Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits

Name: Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits
Brand: David Bateman Ltd
SKU: 9780804855723
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Learn to Paint Lifelike Portraits in 48 Easy Lessons (With Over 400 Illustrations)

By Hiroko Shibasaki

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Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits by Hiroko Shibasaki offers readers a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful and delicate watercolor portraits using traditional Japanese techniques. The book explores tools, materials, and methods tailored to capturing exquisite expressions and fine details, making it a perfect resource for both beginners and experienced artists interested in this unique artistic style.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by the delicate art of Japanese watercolour and aspire to create stunning portraits with softness and precision. Hiroko Shibasaki offers insights and techniques that can elevate both beginners and experienced artists looking to infuse their work with a serene and traditional Japanese touch.

Description

Detailed step-by-step lessons make it easy to create beautiful watercolour portraits!

Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits takes you through each step of the watercolour portrait process, from sketching your subject to layering in the colours and rendering the fine details. Author Hiroko Shibasaki provides expert guidance on the best materials to use along with many insightful tips that every artist should know.

The portraits presented in the 12 comprehensive painting tutorials express a distinctively Japanese aesthetic. The subjects in the foreground are rendered in exquisite detail, while the backgrounds are only subtly suggested. This technique places the emphasis on the masterful portraits, leaving it to the viewer's imagination to fill in the peripheral details.

The lessons in this book cover all the key topics, including:

Working with a model
Completing the sketch
Preparing and mixing paints
Blocking in skin tones
Rendering details such as facial features, hairstyles and clothing
Blending and shading the colours
And much more!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780804855723

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Tuttle Publishing

Illustration: 12 tutorials; over 400 illustrations and photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 652g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

Hiroko Shibasaki is a Japanese artist who has worked primarily with watercolors since 2006. Her accolades include the 2011 Japan Watercolor Exhibition Incentive Award, the 2012 Japan Watercolor Exhibition Maruyama Banka Award, the 2017 Japan Watercolor Exhibition Alumni Incentive Award, and the 2019 Japan Watercolor Exhibition Prime Minister's Award. She is a member of the Japan Watercolor Painting Association and is a watercolor painting instructor at the college level. Shibasaki lives in Japan.