Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing

Name: Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781631594694
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The Quick Guide to Mastering Technique and Style

By Joanna Henly

Series: Pocket Art

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Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing by Joanna Henly offers quick visual exercises that make learning portrait drawing accessible and engaging. Starting with 'Understanding the Face', the book progresses through expressions, imagination, working from photographs and live models, ending with a gallery showcasing the techniques. With clear step-by-step illustrations and expert tips from the London-based artist 'Miss Led', this compact 112-page guide is perfect for learning art on the go.
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Ideal for art enthusiasts, beginners, and anyone looking to improve their portrait drawing skills with a portable and visually rich guide.

This highly visual guide to creating portraits is designed to keep you drawing, not being bored by dry lessons.

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The instructions are quick visual exercises in Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing, the first book in the new Pocket Art series.

This lively, graphic approach to explaining concepts will have you looking and learning with step-by-step illustrations and expert tips straight from London-based artist 'Miss Led' (aka Joanna Henly). This compact 112-page book is just right for carrying in a backpack or pocket for when you're learning on the go.

Henly begins with 'Understanding the Face', then guides you through 'Expressions and Character', 'Drawing from Imagination', 'Working from Photographs', 'Working with a Model', and concludes with a gallery of drawings which demonstrate and reinforce everything you've learned so far.

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Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing

By Joanna Henly

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A fun and graphic approach to portrait drawing, this book combines visual appeal with effective teaching methods to keep you engaged while mastering techniques. -- LeVar Thomas, stupidDOPE

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631594694

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 April 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Rockport Publishers Inc.

Illustration: 200 color images

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Joanna Henly Non-Fiction Series: Pocket Art

About the Author

Joanna Henly, well known by her professional name, Miss Led, is an illustrator, artist, and art director based in East London. As an illustrator she works by commission for corporate brands, products, packaging, and advertising campaigns with specific experience within fashion, beauty, and technology sectors. As an artist she works on projects from portrait commissions to large scale complex works. These are often in public spaces or live performances. In addition she creates personal work, which is exhibited globally, and sells beautiful prints and originals online. Jo is a strong promoter of professional practice within her art and illustration, including as a Global Ambassador for Liquitex paints and European Ambassador for Wacom. She is also a passionate educator, promoted via social media and podcasts to her online audience, which reaches 1.3 million people.

Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing