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books
My Story Has Not Ended
$14.99 for PDF
A posthumous publication of notes and blogs and a surprise epilogue by her husband, Bill Canright.
With humor and optimism Maggie describes her courageous battle with a brain tumor. Also included are paintings and illustrated affirmations she created.
Creative Freedom: 52 Art Ideas, Projects and Exercises to Overcome your Creativity Block
$21.99 + s/h (List Price $26.99), for orders within U.S. only – for outside the U.S. email for shipping cost.
Maggie presents 52 ideas to overcome your creativity block or to venture beyond your comfort zone. Maggie and 24 other artists who have been there, done that present a step-by-step painting demonstration. Together, they help you experiment with different mediums, new color combinations, fresh approaches to favorite subjects and more. An exciting variety of styles and mediums (oil, pastel, acrylic and watercolor). Try one a week for a year of creative adventure. Or dip in whenever you're feeling uninspired.
Painting Sunlight & Shadows with Pastels
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Essential Techniques for Brilliant Effects. Whether you work outdoors or in, understanding the effects of light and shadow is key to making your art lifelike and engaging. Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all recipe for painting light, this book shows you how to capture the particular ambient qualities of any scene before you, be it a gloriously clear morning, a rainy afternoon, or the joyful dance of sunlight on water. Master pastelist Maggie Price shares techniques for painting beautiful light, rich shadows and convincing reflections. 10 step-by-step demonstrations tackle a diversity of lighting situations, encompassing various weather conditions and times of day. Work from five contributing artists explores different styles, approaches and subjects, including landscapes, water scenes and people. Concepts are demonstrated with pastel, but are applicable to any medium. An illuminating read for beginning and experienced artists alike, this book will help you engage your viewer by achieving that captivating sense of 'being there.'
Painting with Pastels
$21.99 + s/h (List Price $24.99), for orders within U.S. only – for outside the U.S. email for shipping cost.
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"The definitive introduction to this glorious medium from the founding editor of The Pastel Journal. In addition to the author's step-by-step demonstrations of landscape painting, nine contributing artists demonstrate painting still life, portraits of children, animals and landscapes as they share their own tricks of the trade."
E-BOOK: Pastel Pages
56 pages, $12.50 give Paypal your email address for delivery of the pdf
Now you can get a collection of published articles by Maggie Price in one easy downloadable e-book.
If you haven't read or kept every article written by Maggie Price—or if you have a stack of magazines but have no idea which issue contains a column or article with something you need to know—this collection, Pastel Pages, may be the answer.
Maggie has put together a collection of useful information about working in pastel, much of which was published in either The Pastel Journal or The Artist's Magazine over the past 3–4 years. The articles cover a range of subjects, from techniques of using pastel to color theory, painting outdoors, traveling with pastels, and much more. She's added updates regarding materials, techniques or ideas, and a new, never-published section about framing pastels.
It's all organized in pdf format, so that you can simply download it from the web site and either keep it on your computer or print it for easy reference.
Pastel Pages: A Collection of Previously Published Articles, by Maggie Price
dvds by maggie price
Capture the Values of Sunlight & Shadow: Pastels with Maggie Price
$23.99 + s/h (List Price $29.99), for orders within U.S. only – for outside the U.S. email for shipping cost.
Maggie shows you how to create an underpainting "road map" of values and temperatures that will lead to a beautiful final painting, strong in value structure and flooded with sunlight.
Follow along as she paints a landscape filled with light and shadow, from initial composition, to underpainting, to layers of local color, instructing how to achieve a vibrant finished result at every step of the painting process.
100 minutes.
Painting from Photos: Pastels with Maggie Price
$23.99 + s/h (List Price $29.99), for orders within U.S. only – for outside the U.S. email for shipping cost
In this workshop, Maggie shows you how to effectively use photo references to create paintings that go beyond copying a photo to lively, lifelike art. Follow along as she completes a pastel landscape from start to finish, demonstrating not only the painting techniques, but how your photos can best portray your subjects. You'll also see how to overcome typical photographical flaws (such as issues with value, color, perspective, and clutter) so you can learn to use your favorite photos to create beautiful paintings.