How to Draw and Paint Portraits: Learn How to Draw People Through Taught Example, With More Than 400 Superb Photographs and Practical Exercises, Each Designed to Help You Develop Your Skills - Couverture souple

Hoggett, Sarah & Milne Vincent

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844769534 ISBN 13 : 9781844769537

Editeur : Southwater, 2011

Synopsis

This practical and inspirational book provides a comprehensive and detailed guide to drawing and painting portraits. It offers budding artists the chance to take step-by-step lessons and expert tutorials while learning essential skills from professional artists. The book is divided into three easy-to-use sections. The first, Materials, provides advice on the different range of media and equipment available, from pencils, pastels and inks to selecting paintbrushes and paper. The second section, Tutorials, explains the technicalities of portrait drawing. It begins with a simple introduction to the facial features from the eyes, nose and nostrils to the hands and feet. It also highlights the key artistic concerns such as composition and lighting. If you are a complete beginner, work through this section page by page as it will help you build up confidence to tackle life studies of your own. The final section, Projects, begins with a gallery of works by professional artists. These stunning examples are perfect as a source for ideas and inspiration. Following the gallery pages, are a series of step-by-step projects, each designed to demonstrate a range of poses and media, from a head-and-shoulders portrait in acrylic and a baby in watercolour to a character portrait in charcoal and a figure in landscape. You can copy the projects exactly if you wish, or simply use them as a starting point for your own explorations. Illustrated throughout with over 400 beautiful step-by-step colour photographs, this accessible book will show you how to get started in drawing and painting portraits, and to embrace one of the world's most creative and relaxing pastimes. Learn to draw through 15 exercises and projects, each designed to help you develop and practise your skills Includes comprehensive advice on materials, canvases and equipment, and on using all the different types of media including pencil, charcoal, pastels, oils, acrylics and watercolour Features a stunning gallery of art with accompanying commentaries giving insight into how the artistic techniques have been used by professional artists A useful tutorials section on the technical aspects of drawing and painting portraits, from drawing hair and facial features to capturing character and mood Beautifully illustrated with over 400 step-by-step photographs to make it easy to follow each exercise and achieve fantastic results

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Hoggett is a freelance writer and editor who specialises in practical art and craft titles. She has worked with many leading professional artists and has wide-ranging experience of authoring instructional books on many aspects of art techniques. Vincent Milne was awarded a BA Honours degree in Fine Art from Goldsmith's College, London, and then went on to do postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools. He also studied anatomy for artists at University College, London. He teaches portraiture and figure drawing and painting at several colleges, including the Hampstead School of Art. He exhibits internationally and his work is held in a number of private collections.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Southwater
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844769534
• ISBN 13: 9781844769537
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible