Photography: The New Complete Guide to Taking Photographs: From Basic Composition to the Latest Digital Techniques - Hardcover

Freeman, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843405539 ISBN 13: 9781843405535

Publisher: Collins & Brown, 2010

Synopsis

A pure-pigment medium, pastels have been used by painters for centuries for the powerful and evocative colour they can produce. Professional artist and experienced teacher Mark Leach uses pastel to translate beautiful landscapes into striking, minimalist paintings with simple form and strong blocks of colour, while still retaining a sense of location and place. His simple techniques demonstrate how to move away from realism and towards using abstract painting to express mood and feeling. The book includes: Introduction: Beyond realism * Balancing the emotional and physical Composing and Developing Images: Composing a non-realistic image * Feeling and passion * Light, form and texture * Seeing colour * The journey to abstraction The Joy of Colour: Understanding the colour wheel * Colour moods * Colour palettes and mixes Subjects to Paint: Still life * Landscapes * Figurative painting * Colour on water The Art of Pastels: My studio * Pastels * Pure pigment * Composition * Sketching from life and landscape * Painting from sketchbooks and photographs * Light and tone * Mediums and supports for pastels * Pastel painting techniques

About this title

About the Author

John Freeman is a highly-experienced photographer as well as the creator of many books, including the acclaimed architectural volumes London Revealed and Moscow Revealed. He is the author of a bestselling series aimed at the intermediate photographer covering several aspects of the profession. Based in London he travels extensively and works regularly in the field of publishing for both books and magazines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins & Brown
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843405539
• ISBN 13: 9781843405535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304