Pastel Artist's Bible An Essential Reference for the Practicing Artist

by Brown, Claire

• ISBN13: 9780785820840
• ISBN10: 0785820841
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2009-09-04
• Publisher: Chartwell Books

Summary

Discover the unique joys of pastel painting with this easy-to-use guide to one of the most versatile and forgiving mediums. More than 100 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Materials	p. 8
Types of pastel	p. 10
Looking after your pastels	p. 12
Paper textures	p. 14
Paper colors	p. 16
Other equipment	p. 18
Color	p. 20
Color principles	p. 22
Basic palette	p. 26
Color mixes	p. 29
Using greens	p. 38
Using browns and grays	p. 40
Mixing skin tones	p. 42
Using skin tones	p. 44
Basic Techniques	p. 46
Working practice	p. 48
Side strokes	p. 50
Linear strokes	p. 51
Tutorial: Using basic strokes	p. 52
Gestural drawing	p. 54
Blending	p. 56
Surface mixing	p. 60
Broken color	p. 62
Hatching and crosshatching	p. 64
Feathering	p. 66
Scumbling	p. 67
Coloring the ground	p. 68
Texturing the ground	p. 70
Preparatory drawings	p. 72
Building up	p. 74
Tutorial: Building a painting	p. 78
Highlights and shadows	p. 80
Tutorial: Color accents	p. 84
Erasing	p. 86
Fixing	p. 88
Further Techniques	p. 90
Masking	p. 92
Wet brushing	p. 94
Impasto	p. 96
Sgraffito	p. 98
Underpainting	p. 100
Charcoal and pastel	p. 102
Colored pencil and pastel	p. 104
Watercolor and pastel	p. 106
Gouache and pastel	p. 108
Acrylic paint and pastel	p. 110
Oil paint and pastel	p. 112
Resist techniques	p. 114
Subjects	p. 116
Landscape	p. 118
Composing a landcape	p. 118
Light and landscape	p. 122
Atmostphere and landscape	p. 124
Tutorial: Atmospheric landscape	p. 126
Skies	p. 130
Water	p. 132
Trees	p. 134
Flowers and foliage	p. 136
Urban Subjects	p. 138
Buildings	p. 138
Depicting details	p. 142
Urban settings	p. 144
Tutorial: Urban landscape	p. 146
Still Life	p. 150
Found groups	p. 150
Fruit	p. 152
Tutorial: Painting fruit	p. 154
Flowers	p. 158
Floral still-life groups	p. 162
People	p. 166
Portraits	p. 166
Tutorial: Painting a portrait	p. 170
Figures in action	p. 174
Figures in context	p. 176
Tutorial: Painting figures in a setting	p. 178
Figure groups	p. 182
Animals	p. 184
Animal studies	p. 184
Tutorial: Animals in action	p. 186
Index	p. 190
Credits	p. 192
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