Painting Landscapes & Figures in Pastel (Watson-Guptill Painting Library)

By José María Parramón

Book Overview

Beginning with an overview of different pastel painting styles, the author covers topics like selecting a palette and combining pastel with charcoal. Four artists with styles ranging from impressionistic to realistic, demonstrate step by step how to interpret landscape and figure subjects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823016994
• ISBN13: 9780823016990
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.7" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

Painting landscapes and figures using Pastels.

I am starting to use pastels and I wanted a book with landscapes and figures. I haven't tried anything yet but i love the book. Thanks

Not for the Freshman Artist

A superb slim book, that will get you started nicely at low cost (the pastels are expensive enough, without dumping huge amounts on the book when you don't know if you'll really like them yet). Parramon comments on three different artists, showing a painting from each build up in stages, as well as giving a gallery from past and present. However, unlike airbrush books, all pastel books seem to assume you already know how to draw, you just need to expand into pastels.

a good basic book on these two genres

Has good help for a shorter book, but many newer, readily available books have much more info. I recommend getting a specific book on each of the subjects.