Oil Pastel For The Serious Beginner

Designed for the serious beginner, this volume offers step-by-step advice on painting in oil pastels. Lessons progress simply from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First, artists learn how to use oil pastels to create traditional paintings in still landscape and portraiture. Then the author explores 12 specific experimental techniques, including impasto, washes and monoprint; stencil and screen techniques; and methods for combining pastel with soft pastel and mixed media.

Finally back in print for a new generation of artists, Ken Leslie's Oil Pastel is the definitive instructional resource on this wonderfully rich and versatile medium. Vibrant and portable, oil pastels are ideal for making quick sketches, producing stunning finished works, and make a great auxiliary tool for artists working primarily in other media. Boasting an astonishing array of color, value, and texture, oil pastels can be layered, scraped, washed, blended, and scumbled to achieve a seemingly endless variety of effects ranging from delicate lines to gooey, impasto crusts. Easily the most comprehensive oil pastel technique book available, Ken Leslie's Oil Pastel: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist will teach you everything you need to know to create striking work that is authentically yours. Skipping over the flashy tricks and gimmicks that palely imitate true artistic skill, Ken dives headlong into a lively and engaging discussion of every aspect of the medium. With over 40 years' experience as a beloved teacher and collaborator, it's no wonder that every page of this book is jam-packed with substance and detail! Meticulous step-by-step demonstrations that accompany the sections on technique will show you how to use your pastels to achieve nearly any effect you desire. Ken can even teach you how to get a bright yellow to cover black! You will also have the chance to explore experimental approaches to oil pastel painting including, mixed media, 3-D constructions, unusual paper shapes, working with molten pastels, and much more. Perfect for all skill levels, Oil Pastel's thorough overview of color theory and basic painting techniques will help beginners get off to a strong start while advanced readers will surely delight in learning to make custom homemade pastels and new handling techniques. Ken Leslie's exciting and supportive writing style will have you paging through this book time and time again for tips, reminders, and lessons you missed the first time around! With color images of technical demonstrations, comparisons, the author's work, as well as the work of over 40 other artists, Oil Pastel: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist truly has something for everyone.

Learn to paint with oil pastels in this accessible book for the absolute beginner. Learn to paint with oil pastels in this straightforward guide to this relatively unexplored medium. Tim Fisher demonstrates how to use the oil pastels on their own, or in conjunction with acrylic inks and paints and watercolours, on a variety of surfaces to create beautiful paintings that will maintain their vibrancy for years to come. This Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels features six full step-by-step projects covering a variety of subjects from animal portraits to boats, harbours and reflections, and introduces the reader to mark-making with oil pastels and using solvents for a textured finish. The book also explains how to preserve, keep and frame your oil pastel works safely.

Master the art of creating stunning oil pastel drawings under the guidance of Anna Koliadych, the creator of DearAnnArt and the bestselling author of 15-Minute Watercolor Masterpieces. Let her walk you through 50 gorgeous, four-step projects and teach you all the must-know oil pastel tips and techniques you need to create vivid landscapes, botanicals, cute animals and more.

Basic lessons in becoming a good painter in pastels.

The book "Extreme Novice on Oil Pastels" will lead you into the bright and expressive universe of oil pastel workmanship. Custom fitted unequivocally for those moving into this adaptable medium, this careful helper is expected to demystify the methods, instruments, and creative possible results of oil pastel drawing. Learn principal strategies like variety mixing and layering to rejuvenate your manifestations and leave on an excursion of imaginative revelation. This guide gives little by little bearings, sharp tips, and rousing undertakings, ensuring that beginners can unhesitatingly explore and discuss their creative mind with oil pastels. Figure out how to utilize oil pastels' special attributes, like their blendability, smooth surface, and wealth of colors, to make staggering fine art. From direct exercises to extra unpredictable endeavors, this handbook offers different attracting practices that gradually manufacture your capacities and sureness. Discharge your innovative psyche and examination with different subjects, styles, and surfaces. " Extreme Fledgling on Oil Pastels" gives the establishment you want to foster your own imaginative voice, whether you need to catch scenes, make expressive pictures, or investigate conceptual craftsmanship. Learn about essential instruments, suitable techniques, and feasible tips to avoid ordinary snares. Gain encounters into assortment theory, piece, and layering, allowing you to make apparently delighting and dynamic expressive arts. This guide is something beyond an aide; It's a call to embrace the energetic and material vehicle of oil pastels and find the delight of self-articulation. "Extreme Fledgling on Oil Pastels" guarantees a strong and useful experience, directing you toward opening the maximum capacity of oil pastel imaginativeness whether you are a finished beginner or progressing from different types of workmanship. Embrace the vigorous universe of assortment and surface, and let your creative mind flourish with each stroke.