Pastel

Pastel School contains everything you need to begin with confidence. It describes the different types of pastels available and offers invaluable advice on putting together a basic starter palette and adding the colors suitable for landscapes, portraits, flowers, and other popular subjects. Simple ex... More

Distinguished artist and teacher Alan Flattmann provides invaluable information about pastel concepts and techniques, as well as making crayons, getting proper studio lighting, and much more.Distinguished artist and teacher Alan Flattmann provides invaluable information about pastel concepts and tec... More

Margaret Evans shows how to blend and work with pastels, using their soft velvety tones and subtle changes of colour to reflect the beauty of flowers in the landscape, in gardens and in still life studies. Both drawing and painting techniques can be applied, creating stunning effects with light, sha... More

In this book, Ken Goldman invites you into his artistic world as he shows you how to re-create a variety of beautiful portraits in pastel. He explains his own approach to pastel techniques, as well as his personal method of developing a work of art from start to finish. As you follow along with the ... More

Marilyn Grame invites you into her artistic world and shows you how to re-create a variety of beautiful animal paintings in soft pastel, step by step. You will learn the complete process for painting animals, from backgrounds to final details, as you discover helpful tips on using medium pastel, har... More

Learn to paint, step-by-step!Inside this stunning follow up to "Pastel 1," artist William Schneider reveals his methods of creating realistic and accurate works of art in the pastel medium. From lifelike portraits to delightful landscapes, "Pastel 2" explores a variety of subject matter as the autho... More

Paul Hardy shares the delights and beauty of working with a medium that is versatile, exciting and inspiring. This colourful, practical guide illustrates the techniques of applying pastel to a variety of paper surfaces, from field sketching and composing a painting to painting skies, trees, water an... More

The newest addition to Barron's All About Techniques art series explains the fundamentals of art theory, then proceeds to step-by-step instruction on how to create complete, highly finished illustrations with pastels. Clear, instructive text is supplemented with a wealth of full-color photographs.Th... More

This step-by-step guide takes you through materials and techniques--soft and hard pastels, pencils, and oil pastels; different papers, canvases, and fabrics; and accessories from craft knives to brushes to fixatives. Experiment with texture, color, and toning, and see how to clean, erase, and fix pa... More

This comprehensive guide explores the colorful art of pastel. Renowned artist Marla Baggetta demonstrates how to recreate a variety of subject matter--from expressive portraits and beautiful landscapes to realistic animals and compelling still lifes. And the twelve step-by-step lessons reveal the sp... More

This book covers all the techniques you need to know to create beautiful watercolor paintings of people, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, children, and even animals! In "The Art of Watercolor," youAEll find information on all the essential watercolor fundamentals and special techniques, as well a... More