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When Shape Is The Subject
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Creating a painting requires the juggling of many elements of art. A better understanding of the element of shape may be the most essential in controlling your painting. Work along with me or just follow the images as I create "Harper's Ferry". “Shapes are found in landscapes and cityscapes. The edges of your shape is often all you need to make a single image that your brain recognizes; however, building a complex painting with interlocking and overlapping shapes requires some thought. I hope you will enjoy learning how to paint Harper’s Ferry, WV, with pastels and a few other examples. In this lesson we will work with color, line, shapes and an introduction to Liner Perspective.”
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Alexia Scott
Rocks and trees, ponds and plowed fields are an avenue toward peace of mind for me. Color, light and form create my essays on nature.” A. Scott Alexia Scott was born in central Ohio and began painting at an early age. She studied drawing and design at Kent State University and received her MFA in painting from The George Washington University. Alexia was a Lecturer of Fine Arts at Georgetown University, teaching Drawing. Her work can be found at the Smithsonian Naturalist Center, The National Zoological Park and private collections. Please visit: www.alexiascott.com for more information and current exhibits.
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When Shape Is The Subject - Alexia Scott
When Shape Is The Subject
PASTELS ARE OPAQUE
Written and Illustrated
By Alexia Scott, MFA
Green Pigment Publications
Falls Church, Virginia
Copyright © 2018 by Alexia Scott, MFA
Green Pigment Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-9915547-3-7
Smashwords Edition
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Please do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.
Artwork and Photography: Alexia Scott
Project Editor: Linda Scott
Marketing Director: Alexandria Koury
Book Design: Marinda Scott
Discover other titles by Alexia Scott:
Pastel Painting Is Transcendental
Contact: Alexia Scott, alexiapaints@gmail.com
http://www.alexiascott.com
To Students: On my website there are many pastel paintings; after finishing this book, feel free to try your hand at using any of my images as reference for your next pastel painting. Eventually, we want you outside enjoying nature and painting on your own. Much of the educational information in this book can be applied to many painting mediums.
The Cover
This pastel is of the Joe-pye weed growing just outside my studio door: it is a favorite subject. The Joe-pye weed is a native wildflower here in Virginia and throughout most of the eastern US. Like many native plants the bees and butterflies love it, and it creates head-height structure in the garden from late spring through the snow-covered seed heads in the winter. The twisting and turning of their autumn leaves creates
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