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Even if you're an absolute beginner, you can render strikingly realistic faces and self-portraits! Instructor and FBI-trained artist Carrie Stuart Parks makes it simple with foolproof step-by-step instructions that are fun and easy to follow. You'll quickly begin to:
| Introduction | 8 | |
| 1 | Looking the Part: Materials and Supplies | 12 |
| Pencils and Erasers | ||
| Other Tools | ||
| 2 | The Problem | 18 |
| Why is Drawing so Hard? | ||
| Natural Artists | ||
| 3 | Site | 28 |
| Site Tool: Measuring | ||
| Site Tools: Flattening and Optical Indexing | ||
| 4 | Shape | 42 |
| Train Your Mind | ||
| Shape Tool: Isolate | ||
| Shape Tools: Simplify and Relate | ||
| Shape Tool: Measure | ||
| Shape Tool: Invert | ||
| Shape Tools: Rename and Incline | ||
| Shape Tool: Negative | ||
| Shape Tool: Question | ||
| Shape Tool: Compare | ||
| Shape Tool: Flatten | ||
| 5 | Shade | 58 |
| Understanding Shade Tools | ||
| Shade Tool: Values/Lines | ||
| Shade Tools: Isolate, Squint and Compare | ||
| Shade Tool: Question | ||
| Shade Tool: Seek | ||
| Accuracy-Checking Techniques | ||
| 6 | Drawing Eyes | 76 |
| Eyes as Shapes | ||
| Centering | ||
| Relate | ||
| Eyelid Creases | ||
| Shading and Filling the Eye | ||
| Eyebrows and Eyelashes | ||
| 7 | Drawing Noses | 94 |
| The Nose as a Shape | ||
| Nose Site | ||
| Wing Site | ||
| Basic Wing Shape | ||
| Nostril Basics | ||
| Nostril Shapes | ||
| Nose Tricks | ||
| 8 | Drawing Lips and Teeth | 106 |
| Parts of the Mouth | ||
| Shading the Mouth | ||
| Dealing with Teeth | ||
| 9 | Drawing the Head | 116 |
| The Structure of the Head | ||
| Head Shapes | ||
| Cheeks | ||
| Chins | ||
| Necks | ||
| The Female Face | ||
| Child vs. Adult Head Shapes | ||
| Drawing Ears | ||
| 10 | Drawing Hair | 132 |
| Creating Different Types of Hair | ||
| Different Hairstyles | ||
| Conclusion | 141 | |
| Index | 142 |
Anonymous
Posted June 24, 2006
This book will not be a waste. If you're a true beginner like all of us were at some point or another, view Ms. Park's method as a means to an end. The grid system is extremely useful for the learning process, but you need to open this book with the mindframe that the grid is a means to an end. If you don't go into it with this mindset, you'll learn really quick like I did that if the grid system is all you use, it turns into a crutch and a stumbling block to creativity. (Of course, I didn't have the luxury of this info. No one had reviewed the book and the author says nothing about trying a portrait without the grid). I'd say that after about 4 or 5 portraits, try one without it. Drawing faces won't be nearly as daunting a task after this book and will be very pleasurable. You'll be able to throw that crutch away after a while. Enjoy!
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Draw amazingly accurate portraits starting today!
Even if you're an absolute beginner, you can render strikingly realistic faces and self-portraits! Instructor and FBI-trained artist Carrie Stuart Parks makes it simple with foolproof step-by-step instructions that are fun and easy to follow. You'll quickly begin to: