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  • Pastel Innovations: 60+ Creative Techniques and Exercises for Painting with Pastels by Dawn Emerson book cover
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Pastel Innovations: 60+ Creative Techniques and Exercises for Painting with Pastels

by Dawn Emerson

A hands-on guide to exploring pastel

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A hands-on guide to exploring pastel

Dawn Emerson’s book combines foundational design concepts with a progression of 20 exercises and more than 40 pastel techniques. The activities cover building and revealing layers, using monotypes as underpaintings, and creating texture, alongside questions and checklists for self-critique. This mix gives the book a practical structure: readers can work through guided exercises while also exploring different ways to handle the medium and assess their own paintings.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners seeking an introduction to pastel painting and its fundamentals.
  • Experienced pastel artists looking for exercises and alternative approaches to the medium.
  • Artists who want structured prompts and checklists for self-critique.

Themes

Pastel painting techniquesArt fundamentals and designCreative experimentationSelf-critique and artistic development

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Book overview

Pastel Painting Techniques That Are Revolutionary, Fun and Easy!

Designed for beginners considering using pastel for the first time, for experienced artists who may feel uninspired, and for anyone in between, the skills you will gain with Pastel Innovations, will help you build confidence and open your world so you can paint what CAN BE, not just what you THINK is.

Explore the unique joys of pastel painting with:

- An exploration of the basics You'll expand your artist's vocabulary learning to use the elements and fundamentals of design to create beautiful, balanced paintings.
- 20 simple exercises build off each other and help you grow as an artist, little by little, building confidence.
- 40+ innovative pastel painting techniques Feel inspired as you learn new approaches to using pastel to build up and reveal layers, incorporate monotypes as underpaintings, create texture that cannot be duplicated by drawing or painting, and more.
- Thoughtful self critique Questions, approaches and checklists that will result in better art, while at the same time making you a better artist.
Leave your expectations behind and engage in the process of pastel painting with a newfound freedom to play and explore!
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