Beginner's Guide to Creating Portraits

Beginner's Guide to Creating Portraits
Author: Publishing 3dtotal
Publisher: Beginner's Guide
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-01-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781912843398

Meet modern portraiture head-on with this step-by-step beginner's guide to creating stylized portrait, written by the industry's leading character designers.

Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner

Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner
Author: Mark Willenbrink
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2012-06-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440311447

Open this book as an absolute beginner, and come away as a proud portrait artist. Mark and Mary Willenbrink's Absolute Beginner books have helped thousands of novices tap into their inner artists. In this book, Mark and Mary help the beginning artist take on portraits, showing that absolutely anyone can draw faces. Their encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction style makes learning fun—you'll be amazed by how quickly you achieve impressive results. Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner covers everything from warming up with sketches, and capturing facial expressions, to framing your finished work. Page by page, you'll build the skills and confidence you need to draw lifelike portraits of your friends and family. What's Inside: • A simple two-stage approach to drawing portraits: sketch a likeness, then build up values to bring it to life • Step-by-step instruction for drawing eyes, noses, mouths, hairstyles, hands, glasses and other tricky elements • 13 complete demonstrations featuring a range of ages and ethnicities • Tips for evoking more personality in your portraits by using props, costumes and accessories

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate
Author: Antonio Stappaerts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Characters and characteristics in art
ISBN: 9781912843350

Bring characters to life on your iPad® with creativity and ease, using ProcreateTM to conceptualize, sketch, and paint directly onto the screen. Master the basics, from setting up your first canvas to using a selection of tools such as Brushes, Layers, and Adjustments to add depth and energy to your creations. To achieve details such as hair, skin, and garments, you are guided through tools and techniques for character-specific results. Whether you draw characters from reality, or dream up new, fantastical beings, this book unlocks your design potential with Procreate for next level-results.

Portrait Revolution

Portrait Revolution
Author: Julia L. Kay
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1607749971

Based on the popular international collaborative art project, Julia Kay's Portrait Party, this book features hundreds of portraits in multiple mediums and styles teamed with tips and insights on the artistic process. The human face is one of the most important subjects for artists, no matter their chosen medium. Pulling from 50,000 works of portraiture created by the artists of the international online collaborative project Julia Kay’s Portrait Party, Portrait Revolution presents a new look at this topic—one that doesn’t limit itself to one medium, one style, one technique, or one artist. By presenting portraits in pencil, pen, charcoal, oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, mixed media, digital media, collage, and more, Julia Kay and co. demonstrate the limitless possibilities available to aspiring artists or even to professional artists who are looking to expand creatively. Along with works in almost every conceivable medium, Portrait Revolution shines a spotlight on different portrait-making techniques and styles (featuring everything from realism to abstraction). With tips, insights, and recommendations from accomplished portrait artists from around the globe, this all-in-one inspiration resource provides everything you’ll need to kick-start your own portrait-making adventure.

Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing

Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing
Author: 3dtotal Publishing
Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2020-02
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9781909414921

Invaluable tutorials and insightful tips make Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing a perfect start to a fantasy art journey.

The Luminous Portrait

The Luminous Portrait
Author: Elizabeth Messina
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0817400133

Infuse your images with glowing, luminous light From high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Elizabeth Messina comes this beautiful guide to shooting lush, romantic portraits exclusively in natural light. Whether you’re photographing children, weddings, maternity and boudoir, or portraits of any kind, The Luminous Portrait will inspire you with Elizabeth’s personal approach and award-wining images, sharing the art to making flattering portraits that appear “lit from within.”

Pet Portrait Embroidery

Pet Portrait Embroidery
Author: Michelle Staub
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2021-11-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1644030152

Learn the art of thread painting from Instagram sensation Michelle Staub Cats and dogs seem to always have a paw planted firmly in our hearts. Capture the life in their eyes and the texture of their fur with a unique embroidered pet portrait! Insta-famous artist Michelle Staub puts a modern spin on thread painting with her easy-to-learn approach. Get started with 4 basic embroidery stitches, and follow the detailed tutorials to hone your skills. Capture awe-inspiring details of your pet with lessons in full-color thread painting or go clean with a simple line drawing—the choice is yours. Learn to personalize your art piece with names, dates, and decorative accents. With 20 sample patterns to customize, you can easily recreate any breed! Paint stunningly realistic pet portraits with just a needle and thread Try your hand at two styles—minimal outlines and incredible full-color renderings Make it modern with floral garlands, personalized banners, and crisp lettering Start today with 4 easy stitches and 20 customizable projects

Drawing and Sketching Portraits

Drawing and Sketching Portraits
Author: Jacquelyn Descanso
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2015-11-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781518654299

This generously illustrated book provides step-by-step lessons and exercises to help you learn how to draw people today! Have you always wished you could draw portraits and faces? Get a head start on learning how with this book. Don't worry about talent--talent is overrated. Anyone can learn how to draw people! There are some wonderful techniques to get you off to a great start. Plus, you'll have a lot of fun in the process. You will learn many methods that artists have been using for centuries! There are over 60 original illustrations in this book, with step-by-step tutorials that walk you through drawing your own portraits!

Art Fundamentals: Theory in Practice

Art Fundamentals: Theory in Practice
Author: 3DTotal Publishing
Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781912843374

Meet modern portraiture head-on with this step-by-step beginner's guide to creating stylized portrait, written by the industry's leading character designers.

The Ultimate Concept Art Career Guide

The Ultimate Concept Art Career Guide
Author: 3dtotal Publishing
Publisher: 3D TOTAL PUB
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Commercial artists
ISBN: 9781909414518

An extensive guide to developing an exciting concept art career featuring advice and insights from top industry professionals and studios.