Beginning with materials and methods, then moving on to practical, step by step demonstrations, master pastelist Larry Blovits shares with readers the time tested theories and techniques he employs in producing his widely admired, award winning paintings. You will learn how to blend hard and soft pastels into gradiations of opaque and transparent colors, bring contrasts of bright light and dramatic shadows to your paintings, build basic shapes into realistic three dimensional forms, handle perspective and create the illusion of depth and space, and design animated, balanced compositions with eye catching focal points. Paperback, 144 pages.ISBN823039072. WATSON GUPTILL