Draw people every day : short lessons in portrait and figure drawing using ink and color / Kagan McLeod.
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TextPublisher: California : Watson-Guptill, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 199 pages : illustrations (black & white, and colour) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780399581977Subject(s): Portrait drawing -- Technique | Figure drawing -- Technique | Portrait painting -- Technique | Pen drawing -- Technique | Brush drawing -- TechniqueGenre/Form: Illustrated works. | Instructional and educational works. DDC classification: 741 | 743.4/2 LOC classification: ND2200 | .M39 2019Summary: A lively, colorful figure drawing instruction book that encourages aspiring illustrators to work in ink and watercolor to create quick, confident renderings of diverse, contemporary people. While today’s illustrators work primarily in ink and watercolor, figure drawing instruction still tends to emphasize work in pencil. Commercial illustrator Kagan McLeod offers an approach to figure and portrait drawing more in keeping with today’s preferred tools and techniques, one that focuses on cultivating spontaneity, energy, and confidence by providing exercises for brush work in ink and watercolor. By breaking figure and portrait drawing into the three major aspects of line, tone, and color and recommending time limits for each exercise, McLeod encourages working fast and fearless, rather than worrying about getting your figures just right. Filled with numerous illustrative examples of diverse, modern people, Draw People Every Day reflects practical, applicable techniques to get you drawing the people you see in the world around you with speed and proficiency.
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Includes index.
A lively, colorful figure drawing instruction book that encourages aspiring illustrators to work in ink and watercolor to create quick, confident renderings of diverse, contemporary people. While today’s illustrators work primarily in ink and watercolor, figure drawing instruction still tends to emphasize work in pencil. Commercial illustrator Kagan McLeod offers an approach to figure and portrait drawing more in keeping with today’s preferred tools and techniques, one that focuses on cultivating spontaneity, energy, and confidence by providing exercises for brush work in ink and watercolor. By breaking figure and portrait drawing into the three major aspects of line, tone, and color and recommending time limits for each exercise, McLeod encourages working fast and fearless, rather than worrying about getting your figures just right. Filled with numerous illustrative examples of diverse, modern people, Draw People Every Day reflects practical, applicable techniques to get you drawing the people you see in the world around you with speed and proficiency.
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