Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner
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Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner by John Elliot
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.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823033119 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823033112 |
| Title | Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner |
| Author | John Elliot |
| Series | Serious Beginner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| Year published | 2002-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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