- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: North Light Books (April 15 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 089134635X
- ISBN-13: 978-0891346357
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 22.5 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 794 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #94,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you've always wanted to draw beautiful, realistic-looking portraits of your favorite people, this step-by-step guide shows you how to do it - better and more easily than you ever thought possible.
Lee Hammond quickly teaches you how to add the illustration of three-dimensional highlights and shadows to simple shapes using pencil shading and blending. After you've got the basics down, you'll learn how to use the same techniques to portray every feature of the human face. You'll also discover how to figure out what the features of your photographed model really look like so you can draw them from different angles. Then Hammond shows you how to put all those features together to create a lifelike portrait that truly captures the individuality of your subject.
After you've completed these easy-to-do drawing exercises, you'll soon be turning the memories frozen in your old snapshots into warm, beautiful works of art.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Jumping in to Portrait Drawing,
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This review is from: How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs (Hardcover)
Lee Hammond's book was the only book of several I purchased on drawing portraits that got me off to an immediate and credible start. The technique of gridding a photograph is a wonderful way to begin creating accutrate line drawings. Despite what many may say, there need be no apology for using this method. Many, many professionals use grid drawing as did the Great Masters. Beware the critic who says there is only one way or that certain techniques are "cheating". It is the result that truly counts. Nonetheless, every aspiring figure artist should make learning to draw from life their goal. Before then, however, build confidence with the method Lee describes.
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I would like to say thank you to this vendor for been prompt at shipping my book. I was a bit leary on ordering from amazon but turned out to be a good transaction. Thank you again
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Lifelike Portraits,
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I bought this book after I was visiting my sister. She had drawn a picture from the book and it looked pretty amazing. I never thougt I'd want to try doing portraits but I thought I'd give it a try. So far I've done a picture of my father which turned out to look pretty realistic. Not bad for a beginner!
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