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Artists will love this book, the definitive guide to capturing facial expressions. In a carefully organised, easy-to-use format, author Gary Faigin shows readers the expressions created by individual facial muscles, then draws them together in a section devoted to the six basic human emotions: sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust and surprise. Each emotion is shown in steadily increasing intensity and Faigins detailed renderings are supplemented by clear explanatory text, additional sketches and finished work. An appendix includes yawning, wincing and other physical reactions. Want to create portraits that capture the real person? Want to draw convincing illustrations? Want to show the range of human emotion in your artwork? Get The Artists Complete Guide to Facial Expression!
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Gary Faigin trained at the Art Students League and the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris. He has taught at the National Academy School of Design and at Parsons School of Design; currently, he is the artistic director of the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, where he lives.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've been a professional painter for years, and am now studying book illustration. Gary Faigin's book is fascinating, informative, incredibly instructive, and in short, possibly the best book I've ever bought on any topic. Is he planning on writing The Artist's Complete Guide to anything else?
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Admittedly my review of this book is bound to be somewhat biased in that Gary Faigin was my master at the Art Student's League in NYC in the 80's. This admission should be weighed against the fact that we did not get along all that well. Nevertheless, attempting the learn sophisticated rendering from a book is a risky proposition at best. Your only hope of success from this method is to get a copy of this book. The approach to training the hand, the eye, and the artist's knowledge is an old one, more in keeping with the French Academe of the late 19th Century. The chief difference is that those methods were overly scientific and bloodless and this one is NOT. Going through it and practicing its principles, page by page, will be work of course -- but much more rapid and productive work than any alternative I can imagine. Do yourself a favor. Quit wasting time on trendy art instruction, go to New Mexico and sign up with the master himself. Failing that -- Buy this BOOK!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Faigin's drawings and explanation of facial expressions is detailed and well organized. He breaks each expression down to the muscles and utilizes theory to compliment his explanations. This book provides a good foundation for understanding facial expressions and contains enough illustrations for those who do not care for theory. The only thing missing from the book are photographs of different facial types. Although his drawings are good, photographs of his subjects would provide an additional level of detail.
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Excellent. Really enjoyed this book
Recently interested in drawing/painting portraits I found this book excellent. The book is broken down into the structure of the head, muscles of expression and the six basic... Read more
Published 3 months ago by David S
Facser
Very informative and detailed look at the human face. Six basic emotions of the face explained very well...
Great book!
Great book!
Published 3 months ago by Facser
absolutely encyclopaedic
A fantastic resource for artists, whether students, professional illustrators or cartoonists. It has lots of detail on the anatomy of the face, its muscles and the subtle... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Tom White
Thoroughly recommended
Thoroughly welcome addition to my library. I can't recommend it highly enough. Clear, concise, comprehensive and unpretentious: everything a portrait or figure artist needs to... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2007 by Phil Coles
Excellent Book
This is a wonderful, unique resource for any artist depicting human heads and faces. As a professional who needs to recreate realistic human expressions in the computer, I keep it... Read more
Published on 15 Jun 1998
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