Art Instruction Book - DRAWING - Pastels for the Absolute Beginner by Rebecca de Mendonça
Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendonça offers the beginner a complete course in using pastels.
Take your first steps with pastels and learn how to produce modern, lively and colourful artwork with this exciting medium.
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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.
A huge wealth of finished paintings provide ideas and inspiration for your own future pastel work.
Table of Contents
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Introduction 6
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Materials 8
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Setting up your workspace 12
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Starting to draw 16
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Pastel techniques 28
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Bauble step by step 36
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Teasel step by step 46
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Colour 56
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Rolling Fields step by step 62
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Landscapes 70
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Rocky Tor step by step 74
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Billowing Clouds step by step 92
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The Birches step by step 104
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Life in your paintings 110
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Child with Fishing Net step by step 120
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Toby step by step 130
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Composition 140
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Index 144
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 01 October 2019
Size: 216x280 mm
Illustrations: 450
Pages: 144