Download or read book Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner written by John Elliot and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the serious beginner, this volume offers step-by-step advice on painting in oil pastels. Lessons progress simply from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First, artists learn how to use oil pastels to create traditional paintings in still landscape and portraiture. Then the author explores 12 specific experimental techniques, including impasto, washes and monoprint; stencil and screen techniques; and methods for combining pastel with soft pastel and mixed media.