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Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications by Suzanne Brooker (Hardcover, 2010)
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ISBN-13: 9780823099276, 978-0823099276. This is a professional book focused on foundational principles of art and illustrated by old and contemporary masters. It gives serious beginners to professional artists an in-depth understanding of the old masters' unparalleled approach to paint application.
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The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced these venerable skills, especially in academic art circles. Fortunately for aspiring artiststoday who wish to learn the methods that allowed the Old Masters to achieve the luminous color and subtle tonalities so characteristic of their work, this knowledge has been preserved in hundreds of small traditional painting ateliers that persevered in the old ways in this country and throughout the world. Coming out of this dedicated movement, Portrait Painting Atelier is an essential resource for an art community still recovering from a time when solid instruction in art technique was unavailable in our schools. Of particular value here is a demonstration of the Old Masters' technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. This method unifies the entire painting, creating a beautiful glow that illuminates skin tones and softly blends all the color tones. Readers will also find valuable instruction in paint mediums from classic oil-based to alkyd-based, the interactive principles of composition and photograph-based composition, and the anatomy of the human face and the key relationships among its features. Richly illustrated with the work of preeminent masters such as Millet, Gericault, and van Gogh, as well as some of today's leading portrait artists-and featuring seven detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations-Portrait Painting Atelier is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture.Product Identifiers
PublisherWatson-Guptill Publications
ISBN-139780823099276
eBay Product ID (ePID)92642304
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Book TitlePortrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications
AuthorSuzanne Brooker
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPaintings
Publication Year2010
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height286mm
Item Width237mm
Item Weight1177g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSuzanne Brooker
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
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- 30 May, 2018
Great book, interesting and well informed looking forward to using some of skills described
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An excellent informative book
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- 27 Sep, 2018
Beautiful book
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