The Encyclopedia of Pastel Techniques
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Description
The Encyclopedia of Pastel Techniques NEW
Pages 176
300 illustrations
A unique visual directory of pastel painting techniques, with guidance on how to use them by Judy Martin
A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia by professional artist Judy Martin.
Many manuals on pastel painting take for granted the use of traditional soft pastels, a dry medium that provides the richness and variety of paint colours. Soft pastel is certainly the most versatile and widely used, but the modern range of materials include other pastel types that have their own specific purpose. In this exhaustive A-Z reference for artists of all skills, a variety of different pastel types are detailed, from oil through to water-soluble pastels, amongst the multitude of techniques broken down and easily explained.
The book itself is divided into two sections: the first provides step-by-step demonstrations that guide artists through a variety of techniques, from basic colour mixing through to creating special effects such as sgraffito and sfumato. The second part focuses on themes, illustrating how individual artists tackle a number of subjects, including natural landscapes, urban scenes, figures, animals and still life.
This resource provides a wealth of stimulating ideas to help artists both amateurs and veterans develop their own pastel style.
Table of Contents
Introducing acrylics
Techniques
Accenting
Acrylic and Pastel
Blending
Blocking In
Broken Colour
Building Up
Charcoal and Pastel
Coloured Grounds
Dry Wash
Edge Qualities
Erasures
Freathering
Fixing
Frottage
Gestural Drawing
Gouache and Pastel Gradations
Hatching and Crosshatching
Highlighting
Impasto
Linear Marks
Masking
Oil Painting and Pastel
Overlaying Colours
Pencil and Pastel
Pouncing
Projecting and Image
Resist Techniques
Scraping Out
Scratchboard with Oil Pastel
Scumbling
Sfumato
Sgraffito
Shading
Side Strokes
Sketching
Stippling
Textured Grounds
Tinting
Washes
Watercolour and Pastel
Wet Brushing
Themes
Landscape
The environment
The figure
Portraits
Still life
Index and credits
Judy Martin is a painter and teacher also known as the author of a number of practical art books. She lives and works in Brighton, on Englands south coast, and exhibits in her home studio every year for the Artists Open Houses during Brighton Festival. She studied painting and printmaking at Maidstone College of Art and went on to a two-year postgraduate degree at Reading University. She was a freelance writer and editor for a period of fifteen years, and has subsequently worked in adult education and at a mental health day centre, facilitating groups in art craft and ceramic work.
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