Painting With Pastels by Price, Maggie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY CHAPTER ONE: what you’ll need to begin

Types of Pastels A Starting Assortment Setting Up Your Work Space Keep It Clean Different Types of Paper Surfaces Different Surfaces, Same Pastels DEMONSTRATION: Control Texture with a Homemade Surface Another Type of Homemade Surface Working on a Colored Surface

CHAPTER TWO: composition and color

Choosing a Subject Keeping the Composition Moving The Importance of Value Maintaining a Strong Value Structure Strengthen Your Painting Values Using Color Designing with Color

CHAPTER THREE: putting pastel to paper

Making Strokes The Optical Mixing of Color Blending Colors Tools for Blending DEMONSTRATION: Blending Reflections in Water DEMONSTRATION: Beginning with an Underpainting Underpainting of Complementary Colors Using a Brilliant Underpainting DEMONSTRATION: Underpainting Sunlight and Shadow DEMONSTRATION: Mounting Paper to a Board DEMONSTRATION: Mixing Pastels with Watercolor DEMONSTRATION: Underpainting with Gouache DEMONSTRATION: Using Water in Your Underpainting Using Acetone for Quick Drying Underpainting with an Oil Stain

CHAPTER FOUR: painting from photographs

Photographic Inconsistencies Don’t Paint All the Details Cropping Your Photos to Create Drama Make the Painting Better Than the Photo DEMONSTRATION: Working From Two Photos Painting from Slides DEMONSTRATION: Painting Live Subjects DEMONSTRATION: Painting Children from Photographs

CHAPTER FIVE: painting from life

DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Figure from Life DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Model in Your Studio DEMONSTRATION: Painting a Still Life Painting Outdoors DEMONSTRATION: Painting the Landscape DEMONSTRATION: Returning to the Scene Landscape as Still Life DEMONSTRATION: Using Color Studies as a Reference

WHEN IS YOUR PAINTING FINISHED? CONTRIBUTORS