Painting In Pastels

Author : Ellen Eagle
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823008421

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Pastel Painting Atelier by Ellen Eagle Pdf

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 : Rebecca de Mendonça
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781268346

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Pastels for the Absolute Beginner by Rebecca de Mendonça Pdf

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 : Peter D. Johnson
Publisher : Search PressLtd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992-06-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0855327405

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Painting with Pastels by Peter D. Johnson Pdf

Containing a collection of different contributors' works and methods, this book begins with a section on materials and techniques, with advice on blending, and on the variety of methods and application of pastels. It covers landscapes, water, skies, still life, flowers, townscapes and portraits.

Author : Margaret Evans,Peter Coombs,Paul Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Pastel drawing
ISBN : 1844488616

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Pastel Painting Step-by-step by Margaret Evans,Peter Coombs,Paul Hardy Pdf

A comprehensive guide to painting with pastels including easy instructions on how to master tone, colour blending, composition, perspective, and more.

Author : Alain Picard
Publisher : Walter Foster
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781600584312

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Mastering Pastel by Alain Picard Pdf

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 : Keal
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781781265499

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Start to Paint with Pastels by Keal Pdf

Author : Carole Katchen
Publisher : Northlight
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Drawing
ISBN : 0891347895

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Creative Painting with Pastel by Carole Katchen Pdf

"20 outstanding artists show you how to master the colorful versatility of pastel"--Cover

Author : Claire Brown
Publisher : Chartwell
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780785820840

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Pastel Artist's Bible by Claire Brown Pdf

This guide to pastel painting includes sections on materials, the principles of color, techniques, and a final section on subjects that is designed to help you learn by example.

Author : Tim Fisher
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781782215509

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Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels by Tim Fisher Pdf

Learn to paint with oil pastels in this accessible book for the absolute beginner. Learn to paint with oil pastels in this straightforward guide to this relatively unexplored medium. Tim Fisher demonstrates how to use the oil pastels on their own, or in conjunction with acrylic inks and paints and watercolours, on a variety of surfaces to create beautiful paintings that will maintain their vibrancy for years to come. This Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels features six full step-by-step projects covering a variety of subjects from animal portraits to boats, harbours and reflections, and introduces the reader to mark-making with oil pastels and using solvents for a textured finish. The book also explains how to preserve, keep and frame your oil pastel works safely.

Author : Robert Brindley
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-31
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781785000584

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Painting in Pastels by Robert Brindley Pdf

Pastels are an extremely versatile and immediate medium. These characteristics can lead to bold, exciting and impromptu paintings, however, their responsive, flexible nature can also be used to create subtle, gentle colour with little or no texture. This practical book will guide you through the full scope of painting in pastels and explain particularly how they can be used to capture light, colour and texture. With step-by-step instructions in a wide range of subject matter, Painting in Pastels will be invaluable for beginners and experienced artists alike. In it, the techniques are demonstrated and explained; advice is given on subject selection and composition; emphasis is placed on light, tone and colour; and there are sections on painting landscapes, coastal scenery, interiors, still life, figures and portraits. Superbly illustrated with 274 colour illustrations.

Author : Roddon Guy
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0891343962

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Pastel Painting Techniques by Roddon Guy Pdf

A classic reference to mastering the brilliant medium of pastels. Includes expert advice on materials and techniques, plus a hands-on element that takes artists through 17 projects.

Author : Debora Stewart
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440335884

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Abstract Art Painting by Debora Stewart Pdf

Would you love to take your art in a new direction? In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series and how this can help you develop your own personal style. A sampling of what you'll add to your creative toolbox: • Pastel and acrylic techniques to use to complete your own paintings • The benefits of expressing your ideas abstractly • How to loosen up by using your nondominant hand and drawing to music • Ways to express emotions through mark-making • Using color and symbolism for expression • Working with photos for inspiration • Tips for using color studies Step into your own abstract frame of mind today!

Author : S. Allyn Schaeffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 0823005046

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The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel by S. Allyn Schaeffer Pdf

Introduces the tools, materials, and techniques of pastel drawing, and presents a series of demonstrations with photographs of the original scene for comparison

Author : Albert Handell,Anita Louise West
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823039128

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Painting the Landscape in Pastel by Albert Handell,Anita Louise West Pdf

Known for his use of luminous color, Albert Handell, whose lush landscapes light up these pages, provides lucid instructions to help first-time pastelists achieve impressive results as soon as they begin working with the medium. After reviewing pastel supplies, the author discusses landscape composition and how to establish large shapes first, abstract certain areas, develop a focal point, work from dark to light, and capture the illusion of reality through color. Stepped demonstrations isolate specific landscape aspects, showing how the pastelist depicts skies, trees, buildings, water, rocks, woods, snow, and light.

Author : Richard McKinley
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 144030839X

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Pastel Pointers by Richard McKinley Pdf

Top Secrets for Beautiful Pastel Paintings Richard McKinley has been a professional artist for over 35 years. Factor in nearly as many years of teaching experience, and that adds up to a whole lot of know-how to share. In Pastel Pointers, he lays it all out: information on tools, materials, color, composition, landscape elements, finishes and more. Compiles the best of McKinley's popular Pastel Pointers blog and Pastel Journal columns Covers frequently asked questions ("How do I achieve natural-looking greens?") and simple solutions to common problems, such as excess pigment buildup Includes a chapter on "The Business of Pastels"—tips for framing, shipping, preparing for gallery shows, and otherwise representing your work in a professional manner This book covers everything from the fundamentals to get you going (how to lay out your palette, create an underpainting, evoke luminous effects) to inspirations that will keep you growing (plein air painting, working in a series, keeping a painting journal). Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter anxious to explore the expressive possibilities of pastel, this is your guide to making the most of the medium.