Author : Margaret Evans
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,57 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Pastel drawing
ISBN : 9781844488612
A comprehensive guide to painting with pastels including easy instructions on how to master tone, colour blending, composition, perspective, and more.
Author : Ellen Eagle
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0823008428
Revel in the luminous and vibrant qualities of pastel with Ellen Eagle’s essential course in the history, techniques, and practices of the medium. In this comprehensive yet intimate guide, Eagle explores pastel’s rich but relatively unexamined past, reveals her own personal influences and approaches, and guides you toward the discovery and mastery of your own vision. In Pastel Painting Atelier, you will find: • Advice on basic materials: guidance on building, storing, and organizing a collection of pastels; choosing the right paper; and the importance of experimentation • Studio practice suggestions: ideas for creating your ideal working environment and recipes for making your own pastels and supports • Study of the working process: lessons on proportion, gesture, composition, color, application, identifying and correcting problems, and recognizing when a work is finished • Meditation on subject: cues for extrapolating the subtle details, presence, and temporal features of whatever you choose to paint • Step-by-step demonstrations: Eagle’s acute insights into her own works as they progress A magnificent selection of works by masters such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Rosalba Carriera, Mary Cassatt, and Eugene Delacroix augment this guide, as do works by contemporary artists including Harvey Dinnerstein, Elizabeth Mowry, and Daniel Massad. Aimed at serious artists, this guide enlightens, instructs, and inspires readers to create brilliant and sensitive works in the historic medium of pastel.
Author : Alain Picard
Publisher : Walter Foster
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 1600584314
In this new addition to the Artist's Library series, talented master artist, Alain Picard, guides the reader through an exploration of this unique medium and its myriad uses. After an introduction to tools and materials, readers will learn how to use various pastel techniques, including hatching, crosshatching, and stippling, to create depth and dimension in their artwork. Readers will also find basic information on color theory and how to use color to elicit emotion, portray mood or time of day, and suggest depth and distance. Throughout the course of the book, aspiring pastel artists will learn how to use soft and hard pastels to achieve art that is bold and intense or delicate and soft. Easy step-by-step lessons cover a variety of subject matter, including landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Artist tips and tricks demonstrate how to blend and layer colors and create reflection, shadow, and soft and hard edges. With its breadth of professional instruction and variety of subjects to paint, Mastering Pastel is the perfect resource to start building artist proficiency in this enthralling and versatile medium.
Author : Alan Flattmann
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781589804074
Distinguished artist and teacher Alan Flattmann provides invaluable information about theory and technique as well as making crayons, designing proper studio lighting, and much more. Both amateur and professional artists will find this book informative and useful.Highlighted techniques include the painterly blended and the Impressionistic broken-color approaches. There are also illustrated discussions of concept and technique, mood and technique, mixed media, form and space, aerial perspective, modeling, and the importance of simplicity.
Author : Rebecca de Mendonça
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781268347
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.
Author : Dawn Emerson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1440350469
Pastel Painting Techniques That Are Revolutionary, Fun and Easy! Designed for beginners considering using pastel for the first time, for experienced artists who may feel uninspired, and for anyone in between, the skills you will gain with Pastel Innovations, will help you build confidence and open your world so you can paint what CAN BE, not just what you THINK is. Explore the unique joys of pastel painting with: • An exploration of the basics: You'll expand your artist's vocabulary learning to use the elements and fundamentals of design to create beautiful, balanced paintings. • 20 simple exercises build off each other and help you grow as an artist, little by little, building confidence. • 40+ innovative pastel painting techniques: Feel inspired as you learn new approaches to using pastel to build up and reveal layers, incorporate monotypes as underpaintings, create texture that cannot be duplicated by drawing or painting, and more. • Thoughtful self critique: Questions, approaches and checklists that will result in better art, while at the same time making you a better artist. Leave your expectations behind and engage in the process of pastel painting with a newfound freedom to play and explore!
Author : Ken Goldman
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,70 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781560107415
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!
Author : Marla Baggetta
Publisher : Walter Foster Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Pastel drawing
ISBN : 9781936309252
Written by artists of national profile, this book provides an insiders guide to good tools, and tricks along with best practice techniques. Step by step "proofs".
Author : Christopher Reid
Publisher : ReidsArt
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 12,22 MB
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 063970123X
Whether you are an absolute beginner or advanced pastelist, this is the book you have been waiting for. The most comprehensive book on soft pastels available, from a master artist with over 30 years of experience. Secrets of pastel painting are revealed with explanations of techniques, detailed demos, and easy to understand diagrams. Learn methods that produce better results, and also why they work, giving you a deeper understanding of pastel and art in general. Creating art should be fun, not frustrating. Many how-to books teach how to follow along but not how to create your own artwork. This book covers every stage of the process, from choosing supplies to professional advice on what to do after a painting is finished. This book dives deep into understanding color, mixing, and more. Chris balances encouragement with skill-building to push your art forward. This is a complete art instruction course packed into a book. Includes: • Lessons for all skill levels • Money saving tips for choosing supplies • Blending, mixing, layering, glazing, lines, edges • Adding depth to your paintings • Techniques, sequencing, color theory • How to mix any color accurately with few pastels • Working from photos and their limitations • Planning a painting & setting up your workspace for success • Protect your paintings without fixative • Storing, framing, & photographing artwork • Step by step demos of complex paintings • Painting process from start to finish • Packed with color illustrations and beautiful artwork And much more!
Author : Judy Martin
Publisher : Bilimsel Eserler
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Acrylic painting
ISBN : 9780855329594
A comprehensive A-Z directory of pastel techniques and a step-by-step guide to their use.--Cover.
