The Pastel Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist

Absolutely the most thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques ever assembled in a single volume, this is the book for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills.

Defining the pastel medium broadly--color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously--the author creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results.

Author: Bill Creevy
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 08/01/1999
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 10.52h x 8.52w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780823039050
ISBN10: 0823039056
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Techniques | Pastel Drawing
- Art | Techniques | General
- Art | Mixed Media

About the Author
Bill Creevy, a versatile artist and writer, is a Master Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America, author of The Oil Painting Book, and the recipient of numerous jury awards. He lives and works in his SoHo studio loft in New York.