January 12th, 2012 by admin
How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil from Photographs http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSJD802VL._SL160_.jpg Step by step, Lee Hammond shows artists how to create colored pencil portraits that only look as though they were difficult to draw. With Hammond’s simple colored pencil techniques, artists can translate photos of their favorite people into colorful, lifelike portraits. She covers every aspect [...]
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January 24th, 2011 by admin
When painting portraits from photos, try to divide the face into planes, lay down those flat areas of color, and use a blending brush to create dimension and shadow. Add in the details of the face as final touches with helpful advice from an international artist in this free video on oil painting techniques. Expert: [...]
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July 26th, 2010 by admin
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513JDKS613L._SL160_.jpg The Fayum portraits were created by the people of a flourishing district of Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD. In the old Egyptian tradition, these people embalmed the bodies of their dead, but then they placed over the mummy, a painted portrait to preserve [...]
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