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Painting Skies in Pastel
By Sandra Orme
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Description
A sky can make or break a landscape painting. In this invaluable guide, award-winning artist Sandra Orme teaches you how to create a broad range of skies in pastel, from sunsets and sunbeams, rain and storms, through to delicate dusks and dawns. Containing:
- - All the essential materials and techniques areclearly explained
- - A section on color theory focusses on those aspects key to painting skies: how to retain vibrancy; how to avoid muddy colors through the use of 'bridging' colors; and how many pastels to use for best effect.
- - Build your skills gradually through 6 step-by-step demonstrations of particular skies worked from photographs, each looking at a particular sky effect, from the bright clouds on a fresh, blustery day to rich sunsets. Each main stage is shown both before and after blending for clarity.
- - Sandra's 'sky clinic' offers more specialist and technical help on some of the common problems readers might encounter when painting skies in pastel. A "first-aid course" in how to identify and correct common problems.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2023-09-26
Publication Date:
2023-09-26
Publisher:
Search Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1782219897
ISBN13:
9781782219897
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
548 g
Height:
214 cm
Width:
276 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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