Books and Media - Pastels - Books

Learn the techniques that pastel artists use to "paint" in pastels. Master techniques for layering and blending color. Discover why pastels are both a drawing and a painting medium.

Oil pastel is a clean, dust-free medium capable of producing rich and varied effects. This book will teach you a variety of techniques shown in step-by-step demonstrations. How to create wash effects, monoprints and how to combine with other media.

The Pastel Artist’s Handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to soft pastels and oil pastels, including techniques for drawing, shading, color mixing, and mixed media for beginners to advanced artists. Hardcover spiral. 224 pages.

Create paintings of greater power by combining pastels with watercolors or acrylic texture mediums. This encyclopedic review of pastels and techniques has a multitude of unusual ideas. Author — Bill Creevy. Paperback book. 176 pages.

Start with the basics sketching, dimensional forms, depth perspective, and light effects. 175 color illustrations. Achieve your own results through the gorgeous blending of pastel colors. Find out how much better you can become. Author—Larry Blovits.

Discover and develop your pastel painting skills with this illustrated, step-by-step advice on techniques and materials. There are 17 pastel painting projects to keep you improving. Author — Guy Roddon. Paperback. 144 pages.

Celebrate the limitless possibilities of pastel! This stunning book offers a showcase of more than 125 works from the top pastel artists working today. Authors — Maureen Bloomfield and James A. Markle.

This is a book that offers inspiration and instruction on using the pure-pigment medium of pastels to translate landscapes into bold, expressive, evocative abstractions. Professional artist and experienced teacher Mark Leach uses simple techniques.

This book contains easy-to-follow demonstrations and helpful hints about the fascinating techniques of the pastel medium for aspiring artists. It introduces the fundamentals of pastels and provides simple step-by-step instructions for rendering subjects.