• Release date: Nov 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005734794

Joshua Holmes

A GRADUATE OF the Pennsylvania State University (M.Ed.), the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), and the Art Institute of York-PA (B.S.), Joshua Holmes has studied the fine arts, design, and writing for over 20 years.The sole proprietor and lead designer of JAHbookdesign, he also specializes in all areas of publishing, graphic design, and illustration (portraiture, animation, and wildlife). He has been commissioned by numerous collectors and authors within the community, and has won several awards in various shows and fairs. He has authored an autobiography, a how to series, and two fiction series about life with epilepsy, seventeen novels to date - The Art of Pastel Mastery, The Art of Colored Pencil Mastery, The Art of Oil Paint Mastery, The Art of Graphite Pencil Mastery, Memory Lapse, Grand Mal, Seizure, Status, Trigger, Design To Kill, Design For Justice, Shattered Lung, Design To Escape, Design For Honor, Design For Power, Design For The Cure, and Painting The Whole Picture: Portrait of an Artist with Epilepsy - all of which are available in print, ebook, and audiobook.He attributes his success to the Lord, and the strength God gives him in order to persist and grow as a more patient and thorough artist and writer. A vision cut in both eyes from brain surgery for epilepsy, and CP in his right side since birth, with the Lord's help, Josh continues to write, to see more detail, and to improve with time.He encourages you to explore and exercise your creative side, and enjoy what the Lord does through it.Visit Joshua Holmes at his professional site jahbookdesign.com and at all online book distributors.

Book preview

THE ART

OF

COLORED PENCIL

MASTERY

How to Burnish the Image in Your Mind onto the Paper before You

by

JOSHUA HOLMES

ALSO BY JOSHUA HOLMES

THE GRAND MAL SERIES

GRAND MAL

SEIZURE

STATUS

TRIGGER

THE DESIGN SERIES

DESIGN TO KILL

DESIGN FOR JUSTICE

SHATTERED LUNG

DESIGN TO ESCAPE

DESIGN FOR POWER

DESIGN FOR THE CURE

THE ART OF MASTERY SERIES

THE ART OF PASTEL MASTERY

STAND ALONE WORKS

MEMORY LAPSE

PAINTING THE WHOLE PICTURE: PORTRAIT OF AN

ARTIST WITH EPILEPSY

This book is a work of nonfiction. Visit Joshua Holmes at www.behance.net/Artman706 and www.jahbookdesign.com Printed in the United States of America First Edition: June 2022

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Copyright © 2022 by Joshua Holmes. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

All rights reserved.

Imprint: Independently published Cover Design by Joshua Holmes

DEDICATIONS

This book is dedicated to my Parents and Grandparents

AUTHOR’S NOTE

JUST A QUICK note to my readers: After completing my first How To book, The Art of Pastel Mastery of The Mastery Series, I knew the next book in the series had to be The Art of Colored Pencil Mastery.

I have a history of working in the medium. Thirty years worth. It is one of my favorites, and done correctly, yields beautiful interpretations of people and animals. I have examples of both in my personal gallery.

The application process for burnished colored pencil is unique, less sequential, and more physically challenging than that for pastel, although the outcomes for a colored pencil master are equally rewarding. Perhaps more photorealistic.

I did not have these steps as a beginner. I acquired them through experience and practice.

Creativity is an awesome gift from God. If I can again assist anyone in the identification of that gift, and the burnishing of that image