Year of Publication: 2013
Author: Ellen Eagle
Genre or theme: Drawing (pastel)
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications (Crown Publishing Group / Random House, Inc.)
ISBN: 978-0-8230-0842-1
English language
Format: PDF
Interactive table of contents: Yes
Number of pages: 196/284

Revel in the luminous and vibrant qualities of pastel with Ellen Eagle's essential course in the history, techniques, and practices of the medium. In this comprehensive yet intimate guide, Eagle explores pastel's rich but relatively unexamined past, reveals her own personal influences and approaches, and guides you toward the discovery and mastery of your own vision. In Pastel Painting Atelier, you will find:
- Advice on basic materials: guidance on building, storing, and organizing a collection of pastels; choosing the right paper; and the importance of experimentation
- Studio practice suggestions: ideas for creating your ideal working environment and recipes for making your own pastels and supports
- Study of the working process: lessons on proportion, gesture, composition, color, application, identifying and correcting problems, and recognizing when a work is finished
- Meditation on subject: cues for extrapolating the subtle details, presence, and temporal features of whatever you choose to paint
- Step-by-step demonstrations: Eagle's acute insights into her own works as they progress
A magnificent selection of works by masters such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Rosalba Carriera, Mary Cassatt, and Eugene Delacroix augment this guide, as do works by contemporary artists including Harvey Dinnerstein, Elizabeth Mowry, and Daniel Massad. Aimed at serious artists, this guide enlightens, instructs, and inspires readers to create brilliant and sensitive works in the historic medium of pastel.

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston
Preface
Introduction: A Luminous History, a Luminous Future
CHAPTER ONE
BASIC MATERIALS
What Is Pastel?
Building a Collection of Pastels
Experimenting with Pastels
Storing and Organizing Pastels
Examining the Lightfastness of Colors
Addressing Questions of Toxicity
Selecting Paper with Care
CHAPTER TWO
ADVANCED STUDIO PRACTICES
Making Your Own Pastels
Making Your Own Supports
Organizing Your Studio
Keeping a Notebook
CHAPTER THREE
A LOOK AT THE GENRES
Portraiture
Self-Portraiture
Still Life
Landscape
The Figure
CHAPTER FOUR
THE WORKING PROCESS
Creating Black-and-White Tonal Studies
Establishing Proportion
Capturing Gesture
Articulating Composition
Remembering That First Impression
Perceiving Color
Applying Pastel
Laying In the Painting
Gradating Tone
Developing Form
Establishing Whether the Work Is Finished
Identifying Problems
Making Corrections
CHAPTER FIVE
ON MY EASEL
Pigeon Glancing
Underwood
Anastasio with Pillow
Dried Flowers, Garlic Skins, Fabric, and Threads
Bee Balm
Emily in Profile
CHAPTER SIX
DISPLAY AND HANDLING
Caring for Pastel Paintings and Drawings
Framing Pastel Paintings
Traveling with Pastel Paintings
Afterword
Notable Public Collections of Pastel Paintings and Drawings
About the Author
Index

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