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Paint beautiful and expressive portraits by combining watercolor with other mediums!
What makes an eye-popping, eye-stopping portrait? It's all about contrast and the play of opposites, round shape against square, light against dark, transparent with opaque. Combining mediums allows you to push the inherent properties of each for a lively play of opposites. You'll be able to paint glorious lights, richer darks, intriguing texture and mysterious passages that create mood and a strong sense of place, space and character. Jean Pederson gives you all the advice and instruction you need to paint beautiful, expressive portraits filled with life and spirit. Let your portraits speak to the world!
About the Author
Jean Pederson is a contributing editor for The Artist's Magazine and has written for Watercolor Magic as well. Her work has won several awards and in addition to appearing in F+W magazines, her work has appeared in International Artist and Splash 8 and Splash 9. She is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and other professional organizations. She has a background in education and teaches workshops around the globe. She lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada. www.jeanpederson.com
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4.5 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
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Expressive Portraits Creative Methods for Painting People, July 21 2009
By Claire Hall - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Expressive Portraits Creative Methods For Painting People (Hardcover)
EXPRESSIVE PORTRAITSBy Jean Pederson
Jean Pederson's book, Expressive Portraits, is a must for every artist's library and, particularly, for the portrait artist. Artists at any level will find Jean's book both innovative and instructive. This well-written and pictorially illustrated book of 125 pages divided into five 5 chapters packs a wealth of knowledge from choosing one's materials to innovative methods of using mixed media in painting the portrait. Along with reviews of the body's proportions and a guide to drawing and painting the facial features and proportions, Jean reviews the principles and elements of design and instructs how to use these elements in planning one's composition. Next, she explains and illustrates the actual painting of the portrait including color strategy and layering paint. Finally, through demonstration, she incorporates creative methods of using various water media within the portrait and background that brings the painting to an exciting completion. The reader will find Expressive Portraits easy to read, enjoyable, and informative.
Review by Claire Hall, GWS
June 12, 2009
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic! But had hoped the mediums were different..., Feb 13 2008
By Romeocar - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Expressive Portraits Creative Methods For Painting People (Hardcover)
What an amazing artist. I love her contemporary take on portraiture. I'm hoping to adapt her techniques to acrylics or oils on board and/or canvas, rather than watercolor and gouache on paper. She does use some acrylics however, and overall I give this a thumbs-up. Very inspiring!
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Inspiring!, Feb 6 2008
By L Guiot ":O)" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Expressive Portraits Creative Methods For Painting People (Hardcover)
This is a nice inspiring book. I just don't give it 5 stars because i was expecting to find skin color recipes and the step by step demonstrations are not too specific to follow them.
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