Janie Gildow

Janie Gildow is the author of Colored Pencil Explorations and co-author of the Colored Pencil Solution Book. As a professional artist, her work has been published in The Artist's Magazine, International Artist, and American Artist Magazine; and appears in eight books including The Best of Colored Pencil 2, 3, 4, & 5.

Janie holds the Martha Holden Jennings Award for Excellence in Teaching. In that capacity, she teaches colored pencil workshops throughout the United States including San Diego, Seattle, Detroit, Tulsa, Tucson, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Memphis, Denver, and Chicago.

A Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA), Janie's numerous awards include the CPSA Eberhard-Faber Award, First Place: Realism '96, Finalist: The Artist's Magazine All-Media Competition, and Finalist: The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition: Still Life Category.

Author Contact: rtpencils@cox.net

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Creating Shiny Metal with Colored Pencils
Published: 2/1/2006

You can actually make any object look shiny by placing sharp-edged white highlights on any of its edges or surfaces nearest the light source. But to make the object look metallic you must include reflections.

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