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Author | : Tai-Shan Schierenberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Portrait painting, English |
ISBN | : 9781849495769 |
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Inspired to paint or enthralled by the world of portraiture A Little Book of Portraits: Beyond the Canvas accompanies the celebrated Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year series and includes sixty-four of the finest portraits painted during the competition with illuminating commentary from the three series judges: Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. The paintings featured in this book, include portraits of famous sitters, such as Juliet Stevenson and John Humphrys, self-portraits of the artists themselves and commissioned paintings of Hilary Mantel and Sophie Dahl. The judges approach each painting from a different angle and with a unique voice, reflecting their differing specialities within the art world. Between them they uncover the approach, style and effectiveness of each portrait whilst discussing the techniques critical to the success of the painter's brushwork, likeness and perspective. With a wide range of different mediums from oil to charcoal or even soil, the book takes us behind the finished portrait and into the myriad of processes that creates one great work of art. A Little Book of Portraits reveals the skills behind the artist's brush that makes timeless and inventive portraiture.
Author | : William F. Powell |
Publisher | : Walter Foster |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2021-06-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1600588921 |
Download Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Learn to mix virtually any skin tone in oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints with the recipes and acrylic mixing grid in Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor.
Author | : Lillian Hellman |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2000-03-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780316352888 |
Download Pentimento Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, the legendary playwright Lillian Hellman looks back at some of the people who, wittingly or unwittingly, exerted profound influence on her development as a woman and a writer. The portraits include Hellman's recollection of a lifelong friendship that began in childhood, reminiscences that formed the basis of the Academy Award-winning film Julia.
Author | : Billy Showell |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1844484521 |
Download A-Z of Flower Portraits Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Billy Showell is a well-respected contemporary artist whose watercolour flower portraits have earned her the respect of watercolour artists all over the world. Worked to the same degree of accuracy as traditional botanical paintings, Billy's compositions are given a more contemporary twist, combining her unique eye for design with her love of flowers. In this book, 40 flower portraits are presented, arranged in alphabetical order, each one accompanied by small studies, details, step-by-step instructions and the colour mixes used to accomplish the finished work. At the start of the book there are useful sections on the materials and equipment needed and the main techniques used, including wet-into-wet, colour blending, lifting out, layering glazes, dry brushing and colour mixing, and at the end of the book Billy gives her own unique slant on composition and discusses the importance of creating a sketchbook. Whether you love to paint, or simply love flowers, this book will delight and inspire you.
Author | : Donna M. Lucey |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393634787 |
Download Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection “[Lucey] delivers the goods, disclosing the unhappy or colorful lives that Sargent sometimes hinted at but didn’t spell out.”—Boston Globe In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. With uncanny intuition, Sargent hinted at the mysteries and passions that unfolded in his subjects’ lives. These women inhabited a rarefied world of wealth and strict conventions—yet all of them did something unexpected, something shocking, to upend society’s rules.
Author | : Jan Messent |
Publisher | : Search PressLtd |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781844487417 |
Download Embroidered Portraits Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"With a different and delightfully practical approach to a traditional and time-honored subject, Jan Messent shows you how to create portraits in stitch. There are simple instructions for shaping and padding different-angled heads, creating faces, adding features and stitching the hair and garments, as well as explorations of the most suitable fabrics, stitches, threads and embellishments to use. Within this book you will discover a host of personalities, including a mysterious white Edwardian lady, the formidable Bess of Hardwicke and a 'book-box' that opens to reveal exquisite renditions of Cinderella and Prince Charming. All of Jan's portraits are filled with character and charm, and have a timeless appeal that will enthral and excite textile artists and embroiderers alike"--Dust jacket cover.
Author | : David Thomas |
Publisher | : Search Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2016-01-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1781264686 |
Download Drawing & Painting Portraits in Watercolour Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Portraiture is one of the most rewarding painting disciplines. In this book, experienced portrait artist David Thomas shows that it need not be intimidating. Learn to use watercolour, pencil and charcoal to produce fresh and approachable portraits invested with life and character.
Author | : Tyler Gordon |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-09-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0374389667 |
Download We Can Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Here is a debut picture book by partially deaf prodigy Tyler Gordon, featuring his bold paintings of over 30 icons--musicians, artists, writers, civils rights leaders, sports legends, change-makers, record-setters, and more--alongside short explanations of how these people inspire him"--
Author | : John Howard Sanden |
Publisher | : Northlight |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Portrait painting |
ISBN | : 9780891349020 |
Download Portraits from Life in 29 Steps Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Demonstrates how to paint a convincing portrait in twenty-nine steps, and includes information on color usage and painting supplies.
Author | : Cate Coulacos Prato |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2013-02-25 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 162033237X |
Download Mixed-Media Self-Portraits Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Featuring artwork from a wide range of contributors, this resource explores creative self-portraits through fun and easy exercises and essays that instruct and inspire artists working in all media. Examples of collage, fiber arts, and mixed-media artwork offer visual inspiration while essays throughout the book act as a guide to personal and artistic self-discovery. Step-by-step techniques and creative prompts are used to direct artists through different approaches to creating self-portraits while exercises utilizing collage, drawing, photography, and stitching will jump-start the creative process and get ideas flowing on paper and fabric, encouraging artists to express themselves in new ways.