Painting with Pastels: Easy Techniques to Master the Medium

COVER PAGE......Page 2
TITLE PAGE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY......Page 15
CHAPTER ONE: what you’ll need to begin......Page 21
 Types of Pastels......Page 22
 A Starting Assortment......Page 24
 Setting Up Your Work Space......Page 26
 Keep It Clean......Page 28
 Different Types of Paper Surfaces......Page 30
 Different Surfaces, Same Pastels......Page 33
 DEMONSTRATION: Control Texture with a Homemade Surface......Page 38
 Another Type of Homemade Surface......Page 43
 Working on a Colored Surface......Page 45
CHAPTER TWO: composition and color......Page 47
 Choosing a Subject......Page 48
 Keeping the Composition Moving......Page 51
 The Importance of Value......Page 53
 Maintaining a Strong Value Structure......Page 56
 Strengthen Your Painting Values......Page 59
 Using Color......Page 61
 Designing with Color......Page 63
CHAPTER THREE: putting pastel to paper......Page 67
 Making Strokes......Page 68
 The Optical Mixing of Color......Page 72
 Blending Colors......Page 74
 Tools for Blending......Page 76
 DEMONSTRATION: Blending Reflections in Water......Page 78
 DEMONSTRATION: Beginning with an Underpainting......Page 80
 Underpainting of Complementary Colors......Page 84
 Using a Brilliant Underpainting......Page 86
 DEMONSTRATION: Underpainting Sunlight and Shadow......Page 88
 DEMONSTRATION: Mounting Paper to a Board......Page 94
 DEMONSTRATION: Mixing Pastels with Watercolor......Page 98
 DEMONSTRATION: Underpainting with Gouache......Page 104
 DEMONSTRATION: Using Water in Your Underpainting......Page 108
 Using Acetone for Quick Drying......Page 111
 Underpainting with an Oil Stain......Page 113
CHAPTER FOUR: painting from photographs......Page 115
 Photographic Inconsistencies......Page 116
 Don’t Paint All the Details......Page 118
 Cropping Your Photos to Create Drama......Page 120
 Make the Painting Better Than the Photo......Page 122
 DEMONSTRATION: Working From Two Photos......Page 124
 Painting from Slides......Page 134
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting Live Subjects......Page 136
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting Children from Photographs......Page 145
CHAPTER FIVE: painting from life......Page 156
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Figure from Life......Page 158
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Model in Your Studio......Page 162
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Still Life......Page 171
 Painting Outdoors......Page 176
 DEMONSTRATION: Painting the Landscape......Page 179
 DEMONSTRATION: Returning to the Scene......Page 185
 Landscape as Still Life......Page 189
 DEMONSTRATION: Using Color Studies as a Reference......Page 191
WHEN IS YOUR PAINTING FINISHED?......Page 197
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 200