http://bit.ly/1FtQK8S Dear CP Art Friends I heard yesterday that Artist Network has sold out of Ann Kullberg's book, Colored Pencil Portraits - Step by Step, which was first published in 1999. I don't want to write a "book review" as such for this morning's blog post, however, I would like to use this opportunity to publicly thank Ann for writing this brilliant book. Then I thought how could I thank Ann for providing the inspiration to create and develop my own portraiture in this Fine Art medium of coloured/colored pencil? Her book became invaluable to me in 2014 as I studied on the London Art College course as a correspondence student of Portraiture and Coloured Pencil. As I walked through some of her mini-demos, the instruction and knowledge I gained complemented my vocational CP techniques working through the LAC assignments. It opened my mind to colour and boosted my confidence as an emerging artist. If this image, Child at Play is a testimony of how far I have progressed in ability, then I can say, with hand on heart, that with Ann's book and the guidance of my tutor, Julie Douglas at London Art College, my portraits in coloured pencil have greatly improved. As an added bonus, the young model in my drawing is the grand son of a long-standing family friend of Michael, my husband. Our two sons grew up together, attending Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College and are also long-term friends since nursery. Tess has recently turned 50 and her grandson, Child at Play is my gift to her personally as a huge thank you for being part of my artistic "journey". I've also heard this morning that Ann's book can be bought directly from her website and she's offering $5 delivery of her CP goodies to anywhere in the world, but this is only a 48 hour deal/discount, so why not click or copy/paste the link and find out how this amazing book could help improve your CP portraits - remember, you're never too old to learn new CP skills. http://bit.ly/1FtQK8S http://www.londonartcollege.co.uk/full-list-of-distance-learning-art-courses.htm