Take your first steps with pastels and learn how to produce modern, lively and colourful artwork with this exciting medium.

Take your first steps with pastels and learn how to produce modern, lively and colourful artwork using this exciting medium.

Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendonça offers the beginner a complete course in using pastels. Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build the essential skills you need to paint a range of subjects, including landscapes, still life, portraits and animals. Vital drawing skills are explained and demonstrated, along with easy-to-follow explanations of colour theory, composition and the pastels themselves.

• Easy-to-follow techniques for soft and hard pastels.

• 8 projects broken down into simple steps.

• Includes a wealth of finished paintings to provide ideas and inspiration.