Book Description
This book will have beginning artists of all ages drawing faces that are strikingly realistic and detailed. Artist Carrie Stuart Parks honed her fast and effective drawing skills as a professional forensic artist. Here she makes drawing fun and easy, showing beginners how to render vivid self portraits and portraits of others, all in a matter of hours.
Artists will successfully learn how to master proportions and map facial features accurately. They will then study shapes within a composition and learn to draw them realistically. Lastly, artists will study the subject's values and use them to bring life and accuracy to each portrait. A final "checking" step helps artists capture heightened realism and accuracy.
This book features clear step-by-step instructions, before-and-after examples from students, and proven drawing exercises used to train artists throughout the country.
Customer Reviews:
Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces.......2007-04-11
This book was recommended to me by someone who is an artists for crime victims. It was used in the classes she went to. I am practicing drawing eyes at the moment. I have to say that I am now drawing the best eyes ever. This book explains more that where to put the features. It explains how to make the features come to life.
Drawing Techniques Analyzed and Simplified .......2007-03-23
Again, I checked this one out from the library before purchasing. I did not want another book that just told me to sit down and 'draw what you see'. When it comes to faces, the proportions are the hardest part for me. This book goes into great detail explaining how to 'measure' the features of a real person, not the imaginary kind we see in fashion layouts. I have actually seen great improvement after only a few drawings. The best way to improve is to do separate studies of each facial feature until we get them right, and this book explains how. Practice is what brings the progress. Finding time is the problem. This book makes it very clear that anyone with good eyesight can learn to draw peoples' faces. It's just like learning any other skill. This woman teaches this course to police artists, ordinary people with no previous artistic training. It works!
This book really helped!.......2007-02-08
I love this book, I got it from the library, but I had to have my own copy. I was able to actually capture a likeness for the first time! Her technique of measuring can be applied to more than just faces. I bought her second book, but this one is better.
Drawing Realistic Faces.......2007-02-07
I am very happy with this book, gives you a step by step insight on portraits. This book was also shipped to me within two days, fast and efficient!!
Great Book for Learning to Draw Realistic Faces.......2007-01-10
I love to draw, and most know the Hardest thing to draw is the face. Drawing a Face Realisticly can make or break a Masterpiece, before i was ok my sketchs were nice. I got this book and Practiced, every step, very easy to follow, and understand. Within weeks, i was creating some Portrait Quality Sketches, Now all my friends and Family are asking me to Draw them. I would Recomend this Book to anyone that loves to draw, especially Realistic Drawing.
Customer Reviews:
This is not one of the best figure drawing books.......2006-12-16
Realistic Figure Drawing
by Joseph Sheppard
When I review DRAWING books, the first question I ask is, "Is this for BEGINNERS?" Because I feel an obligation to the book buyer to provide good information, and also to prevent a beginning student from being discouraged, and feeling that they are defective, or ....just cannot get it.
It does not seem to occur to the buyer that many authors just cannot teach. Instinct seems to suggest that that if book gets published, it must contain credible instruction by someone who knows how to teach, and everyone seems to desire to cash in on the Big Bucks market of HOW-TO-DRAW. It may seem surprising that this is just not so. Perhaps as many as half of all drawing books are not very good for beginners. I know. I've gotten familiar with most of the books on the market, and I know what I'm looking for in good instruction.
Page 3 addresses the subject of the canon of PROPORTIONS, the ratio of head, limb and torso size to the rest of the body. That's typical of a beginner book.
So is "Realistic Figure Drawing" for a BEGINNER? I believe the author, SHEPPARD, is confused; but I've seen this before. Even though Sheppard can boast credentials as an art instructor, we must ask if his book is good instruction.
Chapter Two, "RENDERING FORM IN LIGHT & SHADE". This shows simple SPHERES and CYLINDERS and the shading patterns used in most elementary drawing books.
Throughout the book, Sheppard's final anatomical sketches appear. I troubles me very much when an author uses completed and "advanced" level examples in a drawing book. For one thing, no beginner can copy them nor come close. The other issue is that beginners ought to work at producing rough shapes, such as are represented by the HUMAN PUPPETS, stick figures, block figures, or figures consisting of egg or triangle shapes. These are missing.
"Realistic Figure Drawing" does contain examples of the author's "5-minute rough sketches", but these appear at the end of the book, on pages 107 to 131. That is why I feel so puzzled as to how to rate this book. Either it is or isn't for BEGINNERS, and if the author is unclear about who he is teaching, how can anyone decide if it is worth recommendation? This book does not seem to be a complete system of instruction, so I must give it a lower rating.
The list price of $21.95 seems a bit high.
Excellent.......2000-04-05
I found this book very helpful in understanding the human figure. It doesn't cover everything that I would have liked however, but it does cover a great deal of both male and female forms. With highly detailed drawings, practical techniques, and easy to understand text. This book makes an excellent addition to your drawing library.
Average customer rating:
|
Secrets To Drawing Realistic Children
Carrie Stuart Parks , and
Rick Parks
Manufacturer: North Light Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 General
| Drawing
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Themes
| History & Criticism
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1581809638 |
Average customer rating:
|
Peter Doig: Works on Paper
Kadee Robbins
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Museum of Contemporary Art
| Exhibition Catalogs
| Museums
| Museums & Collections
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Exhibition Catalogs
| Museums
| Museums & Collections
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Museums
| Museums & Collections
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Instructional & How-To
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Painting
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Artists, A-Z
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Canadian
| Regional
| History & Criticism
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Contemporary Art
| Schools, Periods & Styles
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Short Stories
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| Anthologies
| British
| Canadian
| General
| United States
General
| England
| Europe
| History
| Subjects
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Peter Doig
-
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (Themes)
-
Luc Tuymans
-
Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002-2005
-
Neo Rauch: Works Paper 2003-2004
ASIN: 0847828298
Release Date: 2006-01-03 |
Book Description
This full-color monograph showcases Doig's first show in a public gallery dedicated solely to his paper works of the past 14 years. An artist who credits such inspirations as Hopper, Munch and Matisse, Doig re-works and re-interprets images drawn from photographs, film stills, postcards, paintings and even album covers to explore notions of memory and fantasy. Doig's haunting and atmospheric work is often compared to the early 20th-century paintings of the Symbolists and Surrealists and is seen as having revived the Romantic spirit. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1994 and has been featured in the 54th International Carnegie Exhibition as well as many leading museums including the MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tate, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Exhibition Dates: Dallas Museum of Art beginning September 13, 2005 The Gallery of Windsor beginning December 4, 2005 Art Gallery of Ontario beginning March 8, 2006.
Average customer rating:
|
Peter Doig: Works on Paper
Peter Doig , and
Adrian Searle
Manufacturer: Werner, Michael
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Museums & Collections
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Painting
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Artists, A-Z
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1885013329 |
Book Description
Works on paper play an important role in Peter Doig's oeuvre, from the artist's adept maneuvering through drawing, etching and watercolor, to the various commercial and personal source materials he uses in the studio. This first publication devoted to Peter Doig's work on paper includes over 40 large, full-color illustrations, plus an insightful essay on Doig's work. Essay by Adrian Searle. Paperback, 9.25 x 12.5 in./50 pgs / 44 color 0 BW0 duotone 0 ~ Item D20296
Average customer rating:
|
Sand Creatures
Ray K. Metzker
Manufacturer: Aperture
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0893810517 |
Average customer rating:
|
New Dinosaurs: Skeletons in the Sand (The New Explorers)
Elaine Pascoe
Manufacturer: Blackbirch Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding
Nonfiction
| Dinosaurs
| Animals
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science, Nature & How It Works
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Ages 9-12
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Fossils
| Animals
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Geology
| Earth Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1567112315 |
Book Description
As one of PBS's most outstanding science programs, 'The New Explorers' has distinguished itself as a leader in educational television. Winner of many awards - including 12 Emmys, the 1993 Peabody Award, the NEA Lamp of Learning Award, and the Westinghouse American Association for the Advancement of Science Award - this landmark series has consistently brought the scientific process of discovery to young people in fresh and exciting ways.
Average customer rating:
|
Sand creatures and castles: How to build them
Bob Reed
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
Sculpture
| Art
| Arts & Music
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Crafts & Hobbies
| Arts & Music
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0030143667 |
Product Description
A fun way to teach a concept we all learn sooner or later: Life Isn't Always Fair." Every adult has heard children whine, "That's Not Fair!" The truth is life is not always fair. The lessons in this book help children understand this reality. The book includes the original story, "Fair Is Where Grandma Took Her Pickles in the Fall" and accompanying lesson plans that deal with the topic of fairness. Includes six lessons that further cement the reality of fairness. Also includes a Pre/Post Test and 12 supplementary reproducible activity sheets. Grades 2-5.
Average customer rating:
- One of the absolute best, and I've read most of them
- SO, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
|
When Life Isn't Fair: Making Sense Out of Suffering (Trusting the Master Series)
Joel A. Freeman
Manufacturer: New Leaf Press (AR)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Depression
| Mental Health
| Health, Mind & Body
| Subjects
| Books
Faith
| Christian Living
| Christianity
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Christian Living
| Christianity
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Inspirational
| Spirituality
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0892215224 |
Book Description
How to keep faith when life's problems cloud the joy of living!
• Discussion questions at the end of each chapter
• Poignant stories to which seekers can relate
• Written in a highly readable style by a Ph.D. in pastoral counseling
• Contains Bible verses that speak to specific situations
Joel Freeman has spent years counseling people through grief that threatens to overwhelm them. This concise book is like a warm friend, one able to help a person work through depression and trying circumstances.
Most importantly, the author points the way to true, lasting peace and security.
Customer Reviews:
One of the absolute best, and I've read most of them.......2002-08-16
In the midst of a very terrible time in my life, I stumbled across this book. It blew me away. I have read many, many books on suffering and dealing with life's tragedies. This one is different in that it does not simply regurgitate the standard pat answers to why suffering exists and what to do when it happens ("Trials are actually a blessing! They'll make you a better person! Embrace them!" -- Give me a break.). Joel Freeman avoids preachy, sanctimonious language and never gets condescending. He gives you practical strategies for dealing with not only suffering and grief but the accompanying feelings of unfairness and "God's absence" that go along with these. My faith in God was strenghthened by my having read this book.
SO, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?.......2002-04-02
Sometimes life isn't fair, but we expect it to be...why else would we be so angry and hurt when it isn't. We wonder:
* If God is a God of love, why is there so much suffering in the world?
* Why do the wicked seem to prosper?
* Why do terrible things seem to happen to nice people?
* Why does life have to hurt so much?
* Isn't there an easier way to grow?
* Can any meaning be found in suffering?
Endorsed by the likes of Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham, Paul Meier and others, When Life Isn't Fair: Making Sense Out of Suffering (Hardcover, 144 pages) presents helpful insight, poignant stories and touches of humor in revealing a biblical perspective on these questions. Written in a highly readable and thought-provoking style, author Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. encourages readers to seek a greater understanding of their feelings through personal reflection. He also prompts discussion about their expectations of themselves, others and God.
Published by New leaf Press as part of the Trusting the Master series, Dr. Freeman's newly revised and reprinted book contains Bible verses that speak to specific situations. Drawing on his years of experience in counseling people through their grief and suffering, Dr. Freeman provides a framework upon which can be found true, lasting peace and security.
As a State of Maryland Board Certified Professional Counselor, Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. holds a Master of Science degree in counseling from Loyola College (Baltimore) and also a Ph.D. in the same discipline. He served as mentor/chaplain for the NBA Washington Wizards for 19 years ('79-'98). As president of The Freeman Institute, Dr. Freeman conducts team building/leadership/diversity/change management initiatives for leaders of other nations, government agencies, corporations and faith-based organizations. Joel and his family reside in Maryland.
Product Description
This book is the story of one man's battle to stay in the Christian ministry. It chronicles years of opposition and intrigue, leading to a ministry outside the established traditional parish. It chronicles the personal development spiritually of the person involved (the author), his change of denominations and people in his life as he moves from place to place in ministry. It also narrates many spiritual experiences of personal guidance and discernment the author had along the way. It ends with a victorious conclusion of theological and personal accomplishment.
Customer Reviews:
Struggle for Redemption.......2006-09-02
This story of spiritual discovery and opposition as a result of convictions should resonate at some place with every person trying to get ahead in life. In this case Rev. Nace is struggling to find himself theologically while at the same time fending off annoyances such as church members and denominations who can't get it. A real story of the intolerance and shallowness of some religious crowds. A searing personal account of loss and redemption, although one gets the feeling there is still more redemption to take place. A lot of supernatural happenings here and challenging stuff.
Average customer rating:
- Politically Correct Advice to Graduates
- A wonderful compilation of witty, insightful grad. advice
|
Life isn't fair: 300 years of advice from history's most memorable comme
Harold Hill
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Quotations
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Foreign Languages
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
Inspirational
| Spirituality
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Collections & Readers
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0399523014 |
Customer Reviews:
Politically Correct Advice to Graduates.......2002-09-18
I looked, but could only find eight or nine provocative excerpts from commencement addresses. The remainder were politically correct generalities. A large number of addresses were delivered at Smith College and Sara Lawrence College. If you want to get the advice of Steinem, Winfrey, Jordan, King, Edelman, Cosby, Du Bois, this is the book for you.
A wonderful compilation of witty, insightful grad. advice.......1997-06-20
"Life Isn't Fair" is a welcome surprise.
I was searching for gifts for both a high school
graduate and a college graduate. I was dismayed
after poring through many "graduation" books which
were overly sentimental, impractical and, quite
frankly, boring.
"Life Isn't Fair" is none of that. It's a
wonderful compilation of graduation advice from
a rich variety of commencement speakers. The
book is thoughtfully organized by topic and,
within each category, the range of opinions,
ideas, concerns and humor was surprisingly
diverse and entertaining. I decided this would be
the right gift for my two graduating friends. (I
ended up reading the entire book before I gave it
away.) I definitely recommend "Life Isn't Fair"
to anyone who is graduating from anywhere.
Average customer rating:
|
School Isn't Fair!
Patricia Baehr
Manufacturer: Aladdin Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Early Reader
| Series
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
| A-Z Mysteries
| All Aboard Reading
| Amanda Pig
| Amelia Bedelia
| Andrew Lost
| Babar
| Berenstain Bears
| Bob Books
| Brand New Readers
| Clifford
| Dorling Kindersley Readers
| Dr. Seuss
| Early Step into Reading
| Elvis the Rooster
| Encyclopedia Brown
| Ernestine & Amanda
| Festival Readers
| First Stepping Stone Books
| Frances
| Frog and Toad
| George and Martha
| Green Light Readers
| Hello Reader
| High-Rise Private Eyes
| I Can Read Books
| I Spy
| Junie B. Jones
| Let's Read and Find Out Science
| Little Bill Books
| Little Critter
| Little Toot
| Magic Elements
| Magic School Bus
| Magic Tree House
| Marvin Redpost
| Max
| Minnie and Moo
| Nate the Great
| Puffin Easy-to-Read
| Ready For Chapters
| Real Kids Readers
| Rugrats
| Scooby Doo Readers
| Shredderman
| The Littles First Readers
| Viking Easy-to-Read
| Winnie-the-Pooh First Reader
| Young Cam Jansen Mysteries
General
| Ages 4-8
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0689715447 |
Book Description
Point-making humor on dating, parents, puberty, sex & more. Great ice-breaker for a new sex ed class.
Average customer rating:
|
When Life Isn't Fair
Dwight Carlson , and
Susan Carlson Wood
Manufacturer: Harvest House Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Theology
| Christianity
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Inspirational
| Spirituality
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Theology
| Religious Studies
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0890817197 |
Average customer rating:
|
Life Isn't Fair
Edmund F. Benson , and
Susan Benson
Manufacturer: Arise Foundation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Comic Strips
| Comics & Graphic Novels
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Comics & Graphic Novels
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Humor
| Entertainment
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1586142968 |
Book Description
An incredible detailed comic book looking at life's obstacles. This book gives the reader an understanding that life isn't always fair but there are always alternatives to the obstacles set in our paths. It's the way you choose to handle life's situations that shows your true character and helps us succeed in reaching our goals. At the end of the book, are inspirational quotes that can be read and discussed by parent and child.
Average customer rating:
|
Life Isn't fair
Ralph C. Alfano
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Contemporary
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1425712975 |
Average customer rating:
|
Life Isn't Fair!: Murphy's Laws for Kids
Carole Marsh
Manufacturer: Gallopade International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Consciousness & Thought
| Philosophy
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Humanism
| Movements
| Philosophy
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0793369169 |
Books:
- Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte
- Shape Of My Heart (Art & Poetry Series)
- Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds: Responding Visually to Literature
- Study Guide Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I (Chapter 1-18), 12th
- Successful Fundraising for Arts and Cultural Organizations: Second Edition
- Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design
- The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections
- The Cambridge Companion to Modernism (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
- The Cottage Book: Living Simple and Easy
- The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology, Second Edition (Paperbacks in Art History)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel
- Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Game Development
- Cycle of the Werewolf
- Eyes of the Calculor
- Gigabit Ethernet Networking
- Hydrophilic Polymer Coatings for Medical Devices
- Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea
- Greek Imperial Coins and Values
- City Wilds: Essays and Stories About Urban Nature
- Spy-Bate: Memoirs of a Covert Agent
How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs
Secrets To Realistic Drawing
Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil
How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)
Pencil Drawing Techniques
