Book Description

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone.

Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

What you'll learn from this book ...

• A step-by-step process of creating horses' heads in pastel

• How to render metal and leather, including bridles, reins, and buckles

• Techniques for laying in and blending colors

• Details on the construction of a horse's eye

• Background and personality portraits of the individual horses portrayed ... Read more

Reviews (4)

GREAT!!!
I am really into drawing and I am good at it. However, horses are probably the hardest animals to sketch because of their interesting shape and detail. This book makes it easy to draw all kinds of horses, starting with simple heads, advanced heads, and then progressing to full bodies, getting more challenging but keeping an easy pace as you go. Not to mention tips on keeping porportions straight, and supply suggestions. Now I really want to get "Drawing Dogs" by Walter Foster!

Simply beautiful!
A wonderful book with a two-page spread of a gorgeous painting which teaches more about horses than most of the gritty technical stuff can. :) I'm not a big fan of How-To-Draw books, but this one is very good because of the simple, straight-forwardness (and the awesome painting!)

exceptional especially for the new oil painting student
I would love to obtain any of the numbered Foster "How To Draw" books pertaining to oil painting. Contact me at if you want to learn how to draw horses this is the best
this is the best book to learn how to draw horses and learn how to do shading. If you keep practicing, you won't even need to use the book anymore. This book is great for any age! ... Read more

Book Description

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone.

Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

What you'll learn from this book ...

• Thorough information on tools and materials necessary for creating works of art in pastel

• Simple steps for pastel application, color blending, and background tinting

• The process of planning a composition to achieve proper placement and balance

• Ways to use pastels with other media, such as watercolor or India ink

• Helpful tips for accurately rendering portraits, still lifes, animals, and landscapes ... Read more

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Good book for learning the many kinds of pastels
I found this book to be full of information about the different kinds of pastels that are available and the best paper to use when using pastels. It touched on the use of techniques in achieving whatever look you want.The pictures are beautiful!But as to whether by following the instructions you can get the same result is questionable. All and all a wonderful book to have but I think difficult for begginners who are just trying Pastels to follow.

Great for Beginners
I found this book provides a lot of information on the fundamental techniques that artists use when creating pastel works. It also covers quite a varying range of styles and subjects using all colour images. There are quite a few detailed breakdowns of how pastels are created from underpainting (or not) following right through a work to completion.

As someone new to using pastels I found this book to be most informative and interesting and a great addition to my technical library. ... Read more

Book Description

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone.

Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

What you'll learn from this book ...

• Elements of color, rhythm, and composition

• How color is diffused in the atmosphere

• Tips on choosing the correct color of toned paper for harmonious pastel compositions

• The application of different color values to evoke a particular mood

• Methods for creating dramatic compositions with one-point, two-point, and three-point perspective

• How to mat, frame, and preserve pastel paintings ... Read more

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Drawing and color lessons
Ken Goldman is a talented artist and teacher who has a gift for explaining with clarity the ways to go about pastels. Examples of his work are included in this excellent book, with fine color fidelity. The practical advice he gives at the beginning is invaluable; and the instructive sections equally so. ... Read more

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Step-By-Step With British Pastel Painters
I enjoyed this book quite a bit and am somewhat sad to see it out of print now. I bought it only a while ago from Amazon when it was still in print. Perhaps it will return to print again someday.

Each chapter shows demonstrations from various UK pastel painters using different techniques and/or subject matter. One of the odd things is that many of the pastel paintings definitely LOOKED British to me. I don't know what it is but apparently a lot of Brits really like rather drab, dull colors (well, drab & dull to me anyway seeing as I'm from bright, sunny, and in the summer, blisteringly hot Dallas). Maybe it's something to do with UK weather. The landscapes in particular always look like they're painted on a cloudy, overcast day. Go figure...

One chapter demonstrates using pastel for tonal studies (the artist's subject was a landscape). Another chapter demonstrated using pastels for moving water or clouds. Still others for architectural paintings, portraits, wildlife or demonstrating how paper texture and color can change the end result of the same subject.

Practically all of the demonstrations except one are executed in a "painterly" style. That is, a loose manner that showcase the beauty of each stroke. The final demonstration showed one artist who prefers to use pastels in a very tight and highly realistic manner. One of the ways he achieves some of the sharp edges and high definition is the use of mechanical drawing aids such as clear plastic rulers and/or templates to mask out some areas.

This book is most useful to beginner or intermediate pastelists. Advanced pastelists would probably enjoy it more for the paintings shown than for any instruction it holds. The only downside I can think of is if you wanted to learn more about painting in a high definition or realistic style. In that case you'd really only find the last chapter helpful. Overall, I found it to be helpful for my own attempts at learning pastel painting and I think it could be for other beginners as well. ... Read more

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Silverpoint, chalk, pastel, pencil, charcoal- drawing from theearly Renaissance to the mid-19th century. ... Read more

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Purple Series: This book shows the entire array of pastel colors available to artists, and describes methods of mixing and shading to produce every gradation of color visible to the eye.

About the series:
These pocket-size volumes make good reference guides for art teachers and students. They are heavily illustrated in color, and are filled with descriptions, technical details, and instructional information. Books fall into four categories. Purple Series books explain art media and techniques. Red Series books describe different art genres and effects. Green Series books illustrate art tools and theory. Yellow Series books recount art history and art movements. ... Read more

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Pastels : Right from Scratch to Pros
This handy book gets you started from scratch like it's the first time you know about pastel painting. Covers a good topics on materials, professional advice, techniques and tools. The page is littered with illustrations and photos to enhance write-up within. The only shortcoming is that the fonts of text tended to be slightly small but thought that's how they are able to keep the book handy.One can read from the start or choose from each relevant topic from the contents. organised layout and logical sequence of lessons conveyed. Good for beginners or intermediate people. ... Read more