It is truly useful. The Pastel Artist Bible does more than a technical "How to" book. It inspires! If I run out of painting ideas, flipping through it gives rise to new inspiration as to the different ways one can use a pastel. It covers a broad range of techniques simply, making it easy to absorb the information. These are further aided by many visual exmaples from different artists. The only problem I have, however, is that the book is ring-binded. I worry about exerting too much strength in case I tear of the page when flipping through it, which can be difficult sometimes. However, I highly recommend buying it for its content, as it is truly useful for anyone interested in the medium.

This guide proved to be exactly what I was looking for, as a new artist starting out in Pastels. It is full of practical information as well as presenting tutorials on different aspects and techniques of this medium. The section on mixing colours is very useful. The writing is clear and easy to understand and avoids the waffle present in many art books. This book lives up to its name and I have found it invaluable.

This is also an excellent guide for pastel medium artwork. Many techniques are displayed for pastel artwork. Many valuable illustrations to help teach pastel techniques.

This is a good book if you have never done pastels before. I got a lot out of it.

If you are an experienced pastelist or new to the medium, this is one of the best books to have. It covers everything, materials, color, basic techniques,extra techniques, subjects, landscape, urban, still life, people and animals. The book is a little larger than 5 x 7 and opens to lie flat. It is such a complete how to and reference book, I recommend it for everyones book collection. I am happy to own it.