Pastels for the Absolute Beginner
Search Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78221-563-9 (ISBN)
'This thorough guide to the rewarding medium of pastel will teach you much more than just the basics and may be the only pastel book you'll ever need!' - The SAA
Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendonça offers the beginner a complete course in using pastels.
Easy-to-follow techniques for soft and hard pastels.
8 projects broken down into simple steps.
Includes a wealth of finished paintings to provide ideas and inspiration.
Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build essential skills and allow you to produce a range of pictures, including landscapes, still life, portraits and animals. Vital drawing skills are explained and demonstrated, along with an easy-to-follow guide to colour theory, and a huge wealth of finished paintings provide ideas and inspiration for your own future pastel work.
Based near Exeter in Devon, Rebecca de Mendonça paints, teaches and writes. Her dynamic pastels capture the movement and atmosphere of subjects ranging from equestrian and landscape to figures and architecture. After graduating in Theatre Design, Rebecca's early career was in theatre and interior design in London. She undertook portrait commissions of West End actors and dancers in English National Ballet. She is an Associate Member of the Society of Equestrian Artists, currently focusing her paintings on people working with horses, and moorland ponies. Rebecca has exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London with the Pastel Society and also as a finalist in the Artists of the Year Exhibition, 2019. Rebecca co-founded The New Pastel School in 2013.
Introduction 6
Materials 8
Setting up your workspace 12
Starting to draw 16
Pastel techniques 28
Bauble – step by step 36
Teasel – step by step 46
Colour 56
Rolling Fields – step by step 62
Landscapes 70
Rocky Tor – step by step 74
Billowing Clouds – step by step 92
The Birches – step by step 104
Life in your paintings 110
Child with Fishing Net – step by step 120
Toby – step by step 130
Composition 140
Index 144
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.11.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Absolute Beginner Art |
| Zusatzinfo | 450 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Tunbridge Wells |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 280 mm |
| Gewicht | 608 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Malen / Zeichnen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78221-563-8 / 1782215638 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78221-563-9 / 9781782215639 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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