
Learn to Paint People Quickly
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Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan has distilled her art teaching into the things that matter most and can be digested in a short period of time. Learning to paint is one of the life-long aspirations of many of us and the techniques of painting lively crowd scenes or portraits of loved ones can be picked up faster than you think.
In this concise book, Hazel Soan explains everything you need to know about figurative painting in an accessible way. She advises on how to paint people in a variety of poses and settings, dealing with the theories of colour and light in a way that beginners will understand and more experienced painters will find invaluable. She also guides you through ways to insert people into your pre-existing painting to bring them to life; scenes like urban streets and on the beach are explored. Subjects like how to paint portraits and getting to grips with body proportion and perspective are also covered. Both media of watercolours and oils are covered, making this the perfect book for any type of artist.
Filled with easy-to-follow exercises and demonstrations, this is a practical and helpful guide to learning to paint people very quickly.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Understanding the essentials
- The importance of people in a painting
- From the painting's point of view
- Entertaining the eye
- 2. Proportions
- Getting the proportions right
- Heads up: head to body proportion
- The body, arms and legs
- Face: the facts
- Symmetry
- Perspective
- Foreshortening
- 3. The pose
- Plausible poses
- Indicating the movement
- Sitting and leaning
- Proximity shadows
- Making contact
- Gaps and spaces
- The shapes in between
- 4. Lighting
- Light and shade
- Tone
- Light sources
- Demonstration: Backlighting
- 5. Clothing
- The advantage of colour
- Dressing the figure
- The marriage of colour and tone
- Blending, blur and separation
- Folds and creases
- Patterns and logos
- Using stripes
- Accessories
- Demonstration: Clothing
- 6. Figures in a setting
- Figures in the landscape
- Street life
- Café scenes
- At the beach
- Demonstration: An interior scene
- 7. Portraits
- Catching a likeness
- Skin tones and colouring
- The eyes
- The nose
- The mouth
- The hair
- Demonstration: Portrait of Ulene
- 8. Go for it
- Painting people is fun
- Copyright
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