This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined.Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions. (It's not as scary as it sounds…not with Mark and Mary as your guide!)At the heart of this book, a series of fun, hands-on exercises help you practice and perfect your strokes—24 mini-demos lead up to 9 full step-by-step demos. Each exercise builds on the previous one as you develop your skills, build your confidence, and enjoy yourself along the way. The lessons you learn by drawing simple subjects such as coffee mugs, clouds and trees will help you take on progressively more challenging matter like animals, still lifes, landscapes and portraits…the kinds of subjects and scenes you've always dreamt of drawing.This book is just the ticket for budding artists of any age. It's never too early and never too late to discover the pure joy of drawing. Read more

The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced these venerable skills, especially in academic art circles. Fortunately for aspiring artists today who wish to learn the methods that allowed the Old Masters to achieve the luminous color and subtle tonalities so characteristic of their work, this knowledge has been preserved in hundreds of small traditional painting ateliers that persevered in the old ways in this country and throughout the world.Coming out of this dedicated movement, Portrait Painting Atelier is an essential resource for an art community still recovering from a time when solid instruction in art technique was unavailable in our schools. Of particular value here is a demonstration of the Old Masters’ technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. This method unifies the entire painting, creating a beautiful glow that illuminates skin tones and softly blends all the color tones. Readers will also find valuable instruction in paint mediums from classic oil-based to alkyd-based, the interactive principles of composition and photograph-based composition, and the anatomy of the human face and the key relationships among its features. Richly illustrated with the work of preeminent masters such as Millet, Géricault, and van Gogh, as well as some of today’s leading portrait artists—and featuring seven detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations—Portrait Painting Atelier is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture. Read more

The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame. Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom. Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau's dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting either the prelude to or the aftermath of sex. Her reputation irreparably damaged, Gautreau retired from public life, destroying all the mirrors in her home. Drawing on documents from private collections and other previously unexamined materials, and featuring a cast of characters including Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, Strapless is a tale of art and celebrity, obsession and betrayal. Read more

Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits features master mixes for an array of skin colors in oil, acrylic, and watercolor—plus recipes for hair, eye, and lip colors. The concealed wire-o bound book also includes a plastic color-mixing grid for measuring out paints, as well as a handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints and vice versa. With recipes for more than 500 color combinations, this comprehensive guide is your ultimate source for painting realistic skin, mouths, ears, noses, eyes, and hair. This convenient guide details three simple steps to mix virtually any skin tone:Match a palette of skin tones from this book to your portrait subject.Create the Master Skin Tone Recipe for this palette using the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.Follow the recipes to create all the skin tones you'll need to complete your portrait—from light values to shadows.Also featured:Color theoryTinting, toning, and shadingGraying skin tones naturallyIdentifying facial planesMouth, nose, and ear color tonesEye and hair color tonesWatercolor skin tone recipes With recipes for more than 500 color combinations, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits is your ultimate source for painting realistic skin, mouths, ears, noses, eyes, and hair. Read more

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 Read more

Using clear and concise language and in-depth, step-by-step demonstrations, author and renowned artist Mary Whyte guides beginning and intermediate watercolorists through the entire painting process, from selecting materials to fundamental techniques to working with models. Going beyond the practical application of techniques, Whyte helps new artists capture not just the model's physical likeness, but their unique personality and spirit. Richly illustrated, the book features Mary Whyte's vibrant empathetic watercolors and works by such masters of watercolor as Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Read more

All artists are tired of persuading their nearest and dearest to look sad…look glad…look mad…madder…no, even madder…okay, hold it. For those artists (and their long-suffering friends), here is the best book ever. Facial Expressions includes more than 2,500 photographs of 50 faces—men and women of a variety of ages, shapes, sizes, and ethnicities—each demonstrating a wide range of emotions and shown from multiple angles. Who can use this book? Oh, only every artist on the planet, including art students, illustrators, fine artists, animators, storyboarders, and comic book artists. But wait, there’s more! Additional photos focus on people wearing hats and couples kissing, while illustrations show skull anatomy and facial musculature. Still not enough? How about a one-of-a-kind series of photos of lips pronouncing the phonemes used in human speech? Animators will swoon—and artists will show a range of facial expressions from happy to happiest to ecstatic. Read more

In the late 16th and early 17th centuries there was one art form in which English artists excelled above all their continental European counterparts: the painting of miniatures. This fascinating book explores the genre with special reference to two of its most accomplished practitioners, Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, whose astounding skill brought them international fame and admiration.In addition to exhibiting the exquisite technique of the artists, portrait miniatures express in a unique way many of the most distinctive and fascinating aspects of court life in this period: ostentatious secrecy, games of courtly love, arcane symbolism, a love of intricacy and decoration. Bedecked in elaborate lace, encrusted in jewellery and sprinkled with flowers, court ladies smile enigmatically at the viewer; their male counterparts rest on grassy banks or lean against trees, sighing over thwarted love, or more modestly express their hopes in Latin epigrams inscribed around their heads.Often set in richly enamelled and jewelled gold lockets, or beautifully turned ivory or ebony boxes, such miniatures could be concealed or revealed, exchanged or kept, as part of elaborate processes of friendship, love, patronage and diplomacy at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. This richly illustrated book explores what the portrait miniature reveals about identity, society and visual culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Read more

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“TÚ ERES MI ❤ CORAZÓN” es una colección única de retratos femeninos en delicada escala de grises, inspirada en la atmósfera del Día de San Valentín. Cada ilustración captura la ternura, el misterio y el encanto del amor, permitiéndote crear imágenes mágicas con colores y tu imaginación.Este libro es la manera perfecta de relajarse y sentir el espíritu de esta festividad. ¡Disfruta el momento y da vida a estos elegantes retratos con los vibrantes colores de tus emociones!📖Dentro del libro encontrarás:• 50 impresionantes retratos en escala de grises diseñados con gran atención al detalle + 3 páginas de BONO.• Páginas impresas por un solo lado: cada página de colorear está impresa en una hoja separada con un reverso negro (decorado) para minimizar el traspaso de color.• Papel y estampados de alta calidad: aptos para cualquier material de coloración, desde lápices hasta acuarelas (si usas rotuladores al alcohol, coloca una hoja protectora detrás de la página que estés coloreando).• Formato grande: ilustraciones de un solo lado en 21.6 x 27.94 cm, ideales para enmarcar tu obra de arte.• Relajación creativa: colorear ayuda a reducir el estrés, mejorar la concentración y desarrollar la creatividad.• El regalo perfecto para ti y tus seres queridos para crear un ambiente festivo especial en el hogar.🌟¡No lo dudes! ¡Ordena tu copia ahora y siente el espíritu del Día de San Valentín! 🌟🌸¡Gracias de antemano por tu compra! 🌸Etiquetas:día de san valentín, día de san valentín, mujeres para colorear, vestido con purpurina, retrato en escala de grises, libro para colorear relajante, libro para colorear para adultos relajación, corazones, corazones y rosas, corazones de san valentín, libro para colorear para adultos en escala de grises, libro para colorear mujeres hermosas en escala de grises, retratos realistas de mujeres en escala de grises. Read more

This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined.Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions. (It's not as scary as it sounds…not with Mark and Mary as your guide!)At the heart of this book, a series of fun, hands-on exercises help you practice and perfect your strokes—24 mini-demos lead up to 9 full step-by-step demos. Each exercise builds on the previous one as you develop your skills, build your confidence, and enjoy yourself along the way. The lessons you learn by drawing simple subjects such as coffee mugs, clouds and trees will help you take on progressively more challenging matter like animals, still lifes, landscapes and portraits…the kinds of subjects and scenes you've always dreamt of drawing.This book is just the ticket for budding artists of any age. It's never too early and never too late to discover the pure joy of drawing. Read more

Capture the Essence of the Subject as You Go Beyond TechniqueAuthor and artist Alvaro Castagnet emphasizes the importance of – philosophy, ideas, technique, color, brushstrokes and magic – encouraging the reader to observe and evaluate their own paintings, and build on their discoveries; going beyond technique to improve and develop their own personal style of watercolor painting that is evocative and shows passion and feeling.There are many educational art books; however, not all go beyond learning watercolor techniques to illustrate the elusive side of painting. In Beyond Technique: Painting With Passion, artists, students and educators will learn to express a subjects essence, its particular sense of place, mood and atmosphere; as the main motive in their own artwork.This E-book Features:133 Pages of Full-Screen Paintings illustrated with Large Text Side-by-Side.Landscaped Fixed-Layout supports 2 x zoom.Six Chapters, rich in content, contain a generous selection of stunning watercolor paintings, with detailed, informative captions, expanding on the key points discussed throughout. Included are four step-by-step demonstrations, covering a variety of subjects, such as a landscape, a boat scene, a streetscape and a still life; sure to excite and build confidence in the reader. This exceptional book is full of insight, anecdotes and helpful advice from a highly perceptive artist, who will convey key concepts of watercolor painting to achieve a powerful work of art in a way that is full of passion, quality and integrity.Inside This E-Book:STUNNING WATERCOLOR PAINTINGSWith detailed, informative captions, to inspire and build confidence as you apply the techniques explained.FOUR STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONSIncluding countless explanations to show you how to convey the key concepts of watercolor into a powerful work of art.ELUSIVE SIDE OF PAINTING ILLUSTRATEDTo help you go “beyond technique” in your own work. With every subject, expressing its essence, its particular sense of place, mood and atmosphere, as your main motive.PASSION, QUALITY AND INTEGRITYThese are the key aspects to focus on to develop your own, distinctive style of painting great watercolors! Read more

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★★★ Una valiosa guía completa y envolvente para aprender a pintar al óleo ★★★★★★ Con nada menos que 16 video lecciones exclusivas que te acompañarán paso a paso ★★★★★★ Perfecto para principiantes y expertos que desean evolucionar artísticamente ★★★Después del éxito de mis libros sobre el arte del dibujo "Aprender a Dibujar", "El Arte del Dibujo" y "El Cuaderno del Dibujante", me complace presentarte mi nuevo libro: "Aprender a Pintar al Óleo". Esta guía forma parte de una trilogía sobre pintura, que incluye también "Cómo Mezclar los Colores al Óleo" y "El Cuaderno del Pintor". Con la trilogía completa, podrás acceder a más de 25 video lecciones sobre pintura al óleo, una colección revolucionaria para los amantes del arte."Aprender a Pintar al Óleo" está diseñado para quienes desean explorar el mundo de la pintura al óleo, tanto principiantes absolutos como artistas experimentados en busca de nuevas técnicas. Este libro te guiará desde los fundamentos hasta la creación de obras complejas, desarrollando una comprensión profunda de la teoría del color, las técnicas pictóricas y las herramientas del oficio. Descubrirás trucos y secretos nunca antes revelados por el autor Alfredo Papa, reconocido artista italiano.Pintar relaja la mente y hace que el tiempo se pase de forma placentera y creativa. Esta guía te ayudará a pintar con serenidad, sin ansiedad, errores técnicos ni frustraciones artísticas.Qué Encontrarás dentro del Libro:Técnicas Fundamentales y Avanzadas: Aprende las técnicas más importantes, accesibles para todos: la historia de la pintura, las herramientas esenciales, la imprimación, la teoría del color, la grisalla, las veladuras, la técnica "alla prima", el en plein air y el uso de la espátula. Cada lección está explicada de manera clara y acompañada de más de 250 imágenes paso a paso.Teoría del Color y Práctica: Domina la teoría del color para crear armonías cromáticas y atmósferas únicas, incluyendo conocimientos sobre colores primarios, complementarios, saturación y la misteriosa técnica de los colores "merismáticos".Video Lecciones Exclusivas: Accede a 16 video lecciones que te guiarán en la aplicación de las técnicas pictóricas, con secretos sobre mediums y aceites.Soporte y Comunidad Online: Únete a nuestro grupo exclusivo de Facebook para recibir apoyo, comentarios y compartir tus avances con otros artistas.Este libro no es solo una guía técnica, es un viaje personal hacia el crecimiento expresivo. Cada pincelada será un paso hacia tu evolución como artista. Aprenderás a enfrentar cada desafío con calma y a transformar el lienzo en blanco en una oportunidad de expresión creativa.Ventajas de Aprender con este Libro:Herramientas para una Creatividad sin Límites: Descubre cómo elegir y utilizar los mejores materiales, como aceites, diluyentes, pinceles y lienzos.Aprende a Pintar Paisajes, Animales, Bodegones y Retratos: Serás guiado paso a paso para desarrollar seguridad y técnica en cualquier tema que desees pintar.Empieza Hoy Tu Viaje Artístico: Con el apoyo adecuado, podrás evolucionar artísticamente y crear obras que reflejen tu visión única, sintiéndote parte de una comunidad apasionada.Contenido Extra Suplementario: Al comprar el libro, tendrás acceso a los secretos sobre diluyentes y aceites pictóricos. Si compras la versión impresa, recibirás gratuitamente también el ebook, además de video lecciones inéditas para llevar tu arte a un nivel superior.Este libro es para ti si siempre has soñado con pintar, transformar la inspiración en arte y liberar tu potencial creativo.No esperes más, empieza hoy tu viaje en la pintura al óleo y déjate guiar hacia tu evolución artística. Read more

Master artist Roberta Carter Clark shares secrets for infusing portraits with life.Since its original publication, this best-selling book has earned a loyal following among students of portraiture. Back in print by popular demand, How to Paint Living Portraits has been updated to help today's artists discover the joys of this time-honored tradition. Hands-on instruction covers a range of ages and ethnicities, offering a practical approach to creating successful, spirited portraits in charcoal, oils and watercolor.Includes 23 exercises for capturing recognizable likenesses, feature by featureOffers instruction on painting the figure, hands and clothingAddresses common stumbling blocks of skin tones and hair colorsIllustrates simple and complex lighting set-ups for achieving multiple moods and effectsFeatures 5 step-by-step portrait demonstrations in charcoal, oil and watercolor Clark brings fifty years of experience to this book, from technical expertise on color and composition to practical considerations of working with a live model. One of the most comprehensive guides ever written on the subject, it's a valuable reference for any skill level. Read more

Babies are so unpredictable. You put them down in one place, you never know if they’ll be there when you come back. And don’t even get us started on kids and teens. Artists have it particularly rough with volatile young people, because their facial expressions are just as fleeting. Happy one minute, sad the next. Puzzled for a second, then astounded. Facial Expressions Babies to Teens solves the artists’ problems with a dazzling array of more than 2,500 photographs of fifty babies, kids, and teens demonstrating every human emotion through facial expression. Artists, animators, cartoonists - everyone who needs to capture any look from babyhood to age 19 must have a copy of this fascinating reference. With extra sections on anatomy, hats, and close-ups of phonemes, plus a remarkable age-progression gallery, Facial Expressions Babies to Teens is the only book an artist can really depend on. And we promise it will stay right where you put it, every time. Read more

The Perfect Gift for the Space Enthusiast in the Family! This large sturdy book is great for Kids, Teens, Students, Teachers and Adults. It can be used for Note-taking, Charcoal, Sketching, Painting, Pen & Ink, Markers, Crayons, Art Classes, Travel Journals and more!At under $7 dollars, this is a great bargain and the perfect gift for Christmas, Stocking Stuffers, Gift Baskets, Holidays, Birthdays, Graduations & End of School Year Gifts.Features:8.5x11 inches (21.5cm x 28cm)108 blank pages / 54 sheets / on white paperPerfect BoundDraw your next Masterpiece Now! Scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" or “Buy” button to get your book delivered to you today!Order a different book for each member of the family. Check out more books by clicking on our author name ( New Paths Publishing) above.Book details: 8.5x11 inches (21.5cm x 28cm), 108 pages, glossy finished cover, white blank paper. Read more

This magnificent book is the first volume of the definitive catalogue raisonné of the works in oil, watercolor, and pastel of the beloved painter John Singer Sargent. This volume catalogues portraits by Sargent from 1874, when he began his training in Paris, and covers pictures painted while he was establishing his reputation in Paris, during his early years in England, and on his first professional visit to America in 1887. Volume two will record portraits painted from 1890 until the end of the artist’s career. The entire catalogue raisonné will bring together nearly 600 portraits, some 1,600 subject pictures and landscapes, and three mural cycles. The early portraits in this book range from private images of Sargent’s family and friends to studies of writers and fellow artists and formal portraits of Parisian celebrities and patrons in France, England, and America. These include his most controversial work, Madame Gautreau, and studies of some of the major artistic figures of the day: Claude Monet, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ellen Terry in her role as Lady Macbeth.Each work is catalogued in depth, with a biographical account of the sitter, a discussion of the contemporary context of the painting, and a detailed provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography. Almost all of the paintings are shown, mostly in color, including some that have never been reproduced before. The fruit of some sixteen years of research, this valuable reference provides a broad and comprehensive view of Sargent’s art.Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art Read more

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In the words of cultural historian Jacob Burkhardt, fifteenth-century Italy was "the place where the notion of the individual was born." In keeping with that idea, early Renaissance Italy was a key participant in the first great age of portraiture in Europe. As groundbreaking artists strove to evoke the identity or personality of their sitters—from heads of state and church, military commanders, and wealthy patrons to scholars, poets, and artists—they evolved daring new representational strategies that would profoundly influence the course of Western art. More than a mere likeness, the fifteenth-century Italian portrait was an attempt to wrest from the unpredictability of life and the shadow of mortality and image that could be passed down to future generations. The Renaissance Portrait, which accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, provides new research and insight into the early history of portraiture in Italy, examining in detail how its major art centers—Florence, the princely courts, and Venice—saw the rapid development of portraiture as closely linked to Renaissance society and politics, ideas of the individual, and concepts of beauty. Essays by leading scholars provide a thorough introduction to Renaissance portraiture, while individual catalogue entries illustrate and extensively discuss more than 160 magnificent examples of painting, drawing, manuscript illumination, sculpture, and medallic portraiture by such artists as Donatello, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Verrocchio, Ghirlandaio, Pisanello, Mantegna, Antonello da Messina, and Giovanni Bellini. With abundant style and visual ingenuity, these masters transformed the plain facts of observation into something beautiful to behold.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:Bode Museum, Berlin(08/25/11-11/20/11)The Metropolitan Museum of Art(12/21/11-03/18/12) Read more