Drawing Portraits: A Practical Course for Artists (Fundamentals of Drawing) - Softcover

Barber, Barrington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789503345 ISBN 13: 9781789503340

Publisher: Arcturus Editions, 2019

Synopsis

A portrait can reveal the likeness, personality, and even the mood of a person. In previous centuries, portraits were used to reveal someone's social standing, to manipulate the viewer's opinion of the subject, or to exaggerate and accentuate features.

In Drawing Portraits, artist and teacher Barrington Barber shows you how to overcome common difficulties and introduces you to the techniques that will develop your perception of a subject.

- Includes information on materials, techniques, and styles
- Covers the basics of proportions, facial expressions, and poses
- Teaches the art of group and animal portraits and caricatures
- Contains step-by-step drawings and exercises to practise

About this title

About the Author

Born 1934, Barrington was educated at Hampton Grammar School and later Twickenham Art Schoo for which he received a National Diploma of Design. He then practised as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie & Mather and S.H. Bensons, and was a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. Other credits include freelance work, designer, illustrator, animator and painter at Augustine Studios. He was awarded a one man exhibition in 2000 at St. Oswald Studios, and also exhibited in Putney in 2003 and Cork Street in 2004. He was Head of Art at St James's Independent Schools. He now paints, draws, writes about art, and enjoys sports, walking, philosophy and meditation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcturus Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789503345
• ISBN 13: 9781789503340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160