Art of Portrait Drawing

Name: Art of Portrait Drawing
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ISBN: 9781581807127

ISBN-10: 1581807120

ISBN-13: 9781581807127

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joy Thomas

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Learn how to turn what you see into masterful, expressive art. With the practical instruction and advice in these pages, you can develop the skills necessary to draw fine portraits in the realist tradition. In The Art of Portrait Drawing, skilled artist Joy Thomas passes on to you the lessons she has gathered from generations of the world's greatest artists. Learn about the golden mean, the traditional three-color portrait, the secrets of proportion and more methods used by the Old Masters and today's best artists alike! Inside you?ll find: ? An introduction to every commonly used drawing medium, including charcoal, Cont? and graphite ? An illustrated overview of the history of portrait…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: F&W Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

The work of renowned portrait artist Joy Thomas has appeared in many publications, including The Artist's Magazine and The Best of Portrait Painting (1998, North Light Books). In the past two decades, her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over United States. www.portraitartist.com/thomas



Introduction


Portrait Drawing Materials


Drawing Technique


Paper and Sketchbooks


The Studio


Drawing from Life


Connecting With Your Subject


Learning the Essentials


Drawing Through History


Towards a Naturalistic Style


Gestalt Thinking


Composition and Divine Proportion


Proportion and Design


The Canons


Systems for Measurement


Blocking In and Layout


Value and Value Scales


Negative Space


Study of Anatomy


Contour Drawing


Gesture Drawing


Moving and Unposed Targets


Lighting


Standard Poses


Full Face


Three-Quarter and Up-From-Under


Profile and Lost Profile


Setting the Pose


Natural Poses


Working With Color


Practicing Your Art


Charcoal Study of Warren


Charcoal Portrait of Sarah


Graphite Pencil Drawing of Kimberly


Charcoal Portrait of Bryan


Portrait of Mary in Sanguine


Portrait of Linda in Sepia


Portrait of Jessica in Charcoal and Conte


Profile Portrait in Charcoal


Portrait of James in Sumi Ink


Conclusion


Making Time and Space for Art


Index