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Paint People in Acrylic with Lee Hammond - (Paperback)

Paint People in Acrylic with Lee Hammond - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Finally, a portrait drawing book that's ""head-and-shoulders"" above the rest! Paint People in Acrylic With Lee Hammond You are this close to buying the perfect book for first-time people painters! This fantastic book combines the easy-to-use medium of acrylic paints with beginner-friendly instruction designed to help you achieve realistic liken<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Finally, a portrait drawing book that's "head-and-shoulders" above the rest!</b><p> <i>Paint People in Acrylic With Lee Hammond</i><p> You are this close to buying the perfect book for first-time people painters! This fantastic book combines the easy-to-use medium of acrylic paints with beginner-friendly instruction designed to help you achieve realistic likenesses. <p> With Lee Hammond's simple, step-by-step approach, you'll learn how to start with a basic foundation of color, then add layer after layer, gradually building towards a likeness. (Sound easy? It is!) A whopping 50 step-by-step demonstrations teach you basic techniques, how to paint individual facial features and, ultimately, how to accurately portray subjects of every age, complexion and ethnicity. Ten start-to-finish portrait demos bring it all together.<p> Along the way, Lee shares her best tips from her 20 years of teaching experience: what colors to mix to get "skin," an easy trick for adding a hint of color to cheeks, what makes a good background, and expert advice on: <ul> <li>Painting notoriously tricky elements, like eyes, ears, teeth, hair and clothing <li>Capturing the look of age and the glow of youth <li>Working from a reference photo <li>Using the grid technique to simplify portraits and create an accurate preliminary sketch</ul> Even if you've never before painted in acrylics, this book will give you a great "head start" on the fun art of painting people!<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>A professional artist and instructor for 20+ years, <b>Lee Hammond</b> has authored and produced 40+ North Light and ArtistsNetwork.TV products. She has owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Visit her website at LeeHammond.com</p>

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