Designed to help the beginner start painting immediately without overwhelming them with theory, the books in this series contain a mixture of projects and inspirational "gallery" examples, encouraging readers to move on to build up a range of skills and techniques. This title covers pastels. Topics include: storing pastels, toning papers and boards; fixing and squaring up; and the best pastels, paper and equipment to use. Projects are designed to develop expressive strokes, blending, layering, broken colour, scumbling, feathering, hatching and mixing pastels with other media.