| Have you always wanted to paint in pastel? Now you can! You Can Paint Pastels will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to give it a try. Marie Blake takes the absolute beginner by the hand and starts by explaining basic pastel techniques and how to make different marks. Then, with easy step-by-step exercises, she shows exactly how paint the separate elements of a picture one by one. You will learn how to paint simple still life subjects such as fruit, vegetables, and flowers, and landscape features such as skies and trees. With stage-by-stage demonstrations to show you how to combine these features in a single painting, it won't be long before you can produce pastels to be proud of. Paperback, 200 color illustrations, 96 pages. ISBN:823059901. WATSON-GUPTILL |
