An Introduction to Painting Portraits
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715315501
AuthorRosalind Cuthbert
SummaryPacked with practical information and advice on capturing a good likeness, understanding proportion, developing fluency and selecting the right medium when painting a portrait.The opening chapters discuss foreshortening, light and shade, composition and design and explain the importance of choosing a palette that will enable the mixing of colours to achieve skin tone values. The author stresses the need to take each feature separately, to observe specific problems with eyes and mouths, noses and ears, hands, hair and spectacles.
Step-by-step demonstrations accompany the text, where different media are explained in detail, giving examples of what to use to create certain effects. Among those featured are acrylic, oil, watercolour and pastels. In addition, there is valuable advice on the use of photographs, on self-portraiture, and that acid test of the portrait painter, the commission process. With a wealth of illustrative material from a host of contributors, this is an inspiring and energetic approach to this very personal art form.
Ideal for art students and amateur artists alikeExplains the underlying forms of the head and face by discussing foreshortening, measuring and proportionCover specific problems of rendering features, from eyes and ears to noses and hairAll the main techniques are demonstrated with illustrated, step-by-step sequencesA range of media is covered including acrylic, oil, watercolour and pastels
No of pages128pp
FormatBC Paperback
PublisherDavid & Charles
ISBN715315501
EAN9780715315507
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