This dynamic book reveals the limitless creative possibilities of colored pencils when blended with mixed media. It features the work of today's most innovative colored pencil artists, highlighting a range of new and exciting effects in step-by-step detail.

Designed to be instantly gratifying and wholly achievable, these techniques incorporate pastel, solvents, airbrush, watercolor, acrylic, ink and more. Each chapter clearly demonstrates how readers can re-create techniques in their own work.

They'll find plenty of information on tools, materials and each medium's basic characteristics. A final section includes line drawings of the demonstrations so that readers can concentrate on their new skills without worrying about getting the drawing right.

SPECIAL PRICE This book is offered with a $5 discount when purchased with any video or DVD workshop.

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Everyone here is working hard to get our workshops finished and out to you. Here is my best guess on when they will be in stock:

SEPTEMBER --Chee 1,2& 3 in VHS --Chee Vol.4:Improvisational Splash Color Technique --Sean Dye: Waterbase Oils --Carrie Burns Brown: Collage --Craig Nelson: Oil Portrait DVD --Craig Nelson: Quick Studies, Oil #1 in DVD

OCTOBER --Chee Vol. 5: Crinkling Technique with Oriental Paper --Chee Vol. 6: Marblizing & Monoprinting Plus Painting techniques --Martha Saudek: Oil --Carl Dalio: Watercolor --Taylor Ikin: Watercolor on YUPO

NOVEMBER --Lesley Riley: Fabric & Collage Art

DECEMBER: --Robbie Laird: Watercolor

JANUARY: --Ted Nuttall: Watercolor

FEBRUARY: -- Sharilyn Miller: Shrink Plastic Bead making and jewelry

MARCH: --Dayle Doroshow: mixed media/ polymer clay

APRIL: -- Caroline Jasper: Oil/Mixed-media

Inside readers will find more than a dozen innovative techniques and step by step demonstrations of 12 different collage projects specifically designed to help them achieve the modern, eclectic collage effect that's so popular today.

Collage Discovery Workshop shows readers how to rust or antique any object for collage and includes four recipes for creating amazing collage backgrounds from peeling paper to textured paint and so much more.

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