Author : Claire Waite Brown
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781610583725
The Pastel Artist's Bible by Claire Waite Brown Pdf
A comprehensive guide to one of the most popular painting media—including materials, color, techniques, and subjects from still lifes to animals. Discover the unique joys of pastel painting with this easy-to-use guide to one of the most versatile and forgiving mediums. More than one hundred visual sequences reveal key techniques such as mixing, blending, scumbling, sgraffito, hatching and feathering. Includes tips on composing your painting, using color, adding highlights and shadows, and creating textured effects. Step-by-step demonstrations show how to approach a range of subjects from landscapes and flowers to portraits and still life. Over 65,000 copies sold worldwide.