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Pastels / [David Sanmiguel ; photography, Nos & Soto ; translated by Michael Brunelle and Beatriz Cortabarria]. --

Sanmiguel, David. (Author). Brunelle, Michael. (Added Author). Cortabarria, Beatriz. (Added Author). Nos & Soto. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0764163892
  • ISBN: 9780764163890
  • Physical Description: 159 p. : col. ill. --
  • Edition: English language ed. for the United States, its territories and dependencies, and Canada. --
  • Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translated from the Spanish.
Translation of: Pintura al Pastel.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 35.99
Subject: Pastel drawing.
Pastel drawing > Technique.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Barron's Educational Publishing
    (back cover)
    Painting Class Series: Books in this series are set up in an instructional format that simulates a formal classroom course at a typical art school. Topics covered are: Materials and Tools; Techniques; Advanced Applications of Techniques; Special Effects and Textures; and Step-by-Step Art Projects.

    Pastels are ideal for rendering a wide range of delicate colors. You'll learn how to apply pastels to paper and you'll discover how to use various colors and textures of paper to achieve many different effects. Projects include landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, and human figure drawings.

    Painting Class Titles from BARRON'S
    Acrylic Painting • Pastels
  • Barron's Educational Publishing
    Titles in Barron's Painting Class series simulate a formal art school classroom course. This title focuses on the medium of pastels, chalks that are ideal for rendering a wide range of delicate colors, and which are available for artists' use in the form of sticks or pencils. Discussed and illustrated here are the various colors and textures of different papers that can be used to achieve a variety of different effects, and the different methods of applying pastels to paper. Like other titles in this series, the book is divided into five sections, covering--

  • Materials and tools
  • Techniques specific to working with pastels
  • Advanced application of techniques
  • Special effects and textures
  • Step-by-step art projects to be completed with pastels

    Projects include landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, human figures, and setting a human subject in a room filled with interior details. Color illustrations on every page.

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