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Title: The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel by S. Allyn Schaeffer, John Shaw ISBN: 0-8230-0504-6 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Pretty But I Didn't "Get" The Organization
Comment: If you are willing to just float along, Zen-like, with the way the material is presented, you'll be just fine. However, there appear to be no thematic groupings or progression of information in this book. There's working with white, then using a limited value range, then emphasising texture, then monochrome, then a focal point.
It would have been better if it started with how to handle to materials, then how to compose the work, then how to edit the image (simplifying the composition), then form, then color.
If you already know what you are doing, it's a nice book to flip through. If you feel discouraged because you think "it can't be done" when you are looking at some complex pattern in nature or a photo, just look at the illustrations. The artist can handle some pretty dicey things like complex foliage.
The desert scenes, I'd like to say, are yummy. Wonderful. I think that desert scenes are the illustrator's forte. If he or she did a book just on desert painting, I'd get it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great reference book, 72 lessons, excellent instruction
Comment: This is a great reference book for anyone interested in pastel painting. It has really helped me improve my pastel skills. It covers materials, color and techniques for every kind of nature subject.
Included are 72 different lessons. Each lesson covers a different topic. Some include handling a detail close up, painting all kinds of water, choosing a focal point, describing diverse textures, & underpainting.
Each lesson contains a color photograph & the artwork in various stages along with written step by step instructions. Some of the artwork subjects include clouds, sunsets, frozen landscapes, desert vistas, & autumn scenes.
Many animals covered include an elk, a swan, a monarch butterfly, & a robin's nest. Moreover, some plants studied include sunflowers, junipers, many trees, & cactus. Mountains, fields, rocks, & a cabin are covered as well.
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Title: Painting the Landscape in Pastel by Albert Handell, Anita Louise West ISBN: 0823039129 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Pastel Techniques by Judy Martin ISBN: 1402709110 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pastels Made Easy by Anne Heywood ISBN: 0823039080 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Intuitive Light: An Emotional Approach to Capturing the Illusion of Value, Form, Color and Space by Albert Handell, Leslie Trainor Handell ISBN: 0823025896 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Pastel for the Serious Beginner by Larry Blovits ISBN: 0823039072 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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