Pencil Workshop

$19.99 at Seattle Art Museum.

Never has the humble pencil—the most readily available and affordable of art supplies—produced such exciting and sophisticated effects. In Pencil Workshop, author and artist Sasha Prood brings a sense of experimentation and fun to sketching with graphite, colored, and watercolor pencils. Through 50 different experiments, one can learn traditional techniques like hatching, contouring, and stippling; develop skills by creating compositions; and try out the unique effects that can be achieved with blenders and…