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In Masterstrokes: Pastel you will learn about: * atmospheric landscape through a study of "Norham Castle, Sunrise" by J.M.W. Turner * painting skies through a study of "Weymouth Bay" by John Constable * painting portraits through a study of "Hermann-Maurice, Marechal de Saxe" by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour * urban landscape through a study of "Gare St. Lazare" by Claude Monet * the nude in context through a study of "The Tub" by Edgar Degas * painting personal objects through a study of "Vincent's Chair with His Pipe" by Vincent Van Gogh * painting fruit through a study of "Still Life with Apples and Pomegranate" by Gustave Courbet 96 pages (all in color), 8 3/4 x 11 1/2. (all in color)

Product Details

• Published on: 2005-03-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

From Library Journal
Harrison has created two unique and exciting books based on the methods of the masters. It may seem odd at first to study an oil by Courbet to learn pastel techniques or an oil by Gainsborough to learn the art of watercolor portraiture, but it works beautifully. The core of each book focuses in detail on a series of master paintings, each chosen to illustrate a specific subject area, such as portraiture, still life, or landscape. Each is followed by a tutorial in which a contemporary artist demonstrates not how to copy the original but how to use specific techniques to create a new work. Thus, the point of analyzing Winslow Homer's "The Red Canoe" is to learn how to paint figures in a landscape in one's own work. These two books should be added to most collections to complement Ettore Maiotti's earlier fine volume, The Oil Painting Handbook: Learning from the Masters, now out of print.
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