First Steps with Pastel Encouraging you to be a little playful, Jackie introduces you to pastels by taking you through a comprehensive range of techniques such as cross hatching, feathering, gradating colours, stippling & many more essentials for successful pastel paintings. Her enthusiastic manner & depth of knowledge will inspire you & build your confidence in this versatile medium. Capturing Light & Colour Light is one of the most difficult aspects to depict in a painting but it is one fo the most dramatic & attradtive. Jackie will show you how to paint light filled pictures & how to recognise tha impact light has on colours in nature. With lessons on colour theory & harmony, Jackie will have you producing pastel pictures like never before. DVD: 130 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Subject: 2 Subject: 12 Author: Jackie Simmonds Medium: 13 Tape Length: 130 mins ...

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Create Light & Shade in your Painting DVD with Paul Talbot-Greaves: Paul's unique style embraces the vitality that watercolours can bring to a painting. He concentrates on light & shade & studies how to capture these effects through the use of tone. Paul explains how by clever use of just one single colour you can lift a painting that could otherwise look extremely flat. Projects featured in the video include buildings, flowers & landscape scenes. Throughout the DVD Paul uses easy-to-follow advice that can help bring your paintings to life. This DVD is suitable for any level of painter holding a desire to add depth of tone to their pictures. DVD: 61 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Create Atmosphere & Mood in Your Painting DVD with Paul Talbot-Greaves: Paul concentrates on adding mood & atmosphere to your paintings. Through various evocative countryside scenes Paul shows how by using wet in wet washes & through adding strong tones to your paintings you can create depth & feeling to your images. By following Paul's friendly tips & advice, you will soon be creating your own masterpiece. DVD: 68mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Author: Paul Talbot-Greaves Tape Length: 61 mins ...

MEMBERS buy any 3 leisure art books for just £13.99 Robert Jennings shows how easy it is to enhance watercolour paintings by merging soft luminous washes with fluid, definite linework. Practical step-by-step demonstrations show how the techniques can be adapted to create a variety of stunning pictures. Leisure Art Series Number 22 Book: Search Press. Paperback. 48 pages. Colour throughout Author: Robert Jennings Medium: 1 ISBN: 0855329661 ...

The Pentel Colour Brush range creates beautiful, vivid translucent colours, reminiscent of watercolours. The colour brushes are versatile, providing a variety of line widths from thin to thick bold strokes. The vibrant colours compliment each other perfectly & when blended together create fantastic results. Once a colour has been laid down it can then be worked into with another colour to create a graduated effect (Colours are best worked into when still wet). For tonal work the Colour Brushes need to be worked from light to dark. Laying a base colour, letting it dry then adding the same colour over the top will give a darker tone. To lighten the shade, the Colour Brushes can be used with the Pentel Water Brush, this provides a wash effect & can be used to lighten, blend or merge colours. Available in 12 stunning colours, the Pentel Colour Brushes are valve activated & have a perfectly balanced pen-shaped barrel with cartridge refills available. The brushes themselves are available as individual colour brushes or as two great sets
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The Pentel Colour Brush range creates beautiful, vivid translucent colours, reminiscent of watercolours. The colour brushes are versatile, providing a variety of line widths from thin to thick bold strokes. The vibrant colours compliment each other perfectly & when blended together create fantastic results. Once a colour has been laid down it can then be worked into with another colour to create a graduated effect (Colours are best worked into when still wet). For tonal work the Colour Brushes need to be worked from light to dark. Laying a base colour, letting it dry then adding the same colour over the top will give a darker tone. To lighten the shade, the Colour Brushes can be used with the Pentel Water Brush, this provides a wash effect & can be used to lighten, blend or merge colours. Available in 12 stunning colours, the Pentel Colour Brushes are valve activated & have a perfectly balanced pen-shaped barrel with cartridge refills available. The brushes themselves are available as individual colour brushes or as two great sets
- perfect to get you started!
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