Painting the Landscape in Pastel

Painting the Landscape in Pastel
ISBN-10
0823039129
ISBN-13
9780823039128
Category
Art
Language
English
Published
2000-11-01
Publisher
Watson-Guptill
Authors
Albert Handell, Anita Louise West

Description

Known for his use of luminous color, Albert Handell, whose lush landscapes light up these pages, provides lucid instructions to help first-time pastelists achieve impressive results as soon as they begin working with the medium. After reviewing pastel supplies, the author discusses landscape composition and how to establish large shapes first, abstract certain areas, develop a focal point, work from dark to light, and capture the illusion of reality through color. Stepped demonstrations isolate specific landscape aspects, showing how the pastelist depicts skies, trees, buildings, water, rocks, woods, snow, and light.

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