Pastel School A Practical Guide to Drawing With Pastels PDF
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A practical guide to painting and drawing with pastels -'... * HAZEL HARRISON READERS DIGEST Learn-As-You-Go-Guide \ Boston Public Library pastel school 5> AtsUA \ pgj||| ] laxsvdt .sxsrxHV xsaNu '&// ^ /'t:i'~!c:;/ ***** J Id A pastel school Hazel Harrison 1 E> ^n,* T^ ' eacJers 1\^Digest THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC. Pleasantville, New York/Montreal A l BR BR NC880 Foreword .H355 A READER S DIGEST BOOK 1 996 Designed and edited bv Quarto. Inc. Vmor An Editor Penny < 'obb btw Ktiu Kirby Ic\t fcditor \/iin Viiti/u/ Designer //ujjfi V)uTi»ii(/y Picture Researcher Jo Carhll he lure Manager Ciiulia Ikthenngtnn Photographers ( aim Bowling, Paul Forrester. Les Weiss. Ijiura Wkkentkn Editorial Director Mark Hartford Art Director \/oira Clinch The credits that appear on page 176 are hereby made a part of this copyright page Copyright© 1W6 Quarto. Inc. All rights reserved Unauthorized reproduction, in anv manner is prohibited Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Harrison H.i/el idiool .i practical guide to drawing with pastels/ Has) HarnMin p cm — (Reader's Digest Icarn-as you go guide Includes index BBN0-89577-&49-] el drawing—Technique L Title. II. Series. ihss 1996 95-33556 is logo are registered ition, Iru Printed i: you arc new to pastel, you may feel appre- If hensive - perhaps you have heard that this is a difficult medium to use. It is true that it takes practice to produce an excellent pastel painting, hut the hasic skills are easy to acquire. Pastel is an immensely satisfying medium, and in many ways ideal for heginners. A child takes the first steps in art with chalks or crayons rather than paints and brushes, relishing the ease of spread- ing color on paper. And so it is for the inexperienced artist. With any of the other painting media, you A VERSATILE MEDIUM In some pastel paintings, colors are blended so that no lines are visible, but this work exploits the medium's capacity to draw and paint simultaneously. Each area contains a delicate network of strokes, following varied directions, which gives the picture a wonderfully lively quality. Notice the foreground squiggles suggesting rough grass ^J'jKp'f - some fine and light, others more heavily applied. /Old Bridge — MiJwfer* 9z.. Alan Oliver) must premix your colors on a palette, leam how discover your personal style, through practice to handle brushes, and spend time drawing before and the example of others. A flip through the you can apply color. Pastel needs none of these pages will show you some of the exciting possi- intermediary stages, because it is both a drawing bilities that are open to you. and a painting medium. The stick of color becomes virtually an extension of your hand: just as the child does, you can pick it up and start painting. CKAMAA >A //- Although there are no "difficult" techniques associated with pastel, there are many ways of using the medium, and all artists have their dis- tinctive styles. This book is designed to help you INTRODUCTION s BUILDING UP YOUR SKILLS WHAT YOU WILL NEED 44 COLOR MIXING 18 o ABOUT PASTELS 48 BLENDING LARGE AREAS 22 PASTEL CARE 52 BLENDING SMALL AREAS 24 PAPER TEXTURE 56 USING LINE STROKES 26 PAPER COLOR 58 BROKEN COLOR 28 THE STUDIO AND THE PORTABLE KIT OVERLAY6IN0G COLORS 62 UNDERDRAWING 64 2 BUILDING UP A PAINTING 66 FIRST MARKS EDGES, OUTLINES, AND DETAILS 68 32 WET BRUSHING WORKING WITH PASTELS 70 34 CHARCOAL AND PASTEL LINE STROKES 72 36 UNDERPAYING SIDE STROKES 74 38 USING THICK COLOR COMBINING STROKES i 40 LAYING A TEX7T6URED GROUND GESTURAL DRAWING 78 MAKING CORRECTIONS 80 COMPARING METHODS y
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