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Figures and Faces - (Dover Books on Art Instruction) by Hugh Laidman (Paperback)

Figures and Faces - (Dover Books on Art Instruction) by  Hugh Laidman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Veteran artist, illustrator, and teacher shows how simple and rewarding it can be to draw two of the most challenging of artistic subjects. 160 pages of figures; 25 halftones; 4 charts. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Veteran artist, illustrator, and teacher shows how simple and rewarding it can be to draw two of the most challenging of artistic subjects. 160 pages of figures; 25 halftones; 4 charts.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Artist, illustrator, and teacher Hugh Laidman shows how simple and rewarding it can be to draw two of the most challenging of artistic subjects--the male and female figures.<br>A brief review of anatomical structure is followed by detailed illustrations and clear instructions for rendering line, tone, structure, and form in a variety of techniques. Explanatory drawings, practice exercises, and step-by-step photographs are used to discuss sketching, sustained and contour drawing, working with charcoal or pastels, as well as finding and posing models and drawing people of different ages and ethnic groups. <br>Art students to professionals will find the text's direct terminology and detailed illustrations of immense value. <br>Unabridged Dover (2005) republication of<i> Figures/Faces: A Sketcher's Handbook, </i> originally published by The Viking Press, New York, 1979.

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