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Learn to Paint Portraits Quickly

By Hazel Soan
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Learn to Paint Portraits Quickly by Hazel Soan offers guidance on mastering the art of portrait painting with efficiency and ease. The book provides techniques for capturing the essence and personality of subjects using watercolour, oil, and acrylic mediums. Focusing on improving skills and boosting confidence, it’s an excellent resource for both beginners and experienced artists.
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Learn to Paint Portraits Quickly

Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan presents a concise and approachable guide to portrait painting, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan delivers a concise and approachable guide to portrait painting, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations.

Whether you are using watercolour, oils or acrylic, Learn to Paint Portraits Quickly explains the key elements of capturing a likeness in portrait painting across a mixture of mediums. The book is filled with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step exercises that can be digested in a short period of time. Written in an accessible way, it is designed for all artists to learn about portraiture.

The key elements of portraiture covered in this concise book include:

  • Finding the likeness
  • Creating form - the light and shade
  • The facial features
  • Painting the hair
  • Skin tone and colouring
  • The body, clothing, and background

Illustrated with Hazel's magnificent, colourful paintings, and with practical advice and demonstrations throughout, this book is the perfect tool to help beginners master portrait painting - quickly.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849946698

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 February 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 150.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

Hazel Soan is a popular and successful artist who divides her time between London and Cape Town, exhibiting her work widely. She has her own gallery in Fulham, London. She is author of several bestselling books and a range of successful DVDs. She was one of the art experts in the popular Channel 4 TV series Watercolour Challenge. The very successful Learn Watercolour Quickly, Essence of Watercolour and Watercolour Rainbow are also by Hazel Soan.

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