Paint People in Acrylic with Lee Hammond

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Paint People in Acrylic with Lee Hammond is written by Lee Hammond and published by Penguin. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1600616046 (ISBN 10) and 9781600616044 (ISBN 13).

Finally, a portrait drawing book that's "head-and-shoulders" above the rest! Paint People in Acrylic With Lee Hammond You are this close to buying the perfect book for first-time people painters! This fantastic book combines the easy-to-use medium of acrylic paints with beginner-friendly instruction designed to help you achieve realistic likenesses. With Lee Hammond's simple, step-by-step approach, you'll learn how to start with a basic foundation of color, then add layer after layer, gradually building towards a likeness. (Sound easy? It is!) A whopping 50 step-by-step demonstrations teach you basic techniques, how to paint individual facial features and, ultimately, how to accurately portray subjects of every age, complexion and ethnicity. Ten start-to-finish portrait demos bring it all together. Along the way, Lee shares her best tips from her 20 years of teaching experience: what colors to mix to get "skin," an easy trick for adding a hint of color to cheeks, what makes a good background, and expert advice on: • Painting notoriously tricky elements, like eyes, ears, teeth, hair and clothing • Capturing the look of age and the glow of youth • Working from a reference photo • Using the grid technique to simplify portraits and create an accurate preliminary sketch Even if you've never before painted in acrylics, this book will give you a great "head start" on the fun art of painting people!