Drawing Portraits
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Author | : Nathan Fowkes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2016-11-30 |
Genre | : ART |
ISBN | : 9781624650314 |
Whether you're an aspiring artist or new to the medium, seasoned instructor and accomplished artist Nathan Fowkes makes drawing portraits in charcoal not only accessible, but also a real pleasure! From stocking the best supplies to using them effectively, and composing a portrait while avoiding common mistakes, How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal by Nathan Fowkes will place you firmly on the path to producing the charcoal portraits you've dreamed of creating. His easy-to-follow tips, in-depth tutorials, and valuable exercises make this guide your first step toward building an understanding and appreciation for every face you draw. This handy book will equip you with the skills to capture them in beautiful charcoal fashion.
Author | : Justin Maas |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-07-16 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1440354618 |
"As long as humans have been alive, we have drawn." ~Justin Maas Drawing is the most essential of all visual arts. Everyone, from sculptors to painters, draws in one form or another. It is also the simplest and most affordable form of artistic expression. All you need is a pencil and paper to make something magical. But to create a successful portrait, one must understand how to capture a person’s likeness--their spirit--and portray it in graphite. In Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits, artist and teacher Justin Maas provides a step-by-step guide for both novice and experience portraitists looking to enhance their skillsets. His tried-and-true techniques for mastering the basics and accurately rendering proportion, placement and nuance when drawing the head and face will help you add energy and life to your drawings and create recognizable and moving portraits. In this book: • Lessons in drawing basics, including value, line, shadow, light and anatomy • How to work from both reference photographs and live models, plus tips for selecting your subjects • Step-by-step demos to create crucial features, such as eyes, ears, and hair • Methods for building successful portraits, including the grid method, the tracing method and the author's own Maas method • 15 detailed step-by-step portrait-drawing demos with subjects of different ages, genders and ethnicities • A gallery of additional portrait examples in both black-and-white and full color
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
Author | : Douglas R. Graves |
Publisher | : Random House Digital, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780823014316 |
Presents a step-by-step course in the art of portraiture, identifying necessary materials, common problems, and alternate techniques, and provides demonstrations of individual features and full 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.
Author | : Angela Rizza |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2020-05-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 164152927X |
Draw the people and faces around you—a guide to portrait drawing for kids 9 to 12 Anyone can take a picture—but drawing a person with recognizable likeness takes practice. Portrait drawing offers a completely unique interpretation of your subject, and Portrait Drawing for Kids gives budding artists the skill set they need to draw pictures of themselves, their family, and friends. Broken down into simple, step-by-step instructions, this book will teach you every aspect of portraiture, from features of the face, to capturing emotions, to techniques like shading and highlighting. This drawing for kids book will help you take your artistic talents to the next level—beginning with a sharpened pencil. Portrait Drawing for Kids includes: Selfie know-how—Not only will you learn to create pictures of other people, but you'll also learn the art of self-portraits. Inspirational activities—Each lesson offers separate drawing for kids exercises to inspire you to establish your abilities on your own. A painter's toolbox—Get introductions to your full range of art instruments—from sketch pads to colored pencils—as well as terms of the trade like contour, midtones, exposure, and more. Interested in a drawing for kids book but not sure where to start? Portrait Drawing for Kids is the ideal guide to how to draw people for kids 9-12
Author | : Lee Hammond |
Publisher | : North Light Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995-04-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780891346357 |
If you've always wanted to draw beautiful, realistic-looking portraits of your favorite people, this step-by-step guide shows you how to do it - better and more easily than you ever thought possible. &break;&break;Lee Hammond quickly teaches you how to add the illustration of three-dimensional highlights and shadows to simple shapes using pencil shading and blending. After you've got the basics down, you'll learn how to use the same techniques to portray every feature of the human face. You'll also discover how to figure out what the features of your photographed model really look like so you can draw them from different angles. Then Hammond shows you how to put all those features together to create a lifelike portrait that truly captures the individuality of your subject. &break;&break;After you've completed these easy-to-do drawing exercises, you'll soon be turning the memories frozen in your old snapshots into warm, beautiful works of art.
Author | : Tim Chambers |
Publisher | : Walter Foster |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2012-09 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1600582672 |
This all-inclusive book covers everything about portraiture in the most popular drawing and painting media.
Author | : Giovanni Civardi |
Publisher | : Art of Drawing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Drawing |
ISBN | : 9781903975091 |
Provides instructions on the art of portrait drawing.
Author | : Barrington Barber |
Publisher | : Arcturus Publishing |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-06-13 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1848588615 |
This book is essential for everyone who wants to improve their drawing skills. Written by teacher and established artist Barrington Barber, it contains a wealth of know-how and practical advice, supported by over 300 original illustrations. Guidance is given on how to overcome common difficulties without imposing a particular style or approach. ...