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Introduction

This book teaches even complete beginners fun pencil techniques that allow them to create amazing cards, paper art projects, Zentangle^® art, and more! It includes fresh techniques, such as zero drawing and impressed line drawing, along with traditional drawing strokes and shading like hatching and crosshatching, strike stroke, and scumbling. You’ll also learn a bit about drawing and color theory to really get a good grasp of what you can do. And it’s all taught for both graphite and colored pencils, so you can express yourself in whatever shades you like.

Don’t say that you can’t draw—of course you can. It’s a learned skill, and is more about leaning how to see than learning how to put pencil to paper. It does take a passion for art to practice and master it, but if you’ve picked up this book, you probably have that passion! You will be successful from the very start by using preexisting artwork in the form of a stamp or stencil to get you started. Using stamps or stencils gives you confidence by having your drawings turn out beautifully right from the start, and it also simply gets your pencil onto the paper—no more hesitation. Pick up that pencil and start learning! Beginning to draw is powerful, inspiring, and rewarding. You’ll soon be foregoing stamps and stencils to express your imagination freely through your pencil. So enjoy the skills, techniques, and project ideas presented in this book, and let’s get drawing!