Vibrant Children's Portraits: Painting Beautiful Hair and Skin Tones with Oils - Softcover

Lisi, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1600613144 ISBN 13: 9781600613142

Publisher: North Light Books, 2010

Synopsis

A 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 your subjects look natural–not stiff or posed

Victoria Lisi's instruction is friendly and easy to follow, delivered with the belief that the process of portrait painting should be as enjoyable as the finished product–beautiful, touching portraits of kids having fun, playing in the sun and being themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

Victoria Lisi has illustrated a dozen children's picture books and more than 200 book covers in a variety of genres: YA, Fantasy, New Age and Romance. In recent years she has shifted her focus to Fine Art and is now painting realistic animals, landscapes and portraits.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1600613144
• ISBN 13: 9781600613142
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128