Real Men Don't Plant Pastels - Do They??
Society divides the world into feminine and masculine colors, and appropriate colors for young people and older people. It's all good target marketing for the great consumer culture. But do those rules apply in the garden? The message is clear ... [... more]
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Pastel de Papas (Potato pie)
After a while, the top of the pie changes colour (because of cooking it) and it taste really good. Here you are the recipe of a typical Chilean food. 1 pice of red pepper cut in little pieces (don't use hot pepper) 1.- The "pino" (we call " [... more]
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Pastel Painting Techniques
 Inspiring how-to book for beginners: This book shows 17 (anonymous) painters as they build up pastel paintings. Step-by-step colour photographs show each stage and intelligent commentary directs your attention to the important aspects. Each of the [... more]
CDN$29.99
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Pastel School:
Great book for the novice Pastelist: I bought this book in order to teach me everything I needed to know to get started as a pastelist. I am very pleased with the content of this book. It offers the beginner a way of getting started, from choosing the [... more]
CDN$17.01
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All About Techniques in Pastel
all inclusive: As far as a pastel technique book goes this one is all inclusive. It has the latest techniques including the mixing of pastel with other elements like water and alcohol and so on. Pastel line, color mixing, blending. The strong point of [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Pastel for the Serious Beginner
STAY AWAY: I recently bought this book and "Painting the Landscape in Pastel." Both of these books are devoid of any real discussion on technique. There is page after page of discussion on color, hue, value, etc. That is all well and good but [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Pastels
Not Recommended for Beginners: Although this book, like most other Walter Foster books, is geared towards beginnners, I would caution any beginner that is considering the purchase of this book. _Pastels_ was published in 1988 and sorely needs to be [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Pastel Workbook: A Complete Course in Ten Lessons
GREAT BOOK FOR BEGINNERS!!: I am an absolute beginner and have bought many pastel books and this is one of the 2 best i have.It assumes you know nothing, which for me, was true.It begins with basic marks and techniques and progresses into making pictures. [... more]
CDN$26.04
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The Pastelist's Year: Painting the Four Seasons in Pastel
Poor printing quality detracts from a great book, won't buy: I bought this book and ws really disappointed when I leafed through more thoroughly and found MANY of the illustrations were out of focus, and one had a HUGH printer error where the image was [... more]
CDN$27.95
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The Pastel Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist
Comprehensive but not useful for the beginner: There is no doubt that this is a very comprehensive book, hoewever as a beginner in the medium I found the book not so useful. The book spends way too long for my taste discussing the different brands of [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Painting with Pastels: Easy Techniques to Master the Medium
Maggie Magic: Maggie Price has written the definitive how to book on pastel painting. If you love pastels and/or have ever wanted to learn various pastel painting techniques, then this is the book for you. Maggie's writing style is clear making the [... more]
CDN$27.50
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Wolf Kahn Pastels
Wolf Kahn Pastels: Wolf Kahn's self-admitted charm glows in this book of his pastels. Wolf Kahn is a wonderful story teller, in his words and in his beautiful, simple, radiant paintings. He is a wonderful teacher who loves to share his experiences and [... more]
CDN$56.00
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