Painting Brilliant Skies & Water in Pastel: Secrets to Bringing Light and Life to Your Landscapes

Haywood-Sullivan, Liz

ISBN 10: 1440322554 ISBN 13: 9781440322556

Verlag: North Light Books, 2013

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This book covers two of the most important and potentially tricky areas of landscape painting.

Starting from basics, Liz will show you how to handle the transition between sky and foreground as well as how to use the sky to set the mood for your painting. She then goes on to look at shapes and tonal values before beginning with underpainting and then working up to a finished result. She also explains clearly the all-important topics of aerial perspective, clouds and reflections.

This is a well-structured course that explains everything you need to know in simple terms and uses clear illustrations and demonstrations to back this up.

As well as the basics, Liz also shows you how to capture moving and still water, waves, trees, rain and snow.

This is an invaluable guide that should please anyone who wants to paint landscapes in the rewarding medium of pastel.

Book: North Light. Paperback. 128 pages. Colour throughout

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"Some books are for dipping into, but this one is definitely one to follow." --Art Book Review

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From skies above to water below, discover the secrets to glorious landscapes!

No two elements of the landscape bring the artist greater inspiration--or greater challenge--than sky and water. Get them right and you have magic. Get them wrong and your whole painting is off. In this book, popular pastel artist and teacher Liz Haywood-Sullivan shares her secrets for getting them both right, every time. With her practiced and proven approach, you can experience the joy of painting glowing skies and sparkling water.

Inside you'll find:

• 24 step-by-step demonstrations showing the creation of breathtaking skies and water in pastel.
• Techniques for painting skies, including the various types of clouds and how light changes depending on the season and time of day.
• How to depict water in all its forms, from calm, reflective ponds and meandering rivers to whitewater cascades and ocean waves.
• A clear and simple approach to the puzzling concepts of aerial perspective and the nature of reflections.
• A primer on materials to help novice artists and newcomers get started in pastel.

Beautifully illustrated with stunning landscapes, Painting Brilliant Skies and Water in Pastel is a must for artists who have not found the targeted help they seek in other landscape painting books. Use it to make the most of natures' inspiration and pour mood, movement, and poetry into your paintings.

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• Verlag: North Light Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1440322554
• ISBN 13: 9781440322556
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128