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• Barron's All About Techniques In Dry Media All About Techniques In Dry Media  ^new
  

  PRICE: 25.64

  Books in this popular series instruct experienced amateurs as well as more advanced art students who have already mastered basic art techniques. Combining comprehensive textual advice with many highly detailed illustrations, these books teach students how to create complete, highly finished artwork of professional quality. This volume instructs on the uses of charcoal sticks and pencils, sanguine, pastels, chalk, crayons, and colored pencils. It also provides helpful information on uses of different types of paper and art tools. Training emphasizes blending, mixing, and contrasting colors, as well as creating chiaroscuro effects when working in black and white or with a single color. Illustrative examples include portraits, still lifes, landscapes, animal illustrations, and human figure studies. Hundreds of color illustrations. Hardcover book measures 8 1/2 in. x 11 in., 144 pages. Barron's, 2005. ISBN 0764158600
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• Harpercollins Pure Color: The Best Of Pastel Pure Color: The Best Of Pastel Isbn: 1581807643  ^new
  

  PRICE: 27.71

  Pure Color is pure inspiration for all artists. It celebrates the limitless possibilities of pastel through a showcase of more than 125 glowing works from the top pastel artists today. Artists will find: A diverse range of contemporary styles and subjects Insightful commentary from the artists themselves on their creative processes and techniques Oversized pages that reveal the rich color and striking detail of every piece Book specifications: hardcover, 144 pgs., 9 1/4 in. x 12 1/4 in. Publisher: North Light, 2006.
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• International Artists On Location: Plein Air Painting In Pastel On Location: Plein Air Painting In  ^new
  

  PRICE: 24.07

  At last, a superior artist shows you how to create an authentic plein air painting in pastel Although you might not think there's a lot to learn about pastel painting on-site, and you can probably produce something acceptable, once Richard McDaniel shows you his method, you'll be able to lift your work to a new level--one that preserves the excitement of that initial on location vision. As you would expect, there is plenty of help regarding equipment and preparation for plein air painting. But Richard goes further by demonstrating and demystifying the process of evaluating the elements and the way each element can be placed and interpreted to its best advantage. What you get in this book is a true insight into the mechanisms of pictorial thought, the key to any exceptional work of art. The 8 wonderful demonstrations, practical advice, tips on lighting and handling the light on site make this a genuine teaching book for everyone in love with the Hardcover book with jacket measures 8 1/2 in. x 11 in., 128 pages. International Artist, 2005. ISBN 1929834594
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• Watson-guptill Pastel For The Serious Beginner Pastel For The Serious Beginner  ^new
  

  PRICE: 17.96

  Beginning with materials and methods, then moving on to practical, step-by-step demonstrations, master pastelist Larry Blovits shares with readers the time-tested theories and techniques he employs in producing his widely-admired, award-winning paintings. You will learn how to blend hard and soft pastels into gradiations of opaque and transparent colors, bring contrasts of bright light and dramatic shadows to your paintings, build basic shapes into realistic three-dimensional forms, handle perspective and create the illusion of depth and space, and design animated, balanced compositions with eye-catching focal points. Paperback, 144 pages.ISBN:823039072. WATSON-GUPTILL
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• Watson-guptill The Pastel Book: Materials And Techniques For Today's Artist The Pastel Book: Materi  ^new
  

  PRICE: 17.96

  A thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques, this book is for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills. Defining the pastel medium broadly--color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously--author Bill Creevy creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results. Paperback, 450 color illustrations, 176 pages.ISBN:823039056. WATSON-GUPTILL
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• Watson-guptill You Can Paint Pastels You Can Paint Pastels  ^new
  

  PRICE: 8.96

  Have you always wanted to paint in pastel? Now you can You Can Paint Pastels will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to give it a try. Marie Blake takes the absolute beginner by the hand and starts by explaining basic pastel techniques and how to make different marks. Then, with easy step-by-step exercises, she shows exactly how paint the separate elements of a picture one by one. You will learn how to paint simple still life subjects such as fruit, vegetables, and flowers, and landscape features such as skies and trees. With stage-by-stage demonstrations to show you how to combine these features in a single painting, it won't be long before you can produce pastels to be proud of. Paperback, 200 color illustrations, 96 pages. ISBN:823059901. WATSON-GUPTILL
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