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Achieving a likeness in portrait requires close coordination of the hand and eye; Douglas Graves, a professional portraitist, has developed this basic premise into a functional technique. He describes portraiture as an evolving process: observing the basic surface shapes, discovering how these features deviate from the symmetrical ideal, envisioning the underlying human anatomy, interpreting the sitter’s personality, then conveying all this with a direct medium in a tonal drawing.

Mr. Graves begins with a list and discussion of the necessary materials—compressed and vine charcoal, chalk, Conte, graphite pencils, papers, erasers, and fixative. He next ...

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Overview

Achieving a likeness in portrait requires close coordination of the hand and eye; Douglas Graves, a professional portraitist, has developed this basic premise into a functional technique. He describes portraiture as an evolving process: observing the basic surface shapes, discovering how these features deviate from the symmetrical ideal, envisioning the underlying human anatomy, interpreting the sitter’s personality, then conveying all this with a direct medium in a tonal drawing.

Mr. Graves begins with a list and discussion of the necessary materials—compressed and vine charcoal, chalk, Conte, graphite pencils, papers, erasers, and fixative. He next focuses on the single most important element of the portrait—the sitter’s head. He examines the overall bone structure of the head, it’s proportions and planes, and the structure of the individual features—the eye, nose, neck, ear, and mouth. Of course, portraiture often includes the hands, and so Mr. Graves devotes another chapter to the bone structure, muscle, and proportions of the hands. In subsequent chapters, he considers common portraiture problems: lighting the sitter, reflections and shadows, composing the portrait with one or more figures, the most effective views of the head, and positioning the head and the hands in relation to each other and to the body.

After these preliminary instructions, Mr. Graves proceeds to analyze and illustrate how to actually draw the individual elements of the portrait. Eight projects offer step-by-step demonstrations of front, side, and three-quarter views of the eye, nose, mouth, ear, and hand. Also included are demonstrations of drawing a plaster cast of the head, the torso and arm with drapery, and various hair textures and colors.

In the succeeding ten projects, Mr. Graves develops complete portraits, demonstrating his technique step by step. He covers a wide range of subjects and media: a woman, child, and man in charcoal; a woman, teenager, and older man in pencil; a woman and man in chalk; a mother and child, and a full family group in Conte. Mr. Graves also supplements his technical instructions with some advice about drawing from photographs, using unusual or offbeat poses, and the question of flattery.

Drawing Portraits is simply yet engagingly written, with over 260 black and white illustrations. Artists, beginning and advanced students, and teachers will find Mr. Graves’ technique of portraiture clearly and logically presented and a solid basis for developing a personal style.

Focuses on the sitter's head: its proportions and planes, and the structure of the individual feature plus the bone structure.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780823014316
  • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/28/1983
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 531,540
  • Product dimensions: 8.20 (w) x 10.90 (h) x 0.45 (d)

Meet the Author

Douglas R. Graves was born in Denver, Colorado. He began his art education in California, at Los Angeles City College, and continued his training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. After graduation, he became an instructor of figure drawing and illustration at the Academy. Mr. Graves now make his home in Riverside, California. He is presently associated with Portraits, Inc. in New York City. Mr. Graves also does illustration and has worked on books in the Basic Reader Series for Scott Foresman and Co. Mr. Graves' paintings, which include a wide variety of subjects, as well as commissioned portraits, are found in many private collections in the United States, South America, and Europe. His work has been exhibited in numerous shows both here and abroad and has won him many honors.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 27, 2005

    Not Worth Your Money

    I requested this book for Christmas of 2002 when I was 12 and it was a big mistake. I'm 15 now and I don't use it as a reference at all. I'm a fairly experienced artist but, it was quite complicated. It was out of date and very boring. I would recommend not getting this book, and to find a book published more recently!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 12, 2002

    A GREAT help unless...

    Drawing Portraits is a great title that goes into detail with chalk, conte, pencil, as well as charcoal! Graves' technique is actually very simple (and quite useful to the visual learners) and allows the artist to see human forms in simple shapes. The illustrations are quite amusing and detailed (especially the chalk illustrations)and are broken down into various steps. Futhermore, the hands and nose are greatly emphasized and are also aided with great tutorials. But, if you have already developed a style to your liking, then you would basically find his methods rather useless. But other than that, I would recommend this book to beginning artists in search of a useful method in drawing portraits.

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