Drawing and painting people : the essential guide /

Drawing and painting people : the essential guide / edited by Jeff Blocksidge and Mary Burzlaff. - 1st ed. - Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, c2007. - 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

1. Basic drawing materials & techniques -- Basic materials -- Handling your tools -- Lines -- Mass conceptions -- Value -- Demonstration : it's all about shape -- Conceived light & shade -- Cast shadows -- Tonal detail -- Lines redefined -- Configuration of shade lines -- Clean & gradated tones & diffused edges -- Learning from the masters -- Understanding shading tools -- Mini-demonstration : shading technique -- Negative space -- 2. Basic color theory & techniques -- Color -- Graying down -- Temperature -- Color harmony for the portrait painter -- Lighting your subject -- Colored pencil -- Colored pencil materials, the basics -- Vertical line, smooth stroke -- Pressure bar -- Feather vs. definite stroke -- Vertical lines, quick -- Overlap & straddled strokes -- Scribble stroke -- Dense vs. airy -- Demonstration : patent leather shoes -- Watercolor -- Watercolor, gather your supplies -- Basic watercolor techniques -- Preparing & mixing colors -- Premix your palettes -- Keep color mixes & their uses on file -- Tips & techniques -- Demonstration : quick sketch with color -- Acrylic & oil -- Acrylic & oil, supplies -- Longer studies -- The limited palette -- High-key color schemes -- Low-key color schemes -- Demonstration : using a three-value thumbnail sketch -- Control strokes -- 3. Exploring heads & faces -- Simplify & relate -- Mini-demonstration : draw a correctly proportioned eye -- Head proportions -- Eliminating lines -- Eyelid creases -- Examples of completed eyes -- Know your nose -- Nostril shapes -- Mini-demonstration : shade the nose without lines -- Shading & linking the nose -- Parts of the mouth -- Dealing with teeth -- Head shapes -- Drawing the profile -- Drawing a three-quarter view -- Demonstration : charcoal & white Conté on toned paper -- Demonstration : three-quarter view -- Demonstration : creating different types of hair -- Painting skin & hair -- Painting different skin color groups -- White -- Asian & Pacific Islander -- Black

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Figure drawing--Technique.
Figure painting--Technique.

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