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Practical Drawing with Pastels : the comprehensive guide to materials and techniques / Gerald Woods.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woods, Gerald.
- Series:
- Practical art school
- Subjects (All):
- Pastel drawing.
- Drawing--Technique.
- Drawing.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Other Title:
- Drawing with Pastels
- Pastels
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Courage Books, 1996.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Materials and Techniques. Choosing Pastels; Making Your Own Pastels; Surfaces and Supports; Different Papers; Additional Equipment; Fixing Techniques; Basic Strokes; Building Up Solid Color; Blending, Merging, and Feathering; Drawing with Pastel Pencils; Oil Pastels; Different Colored Grounds; Color; Tone; Charcoal and Conté with Pastels; Gouache and Watercolor with Pastels; Monotypes, Essences, and Pastels; Space, Depth, and Perspective; Composition; Translating what we See; Depicting Mood and Atmosphere; Sketchbook Notations
- The Projects. How Projects Work; Nature Study
- Animal Skull; Still Life
- Summer Fruit; Garden Scene
- Dovecote and Flowers; Figure Study
- Ballet Dancer; Architecture
- Weatherboard House; Portrait
- Sri Lankan Woman; Landscape
- Tea Plantation; Animal Study
- The Guinea Pig; Townscape
- A Window in Naples; Seascape
- Fishing Jetty.
- Notes:
- "Copyright © 1996 Colour Library Books Ltd. CLB 4342"--Title page verso.
- "This book was designed and created by The Bridgewater Book Company Ltd. Designed by Peter Bridgewater/Annie Moss. Edited by Viv Croot. Managing Editor Anna Clarkson. Photography by Jeremy Thomas. Typesetting by Vanessa Good/Kirsty Wall."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copies are "1" printings.
- ISBN:
- 1561385972
- OCLC:
- 34712863
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