Draw & Paint Fantasy Females Review

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Draw & Paint Fantasy Females ReviewImpact, which publishes art instructional books, generally does a good job with the books they print; some are of better quality than others, however. "Draw and Paint Fantasy Females" is a decent how-to-draw book, but unexceptional, though it does offer a few good tips.
What this book won't tell you, and what every artist must eventually learn, is no single book will fully teach you how to draw anything, let alone the human figure. A book can give you a good start and provide some inspiration, etc., but you will need many books and years of practice before you master drawing.
With that said, Tom Fleming, the writer/artist of this book, who is obviously talented (I've seen his work in other venues previous to this book) does a decent job of outlining the process of drawing and painting the female figure. The book is divided up into five chapters and closes with a gallery of Mr. Fleming's work. It is, basically, of the "omnibus" type of how-to-draw books, which, instead of focusing on a couple of techniques, really tries to teach them all and spends about 2 pages on each. Here you'll find discussions of drawing and painting supplies and techniques, anatomy and figure construction, poses, drawing the face, hair and clothing, and also different female character archetypes (sorceress, warrior, faerie, etc.). However, each of these segments is only covered superficially, in general, though there are good tutorials and worthwhile pieces of advice sprinkled about.
Probably the most useful bit of information that is included are Mr. Fleming's techniques for drawing and painting metallic effects and for putting shine on clothing. I've never seen these very challenging topics covered so well in a book before, and those are what sold me on this purchase.
In closing, "Draw & Paint Fantasy Females" is a generally good book on drawing, but tries to do too much in too small a space. However, it is worthwhile for its excellent tips and for its general quality.Draw & Paint Fantasy Females Overview

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Expressive Figure Drawing: New Materials, Concepts, and Techniques Review

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Expressive Figure Drawing: New Materials, Concepts, and Techniques ReviewHaving already created two wonderful art-instruction DVDs on creativity and on figure art, Bill Buchman now conquers print as splendidly, with this jam-packed, beautifully designed book from highly respected art-book publisher Watson-Guptill.
The great thing about Bill Buchman's art instruction is how thoroughly he blends what art instruction traditionally separates: he innovatively uses technique to open up your creativity, so the soul and expressiveness of your figure art can bloom, even as you learn the foundational concepts and principles.
Mr Buchman's openminded, lighthearted artistic style is about fluidity and flow, free-spirited boldness blended with joy and fun, the pure poetic *art* of a picture appearing from the simple essence of revealing form from what you see. With an almost-zen-oriental philosophy that focuses on the process not the result, Mr Buchman shows you how to truly observe what you see and how to use gesture, mass, line, structure, shape, volume, and color, as well as speed, tempo, and rythym, to keep your art loose and free all the time, to let the line, the ink, the paint, have a life of its own. "To draw is to risk," Mr Buchman reassures us -- and there is really nothing to fear.
The only drawback to Expressive Figure Drawing being in book form is that I found myself missing Mr Buchman's pleasant teaching voice. On his DVD, Mr Buchman is a friendly, pleasant, encouraging teacher, rather gentle and affirming in his approach. Yet, like a Buchman DVD, this book feels bounteously full: it is positively *loaded* with information and insight. Mr Buchman explains things clearly and thoroughly. There is one art technique and exercise after another, and Mr Buchman reveals his methods for developing proficiency with gouache, charcoal, conte crayons, rollerball and gel pens, ink wash, sumi brush, pastels, acrylic ink, water-soluble crayons, art-chalk chunkies, and even a reed pen.
Mr Buchman's art is not based on realism. This book will not teach you to more realistically draw the human face, the hands and feet. In fact, Mr Buchman favors the torso and persuasively argues that trying to render too much detail in face, hands, and feet can ruin a work faster than anything.
But this book *will* help you open up your art and make it more creative and fluid and wonderful and enjoyable.
I heartily recommend it, for artists of all levels.
Scott Kirkman
Founder, Figure-Drawing League
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Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications Review

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Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications ReviewThis book contains some valuable information and tips on this difficult topic. The skin tone colour mixing part is especially helpful, and the illustrations are informative and high quality. I really like the way it goes into detail on different elements of the face, on application of paint and on toned grounds. Nevertheless, this book suffers from the same problem as all of them do. The step by step demonstrations are all made by the author/artist himself. This results in a lot of demonstrations basically using the same approach in different variations. I would really like to see a book of this kind with demonstrations by different artists, displaying different approaches and techniques! If you are very interested in glazing techniques, this should really satisfy you, since all the demonstrations involve a lot of glazing. That beeing said, the book actually includes a mini-demonstration by another artist with a different approach.
All in all a great book for the intermediate painter who wants to learn more about depicting the human form.Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications Overview

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