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People & Portraits [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)
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Glorious color, realistic style, appealing subject matter and clear step-by-step instruction makes these books a great place for colored pencil artists to start. Hammond offers her encouraging "You Can Do It" techniques and demonstrations for brilliant and realistic results.

Even beginning colored pencil artists can create soft skin tones, subtle textures and delicate shadows in their portraits by following the blending, shading and layering techniques taught plain and simple.

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Lee Hammond is the author of 6 Discover Drawing titles, How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs, and How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencils from Photographs.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty medicore, sometimes awful, Dec 23 2003
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skunktrain (So. California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: People & Portraits (Paperback)
Ms. Hammond's pencil portrait book is not remarkable, but at least in that book she stuck to graphite -- not color.

This book shows a decided lack of colored pencil rendering technique. There are examples of awkward and somewhat untidy rendering coupled with mediocre drawing skills. This combination does not make for a good art instruction book.

Colored pencil can easily look messy and blotchy (or uneven) if rendered improperly. There were definitely some examples of that here. Also, one would assume that a portrait book would show, well, portraits that were well-drawn. Nope, not here. Some have misaligned features which are rendered with little sensitivity.

There also seems to be a lack of understanding about how to use color as well. Some of the shadows and dark colors are "overkill" and too harsh for the face.

However, to be fair, a few of the portraits were not bad. Some portraits used a deliberate "light touch" with a more limited color scheme (one portrait in particular springs to mind) and these looked better.

There was also little actual *drawing* instruction. Sorry, but just teaching the graph or grid method isn't going to hack it. That's just one tool used for drawing, and it very easily can become a crutch of that's all an artist knows how to do. What about drawing from life? How can someone use a graph or grid to draw from life?

I understand that the author is a very encouraging teacher and that's great. But my goodness! This certainly is not the best colored pencil book out there. A *much* better choice would by any colored pencil book by the fabulous Bet Borgeson. Now *that's* colored pencil done right.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Oct 28 2000
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This review is from: People & Portraits (Paperback)
i think that is a great book. it explains all the techniqes in detail. and shows you step byt step how to the drawing and coloring. Lee Hammond does great work and i love her books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars People & Portraits (Drawing in Color) by Lee Hammond, Feb 22 2006
By Jeff - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: People & Portraits (Paperback)
Excellent book - especially for those just learning the art form. An excellent adjunct to Ms. Hammond's books on drawing with graphite. Helps the beginning artist make the transition from grayscale to color.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Art Instructor Ever!, Mar 4 2008
By Eagles Soar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: People & Portraits (Paperback)
I have learned so much from Lee Hammond! She is the best illustrator, telling you what you need, what paper to use and how to use all your tools of any book that I have ever read. I am trying to buy ALL of her books. She leaves NO details out! It is almost like being in one of her classes. Thank you Lee Hammond!

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4.0 out of 5 stars IF you like this technique, May 8 2008
By Jennifer Spencer "HPs of Jennicysm" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: People & Portraits (Paperback)
I had heard that it's always best to see if you like the art in the book before learning how to create a similar style. This is a great book if you like the style personally. I, however, do not. I prefer the MUCH more difficult style where the skin tones look buttery smooth but I like the book anyway as it's always helpful to know more technique whether you ever use it or not. So, if you like the style, you'll LOVE the book as it's well-explained and demonstrated!
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