Drawing With Coloured Pencils by Jonathan Newey, softback published by New Holland Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84773-662-8, price 9.99 from www.newhollandpublishers.com
This fabulous 128 page book is one of the best I have seen for coloured pencils. There is an excellent introduction. The book then covers four different areas – still life, landscapes, people and animals. In each section, skills are taught such as achieving realism, skin tones and much more. Each section contains four step-by-step drawings, making a total of sixteen. So often with this type of book, the step-by steps are not at all interesting, but this book has achieved a balance between the ease of instruction and maintaining the interest in the subject. I love the turtle, the cat is brilliant too (and I’m not a cat person). I want to have a go at all 16 demonstrations. Well illustrated, this 128 page book is well worth the money.