Pastels For Dummies
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 42.3 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 323
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Pastels For Dummies
Pastels For Dummies by Sherry Stone and Anita Giddings is a full-color beginner’s guide to working with pastels. This digital edition arrives as a PDF and is available for instant download after purchase.
Written by two experienced art educators, the book covers materials, core techniques, and complete projects. It is designed for readers who want to create colorful drawings and paintings with confidence.
Book Overview
Pastels For Dummies introduces the basics of pastel art, from choosing the right pastels and supports to building drawing skills and developing your artistic voice. The book is organized in five parts: getting started, beginning techniques, intermediate techniques, drawing places and people, and the famous Part of Tens.
Category: Art. Authors: Sherry Stone and Anita Giddings.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- The lowdown on pastel basics and the different types of pastels.
- How to assemble your materials, including a basic pastel starter set.
- Building basic drawing skills with viewfinders, sighting sticks, and gesture drawing.
- Techniques for making your work look real with shadows and solid forms.
- Guidance on landscape, exterior and interior sketching, and portraits.
- Ways to capture shiny or textured surfaces and try abstraction.
- Ten great subjects for pastel and ten ways to protect and store your art.
Why This Book Matters
Pastels are loved for their ease, intuitiveness, and direct color. This guide makes the medium approachable for beginners while offering plenty of room to grow into intermediate techniques. Sherry Stone and Anita Giddings both teach at the Herron School of Art and Design, bringing years of classroom experience to the pages.
Book Details
| Authors | Sherry Stone & Anita Giddings |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Wiley Publishing, Inc. |
| Publisher Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Publication Date | 2010 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-50842-8 |
| LCCN | 2009941928 |
| Format | |
| File Size | 42.3 MB |
| Pages | 323 |
| Language | English |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital download and will not be shipped. Access is available immediately after purchase. The PDF works with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop and mobile reading apps, and other standard PDF readers.
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What devices can I use? The PDF is compatible with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and common reading apps.
Add Pastels For Dummies to your collection today and begin creating colorful pastel art.
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