From the Dorling Kindersley Art School, in association with the Royal Academy of Arts, comes this helpful guide to drawing with pastels

For the enthusiastic beginner and practicing artist, it shows you everything you need to know about working in this challenging (but oh, medium.

Easy-to-follow projects - from blending and overlaying colours to incorporating different media - instruct you in all the essentials and inspire you to tackle more specialized techniques.

Close up, step-by-step photographs show artworks being created before your eyes, and let you into the secrets of how professional artists produce their work.

This book was first published in 1993, I have sold (and sold out ) three subsequent reprints of the book, and this is the fourth time I have purchased it for sale. That speaks volumes about the quality of the book and the instruction and guidance offered by the author Michael Wright..

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