Book excerpt: The idea of attempting to grasp nature with any art medium is surely folly, but it would seem even more so with colored pencils. A landscape, almost by definition, is a broad expanse of large and looming spaces - mountains, seas, fields and skies. How? How to capture things so large with a pencil point so small? Each of the 26 skillful colored pencil artists in this book will show you how it's done and how you can, too. Each with their own unique way of seeing, simplifying and systemizing, they have much to show you and much to teach you. An astounding collection of instruction for every aspect of drawing landscapes in colored pencil, you'll learn how to handle water, clouds, fields and sea, mountains and trees and more, more more!