| Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides Contributor(s): Foster, Walter T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486471780 ISBN-13: 9780486471785 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This essential volume combines four vintage instructional manuals by a world-famous art teacher and publisher to form a comprehensive guide to depicting faces. Instructions for charcoal, crayon, and pencil illustration feature step-by-step drawings with helpful comments, plus full-page images of completed portraits. Subjects include men, women, and children, plus a variety of ages and ethnic types. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Drawing - Art | Techniques - Life Drawing |
| Dewey: 743.49 |
| LCCN: 2008056111 |
| Series: Dover Art Instruction |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.8" W x 11.6" (1.15 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An accomplished artist and teacher, Walter T. Foster began producing his classic art instruction books in the 1920s. He wrote, illustrated, printed, bound, packaged, shipped, and distributed his books from his own home for decades, before moving the business to a commercial facility to accommodate his international trade. This comprehensive volume combines four of the artist's vintage instructional manuals to form an essential guide to illustrating the head and face. "Let your drawing be simple," Foster advises, and suggests that art students begin with the profile. Leave out unnecessary details until the basic shapes are in place. Then add the expressions that make the face the most interesting of all subjects. Instructions include step-by-step diagrams using charcoal, crayon, pencil, and brush to create finished portraits, plus tips on materials. With an array of subjects that include men, women, and children of various ages and ethnic types, this guide captures the mid-twentieth-century style of illustration to inspire today's artists. |