Pastels Unleashed

Margaret Evans is a well-known artist and practical art teacher who specialises in figure work and portraiture, as well as pastel painting. She has exhibited her work with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Pastel Society and the United Society of Artists and now runs extremely successful painting courses from her studio in Scotland, as well as working on commissions in all media. Margaret is an established cont

She shows how to use turpentine and how to dilute or intensify colours, and there is information of composition, perspective, painting figures and mood and atmosphere, all helping equip the reader to paint in her fantastically creative way. She also shows how she develops painting ideas from her wonderfully inspiring photographs, workbooks and travel diaries. Margaret Evans shows artists how to unleash the creative power of pastels. She shares her huge enthusiasm for the medium and her expertise in the properties of pastels, showing how to choose papers or use underpainting techniques to make the most of them. She demonstrates the stages: sketching in, blocking in and then building up, that lead to a successful painting, and then the dry and wet techniques that really unleash the potential of pastels. There are then six beautiful step by step demonstrations.

"If you like to follow cookie-cutter art demos" according to george. This is the first time that I have posted a review of a book, and I am motivated to do this because in my opinion there is very little substance to this book. The title suggests that it provides something new, yet the information about the use of paste. Pastel Unleashed Great book for pastelists and Margaret does a good job for beginners and provides nice examples of her work. Would recommend. Wanda F. Armstrong said Beautiful book, some really wonderful paintings that are very. Beautiful book, some really wonderful paintings that are very inspiring.Artists in other countries approach art making differently than we do in the USA and so her explanations visually as well as verbally (written) were refreshing and different. I enj

Hard, soft and pan pastels are all used and you can find out what paper to buy, what else you will need and tips on working indoors and out. With easy-to-understand instruction, step-by-step photos, works in process and finished paintings, Evans effectively translates her 30 years of teaching experience into approachable topics, including materials; set-up; colour; value; techniques (both wet and dry); inspiration; composition; perspective; mood and atmosphere; and figures and animals. Advice and suggestions are made for creating mood, atmosphere, figures and animals within this medium. A useful and creative book, which is guaranteed to stimulate any artist. A