Pastel Journal - USA (2019-09)

OCTOBER 2019 Paint the Figure How to Capture the Spirit and a Likeness Creativity On Demand 3 Rev-Up Exercises For Your Art Prac ...

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Contents Features Columns PastelJournal(ISSN#1524-9034)is publishedsixtimesperyear(February, April,June,August,OctoberandDecembe ...

Editor’sNote Keep It Simple S implicity.Totakea complexideaorvision andreduceit downtoits clearestform.That’sa goal thatdrivesal ...

EveningEmbers(12x18) byStanleyMaltzman E achyearit seemsasif thepraise forthePastelSocietyof America’sAnnualExhibition “Enduring ...

Art Matters In Memoriam In her 2013 autobiog- raphy, Dare to Dream, Urania Christy Tarbet recommends making space for dreams. “I ...

Tolearnmoreaboutthefounding ofIAPSandtosupporttheUrania ChristyTarbetScholarshipFund, whichworkstopromotethenext generationofpas ...

Anatomy of a Painting Portrait of a Critic Edgar Degas’ extraordinary painting of Edmond Duranty is an expression of mutualrespe ...

GIFTED BY SIR WILLIAM AND LADY BURRELL TO THE CITY OF GLASGOW, 1944; BURRELL COLLECTION: PICTURES, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND; PHOTO BY P ...

Skill Builders T hefaceis,formostartists,the mostdifficultsubjecttodraw. Anatomically,theheadand facearetwooftheleastcomplex par ...

Thefollowingguidelinesaregenerallytrueformostfaces.Measurementscanvaryslightly,whichiswhatcreates eachperson’suniquelook,butthes ...

Skill Builders WHAT MAKESALIKENESS? Manyelementsgointocreatinga successfulportrait. Butwhileweoftenspenda greatdealoftimeandeffo ...

Desmond O’Hagan’s new Degas-inspired video series features demonstrations of figural work in charcoal, and charcoal and pastel, ...

Skill Builders demonstration Erin Erin Krakow is well known as one of the stars of Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls the Heart,” an ...

Step 4: Lay Down the Hair Mass The hair in this portrait accounts for roughly the same amount of space as the whole face and app ...

Skill Builders Step 8: Complete the Background Since there’s little background showing in this portrait, I’ll keep it a single c ...

STARTSTRONGIN THEFIRSTQUARTER If youworkoncommission, onechallengeyoumay faceis findingtimetocre- atepaintingsthatpushthe envelo ...

Color Decoder Feeling Blue Learn all about one of the three primary colors— and how to leverage it in your paintings. By Michael ...

B lue sizzles in the hot flame of a Bunsen burner, but lies quietly in the cool shadows cast across snow. Blue sinks deep in sap ...

Color Decoder thatprovideda coolcontrasttothepre- dominantlywarmearthcolors.Natural blues,intheformofcrushedazurite andlapislazu ...