The Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Portraits - Softcover

Massey, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782217959 ISBN 13: 9781782217954

Publisher: Search Press, 2021

Synopsis

Drawing the human face has a timeless and universal appeal, though it's often perceived as being difficult to achieve. Carole's book removes the mystery from portrait painting, and makes the subject accessible to even absolute beginners. She shows you in easy step-by-step stages how to use line, tone and form to capture a likeness and give it both personality and expression. 

Containing simple exercises along with longer step-by-step projects, this book leads you by the hand through the different elements of the face, allowing you to gradually build your skills before leading on to successfully describing your subject's likeness and character. 

Composition, clothing, props and more personal characteristics like age and hairstyles are all covered. The book also includes information on drawing from life.

About this title

About the Author

Carole Massey was born in Hertfordshire and studied at St. Alban's School of Art and Leicester School of Art & Design. After a career in advertising and graphic design, Carole returned to her first love, painting, full-time. She now teaches and runs weekend workshops, as well as organising painting holidays. Carole's work is exhibited widely, and she is particularly known for her celebrity portraits, mostly inspired by photographs. She uses a wide variety of media including acrylic, watercolour, pastel, pencil and monochrome.

From the Back Cover

The human face has timeless and universal attraction. In this book, master artist and bestselling author Carole Massey leads you through the different elements of the face, allowing you to gradually build your skills before leading on to successfully describing your subject's likeness and character.

Clear instructions supported by hundreds of inspirational examples of faces from all round the world show the absolute beginner how to capture form, tone and line in all of their portraits.

• Covers all major drawing media: pen, pencil, charcoal, pastel pencils, watersoluble pencils and soft pastels
• 5 step-by-step projects and numerous helpful exercises from a master artist
• All you need to know on critical aspects of portraiture, including composition, proportion, capturing a likeness, self-portraiture, and adding story.

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782217959
• ISBN 13: 9781782217954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144