This professional guide to creating convincing artworks of family members, with step-by-step instruction throughout, is ideal for those starting out in portraiture. With extensive instruction on the crucial skill of capturing a likeness in a wide variety of styles, the exercises are clear and easy to follow. Sections include drawing the head from the front and in profile, three-quarter views, head and shoulders and full-length portraits, group portraits,...

Rendering artwork that leaves viewers contemplating whether they might actually be looking at a photograph is no easy task. Introducing Realistic Portraits in Colored Pencil-a comprehensive guidebook that shows artists the secrets to drawing lifelike portraits in this dynamic medium. This engaging resource is perfect for artists who want to improve upon their existing skills and learn how to render realistic portraits utilizing a wide range of techniques....

A portrait can reveal the likeness, personality, and even the mood of a person. In previous centuries, portraits were used to reveal someone's social standing, to manipulate the viewer's opinion of the subject, or to exaggerate and accentuate features. In Drawing Portraits, artist and teacher Barrington Barber shows you how to overcome common difficulties and introduces you to the techniques that will develop your perception of a subject. • Includes...

If, as the famous saying goes, you really are what you eat, then Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was a consummate painter of the human soul. This artist was a master draftsman whose finely wrought canvases captured the imagination of his generation. In this fascinating book, Liana De Girolami Cheney takes a closer look at the critical history of Arcimboldo's work, from his initial popularity and the tragic obscurity that followed his death, to the...

Little is known of Memling's life. It is surmised that he was a German by descent but the definite fact of his life is that he painted at Bruges, sharing with the van Eycks, who had also worked in that city, the honour of being the leading artists of the so-called 'School of Bruges'. He carried on their method of painting, and added to it a quality of gentle sentiment. In his case, as in theirs, Flemish art, founded upon local conditions and embodying...

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 – Paris, 1867) Ingres sembla d'abord destiné à reprendre le flambeau de son maître David, dans l'art à la fois du portrait et de la peinture historique. Il gagna le Prix de Rome en 1801, où il ne se rendit que 6 ans plus tard à cause de la situation économique française. Mais Ingres s'émancipa très vite. Il n'avait que 25 ans lorsqu'il peignit les portraits de la famille Rivière. Ils révèlent...

Combining illustrations, photographs, and inspirational quotes, this biography traces the life of John Glenn--war hero, test pilot, American astronaut, and U.S. Senator--from his childhood days in New Concord, Ohio to his adventures in space.

Experienced artists looking to master a new medium will relish this comprehensive guide to using colored pencils by Veronica Winters, author of How to Color Like an Artist. Step-by-step projects with photos and directions illustrate the many details that bring a simple composition to brilliant life, offering readers a comprehensive overview of colored pencil techniques. A brief introduction covers necessary materials and explains the book's overall...

L'histoire de l'art américain est d'abord celle d'un long combat pour échapper à la tutelle de l'Europe et affirmer son autonomie par rapport aux modèles et aux styles que celle-ci véhiculait.