Pastels for the Absolute Beginner


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Discover the limitless possibilities of pastels with this beginner’s guide to creating modern, lively, and colorful pastel artwork. Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendoça offers beginners a complete course in using pastels. Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build the essential skills you need to paint a range of subjects, including landscapes, still life, portraits, and animals. Vital drawing techniques are explained and demonstrated, along with easy-to-follow explanations of color theory, composition, and the pastels themselves. This volume includes techniques for using both hard and soft pastels, eight skill-building projects, and a wealth of finished artwork to provide ideas and inspiration.




Soft Pastel


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Possessing qualities of both drawing and painting, soft pastel is a fascinating and versatile art medium. This Walter Foster and Reeves project book for beginners is the ideal introduction to soft pastel, teaching aspiring artists the techniques and skills necessary to create beautiful artwork. Soft Pastel contains several exciting and easy-to-follow projects that are accompanied by colorful visual examples. It’s no wonder soft pastel has been a popular medium for centuries-it's versatile and easy to work with, and it produces an impressive array of rich, vibrant colors. Best of all, there are no painting mediums or drying times to worry about. In this helpful book, you will discover timeless tips and techniques for creating your own masterpieces in soft pastel!




Aquarelles et dessins


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Portraits by Degas


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Pastels


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The Private Collection of Edgar Degas


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This volume investigates Degas' dual role as both artist and collector. Featuring works by well-known artists like Delacroix, Ingres, Daumier, Manet, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cassatt, and others, this publication is the definitive text outlining Degas' long career collecting important pieces by his predecessors as well as his contemporaries. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.




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