Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter - Couverture souple

Elliot, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0823033112 ISBN 13 : 9780823033119

Editeur : Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

Designed for the serious beginner, this volume offers step-by-step advice on painting in oil pastels. Lessons progress simply from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First, artists learn how to use oil pastels to create traditional paintings in still landscape and portraiture. Then the author explores 12 specific experimental techniques, including impasto, washes and monoprint; stencil and screen techniques; and methods for combining pastel with soft pastel and mixed media.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Elliot wrote the first-ever article on how to use oil pastels for American Artist magazine in 1983. He has work in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, the Smithsonian/National Collection of Fine Arts, and the Detroit Institute of Fine Arts His commissions include works for Ronald Reagan and Katharine Hepburn. He lives in Upper Nyack, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823033112
• ISBN 13: 9780823033119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible