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Joe's Torontoby Mendelson Joe
ECW Press 2005; US$ 11.95Mendelson Joe's portraits of Torontonians amount to a significant body of work. This collection exhibits fifty portraits from the experience, along with some of his own comments. more...
Working Womenby Mendelson Joe
ECW Press 2004; US$ 11.95For years, Mendelson Joe has been painting portraits of women, some of them prominent (Anna Banana, Doris Anderson, Irshad Manji, June Callwood, Jane Siberry), and some less so. Along with faithful reproductions of the original paintings, this collection more...
Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Lightby Chris Saper
F+W Media 2011; US$ 27.99You can paint realistic skin tones that glow with life! Learning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastel. You'll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing, value, color, composition and edges), then learn how light and color influence the appearance of skin tones. Artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understand--immediately improving the quality of your work. You'll discover how to: Paint the four major skin color groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian and Hispanic) Refine these colors into dozens of possible... more...
Vibrant Children's Portraitsby Victoria Lisi
F+W Media 2012; US$ 24.99A Complete Guide to Capturing the Charm and Glow of Children Making your subjects look age appropriate is vital to successful children's portraiture. Many artists fall short with features that are too severe, skin that lacks that glow of youth or proportions that are too much like those of adults. In this book, you'll learn how to use tried-and-true oil painting techniques to achieve fresh skin tones, shiny hair, crystal clear eyes ? all the qualities that will make your portraits look truly authentic. Complete instructions and color palettes for painting luminous skin tones and hair 11 complete step-by-step demonstrations covering a broad range of complexions, ages, poses and sweet expressions Quick tips and expert tricks for making... more...
How to Paint Living Portraitsby Roberta Carter Clark
F+W Media 2011; US$ 24.99Master 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 feature Offers instruction on painting the figure, hands and clothing Addresses common stumbling blocks of skin tones and hair colors Illustrates... more...
Lessons in Likenessby Estill Curtis Curtis Pennington; Ellen G. G. Miles
The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 50.00From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in Louisville, a wide variety of portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802--1920 charts the course of those artists as they painted the mighty and the lowly, statesmen and business magnates as well as country folk living far from urban centers. Paintings by each artist are illustrated, when possible, from The Filson Historical Society collection of some 400 portraits representing one of the most extensive holdings available for study in the region.... more...
Anthony van Dyckby Victoria Charles
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.0017th-century Flemish painter Van Dyck?s career was as short as it was dazzling. A student of Rubens, he very quickly became the favourite painter of princes and kings and was the portraitist of English and Italian families of the high nobility. With his rigorous compositions, Van Dyck endowed his models with dignity, grandeur, and spirituality. Proud ladies, lords gambolling on their horses ? Van Dyck knew how to render the nonchalant elegance and the ennui of a refined society. A Baroque painter with a shimmering style, he played with a palette light and nuanced, and reproduced with the greatest virtuosity garments of velour, satin, and silk. Van Dyck is considered the founder of the English school of portraiture. He was an influence on... more...
Monetby Nathalia Brodskaya
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. His obsession with capturing light effects in nature was much more intense than that of his contemporaries. In his words: ?Skills come and go? Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity. I strive and struggle against the sun? should as well paint with gold and precious stones.? A beautiful display of Impressionist work, Mega Square Monet explores the extraordinary paintings of one of the masters of the 19th century. Monet?s rapid brushstroke style in landscapes and scenes from everyday life illustrates his overall fascination with light and colour. The size of this book makes it an ideal gift for those interested in learning about... more...
Persian Miniaturesby Victoria Charles
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00Encounter one of history?s greatest civilisations through miniatures. In Persian Miniatures, the story of the magnificent Persian Empire is told by way of a small but vibrant artistic tradition. The colourful images, which are, in fact, elaborate book illustrations, introduce a curious world of adventures, heroes and sovereigns. The Mega Square layout highlights three details from each image and helps to discover amazing peculiarities. This unique collection in a convenient portable size will make the perfect gift. more...
Persische Miniaturenby Victoria Charles
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00Dieses Buch stellt eine der größten Zivilisationen der Welt durch seine Miniaturmalerei vor und erzählt die Geschichte des großartigen Perserreiches mithilfe seiner Tradition einer kleinen, aber pulsierenden Kunstform. Die farbenfrohen Bilder, die eigentlich Buchillustrationen darstellen, führen ein in eine seltsame Welt voller Abenteuer, Helden und Herrscher. Das Layout dieser Mega Square-Ausgabe hebt drei Details jedes Bildes hervor und lässt den Betrachter so wundervolle Einzelheiten erkennen. In seinem praktischen Format ist diese einzigartige Sammlung das perfekte Geschenk für alle Kunstliebhaber. more...









