Pastels (Collins Learn to Paint) - Softcover

Blockley, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0004134052 ISBN 13: 9780004134055

Publisher: Collins, 2001

Synopsis

Learn to Paint Pastels is one of the top selling titles in the Learn to Paint series. This is a brand new edition with more than 80% new material and artwork by popular and successful artist John Blockley.

John Blockley demonstrates all the basic techniques of painting in the colourful modern media of pastels. He shows how to make marks with pastels, which papers to use and how to work from pencil sketches.

There are many interesting step-by-step demonstration paintings on a variety of subjects – flowers, still life, interiors and landscapes.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

John Blockley demonstrates all the basic techniques of painting in the colourful modern media of pastels. He shows how to make marks with pastels, which papers to use and how to work from pencil sketches.

There are many interesting step-by-step demonstration paintings on a variety of subjects – flowers, still life, interiors and landscapes.

About the Author:

John Blockley is a very well-known and successful artist who regularly exhibits at the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, The New English Art Club and the Pastel Society. He is ex President of the Pastel Society and has written many books on art instruction over the years. He also runs very popular painting courses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0004134052
• ISBN 13: 9780004134055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64