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Books on Painting

Painting the Landscape in Pastel
by Albert Handell, Anita Louise West

0823039129
Book 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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Pastel for the Serious Beginner
by Larry Blovits

0823039072

Excellent Book, March 18, 2001

Reviewer: Naomi Moneypenny (see more about me) from Houston TX

I really enjoy reading this book. Larry is a master pastellist with over 30 years of experience. His enthusiasm and spirit really come across in this book. He walks you through his recommendations for paper selection, pastels and studio set-up. He provides some step-by-step illustrations working from sketches to completed illustrations in still lifes, landscapes and potraits which serve as excellent examples.

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Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
by John F. Carlson

0486229270

A must for landscape painters, December 17, 2001

Reviewer: richard leduc from CAP-ROUGE, QC Canada

This book is full of practical advice from one of the best landscape painters to my opinion. Interested readers will find all sort of ideas on composition, colors, techniques etc. I keep on reading it and I always find something new to study and to give some more toughts. Carlson has helped me improve my work. Just have a look at Carlson's work and and you will see how bright and sparkling are his paintings and how full of lessons they are. His book is the same; it is full of generous tips and lessons and without any complicated theories.

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All About Techniques in Oil
by Parramon's Editorial Team

0764150456

A good book to have on the side, May 22, 2002

Reviewer: muriel Geny-Triffaut (see more about me) from Princeton Jct, NJ USA

A well written book with plenty of technical informations. I could do without the techniques described that have to do with (for instance) incorporating beads in the oil painting (quite tacky in my opinion).

What it lacks is information on mixes such as including alkyd with regular oil painting or amulsion techniques, etc

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Pastel Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist
by Bill Creevy

0823039056

Book Description
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. 450 color illustrations.

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