Painting beautiful skin tones with color and light : in oil, pastel and watercolor
Saper, Chris2015
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The book provides guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media. You'll review the 5 essential painting elements (drawing, value, colour, composition and edges), then learn how light and colour influence the appearance of skin tones.
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Imprint:
Cincinnati Ohio North Light Books 2015
Collation:
127 pages colour illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 120) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The five elements of painting: Drawing -- Value -- Colour -- Composition -- Edges -- The colours of light and shadow: Making friends with Kelvin: the colour and temperature of light -- The end of guesswork: the colour and temperature of shadow -- Colour harmony for the portrait painter -- Palette selection and key considerations -- The local colour of skin: A Question for orange: The determinants of skin colour -- Painting different skin colour groups: Caucasian -- Asian or Pacific Islander -- Black/African American -- Hispanic -- Using photographic reference: Photographing your subject -- Lighting your subject -- Overcoming the limitations of photography -- Constructing sensible composites -- Organize your painting in three easy stages: Mini-demonstration 1: Caucasian group, oil -- Mini-demonstration 2: black/African-American group, pastel -- Mini-demonstration 3: Asian group, watercolour -- Mini-demonstration 4: Hispanic group, pastel -- Painting demonstrations step by step: Pastel portrait: skin tone, Indian subcontinent (Asian) -- Oil portrait: skin tone, Hispanic -- Watercolour portrait: skin tone, Caucasian -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: recommended resources -- Appendix B: Kelvin temperatures for portrait paints -- Appendix C: sample colour charts -- Index
ISBN:
9781440341830 (paperback)
Dewey class:
751.45 PAI
Local class:
751.45
Language:
English
BRN:
3940
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 751.45 PAI | pbkAvailable |