Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces A Mixed-Media Portrait Workshop

by Davenport, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781592539864
• ISBN10: 1592539866
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-01-15
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

Perfect for aspiring designers, Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces is an inspiring, mixed-media workbook on how to draw and paint beautiful, fashion illustration–style faces.

Author Jane Davenport is a beloved artist and international workshop instructor known by her thousands of students and fans for her over-the-top, enthusiastic, happy, and encouraging style. In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces, Davenport guides you, step by step, through the foundations of drawing a face, developing successful features, creating skin tones, playing with bright colors, shading, highlighting, and much more as you learn to create amazing mixed-media portraits.

With this elegantly designed guidebook, you will quickly master a variety of techniques in a variety ofmediums, including:

• Pencil
• Marker
• Pen
• Watercolor
• Acrylic paint
• Ink
• Pastel
• Ephemera

Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces will have you dancing your way through the exercises. In no time at all, you will have a selection of beautifully faced portraits ready to view, display, or even sell to a fashion designer.

Author Biography

Jane Davenport is a professional Artist, prize-winning author, popular Workshop Leader and her Online Schools are home to thousands of creatives from all around the world. Jane's artwork has featured in magazines, books, tv and movies. She designs signature art products, hosts art retreats in Byron Bay, Bali and Paris and her first mixed-media technique book is Drawing and Painting Faces (Quarry).

Table of Contents

Introduction....................................8
 
Chapter One
Supplies Me!
Surfaces.........................................8
Gesso...........................................8
Acrylics and Mediums..................8
Pastels ...........................................8
Watercolor.....................................8
Pencils...........................................8
Ink...............................................8
Markers.........................................8
Pens.............................................8
Stencils..........................................8
Ephemera........................................8
 
Chapter Two
Drawing the Basics
Draw Happy.....................................8
Divide & Conquer.................................... 8
Grand Scale……………………….8
The Hot Zones........................................8
Jane Style Whimsical Proportions..............8
Spheres & Light...............................8
Latitude & Longitude…………………….8
 
Chapter Three
Drawing the Details
Lip Service...................................8
Follow Your Nose…………………8
The Ears Have It………………………….8
Jane’s Whimsical Eyes………………………8
Brows & Lashes………………………..8
Hair……………………………………………..8
Bangs & Parts……………………………8
Curls & Updo…………………………….8
Wet & Windy………………………………8
Twisted & Braided…………………………….8
 
 
Chapter Four
 Paint & Create
Jane’s Whimsical Techniques................8
Into the Shadows............................8
Layer Love....................................8
Frida Collage-oh............................8
Prints Charming.............................8
Dreamy Skin Tones............................8
Glorious Glazes..............................8
Making Clouds...............................8
Stay Free....................................8
Very Cheeky .................................8
Drenched Color..............................8
Creating Movement.........................8
Hot Mess ....................................8
Neon Edges…………………………8
Blending In...................................8
 
 
Trust the Mess..............................8
Your Invitation...................8
About the Author.............................8
Resources
Acknowledgments