TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blocksidge,Jeffrey
AU  - Bostic,Mary Burzlaff
ED  - North Light Books (Firm)
TI  - Drawing and painting people: the essential guide 
SN  - 1581809816 (pbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cincinnati, Ohio
PB  - North Light Books
KW  - Figure drawing
KW  - Technique
KW  - Figure painting
N1  - 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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