Pastel Painting Step-by-step

Pastel Painting Step-by-step

Author: Margaret Evans

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844488612

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


Pastels for the Absolute Beginner

Pastels for the Absolute Beginner

Author: Rebecca de Mendonça

Publisher: SearchPress+ORM

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1781268347

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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.


Pastel Innovations

Pastel Innovations

Author: Dawn Emerson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1440350469

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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!


Pastel Artist's Bible

Pastel Artist's Bible

Author: Claire Brown

Publisher: Chartwell

Published: 2009-09-04

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0785820841

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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.


Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels

Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels

Author: Tim Fisher

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1782215506

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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.


Drawing with Pencils & Pastels

Drawing with Pencils & Pastels

Author: Hazel Harrison

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780754800071

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Based upon the principle that anyone can learn to draw well, Hazel Harrison''s handbook teaches the basics for beginners as well as providing specialised techniques for the more advanced artist.'


Pastels For Dummies

Pastels For Dummies

Author: Sherry Stone Clifton

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-08

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 0470606886

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The latest tips and techniques for working with pastels - in full color Pastels offer bright colors, a great level of portability, and no drying time - plus they're relatively inexpensive and can be used to draw and paint on almost any surface. Pastels For Dummies covers the many aspects of this exciting medium, from the fundamentals of choosing the right materials to step-by-step projects, including landscapes, abstracts, and portraits. Inside you'll find hands-on, easy-to-follow exercises and attractive full-color artwork. Presents drawing, painting, and shading techniques and styles in an easy-to-understand format Accessible to artists of all levels Discover your inner artist with Pastels For Dummies and make your artwork come alive!


How to Render

How to Render

Author: Scott Robertson

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781781166840

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'How to Render' shows how the human brain interprets the visual world around us. Author Scott Robertson explains the subject of visually communicating the form of an object in easy to understand step-by-step lessons through the use of drawings, photography and even 3D digital imagery.