- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Pitman (Mar 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0273014420
- ISBN-13: 978-0273014423
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 21.1 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,050,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Everyone who paints or draws portraits worries most about one thing: getting an accurate likeness. But getting a likeness doesn't take genius and isn't based on a bag of tricks. It's really a matter of learning to use a logical procedure, based on careful observation of the subject, and then lots of practice.
"Drawing a Likeness" is divided into three parts. In the first part you learn how to analyze a head--how to recognize the basic shapes and their variations, and place the features within the larger form of the head. Drawings of many different subjects serve as examples. In the second part, the actual drawing procedure is analyzed in minute detail as three different-shaped heads--oval, rectangular, and round--are drawn. Each of these three demonstrations contains a photograph of the subject and develops the portrait in great detail (45 actual steps) right down to the finished drawing. In the third part of the book, you learn how to use different combinations of drawing materials to create a wide range of effects: charcoal, Conte, and carbon pencils on both gray and white charcoal paper, graphite pencils on illustration board, soft and hard charcoal sticks and pencils on smooth board, charcoal and carbon pencil worked over acrylic-gessoed chipboard. There are six demonstrations in this section showing how to draw men and women of different ages. Each demonstration has ten steps, one per page, and includes a photograph of the subject.
"Drawing a Likeness" is a basic, practical book for anyone who has ever tried to draw or paint a portrait--students, amateurs, professionals, and teachers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Drawing a Likeness" is divided into three parts. In the first part you learn how to analyze a head--how to recognize the basic shapes and their variations, and place the features within the larger form of the head. Drawings of many different subjects serve as examples. In the second part, the actual drawing procedure is analyzed in minute detail as three different-shaped heads--oval, rectangular, and round--are drawn. Each of these three demonstrations contains a photograph of the subject and develops the portrait in great detail (45 actual steps) right down to the finished drawing. In the third part of the book, you learn how to use different combinations of drawing materials to create a wide range of effects: charcoal, Conte, and carbon pencils on both gray and white charcoal paper, graphite pencils on illustration board, soft and hard charcoal sticks and pencils on smooth board, charcoal and carbon pencil worked over acrylic-gessoed chipboard. There are six demonstrations in this section showing how to draw men and women of different ages. Each demonstration has ten steps, one per page, and includes a photograph of the subject.
"Drawing a Likeness" is a basic, practical book for anyone who has ever tried to draw or paint a portrait--students, amateurs, professionals, and teachers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I found a battered old 1979 edition of this book in my local library, and knew I had to get hold of a copy if it was still in print! There are shedloads of books in the shops dealing with understanding the anatomy, but nothing about getting an actual likeness of the person you're drawing, whether it's from life or a photo (and if you can't get a likeness, what's the point?). The step-by-step detail is tremendous, but if you're going to get a likeness, it's that kind of detail that you're going to need! Unlike other art books though, this book just gets down to business, without being padded out with lots of extra overwhelming and unnecessary information. It's just a book about drawing by a guy with a pencil and paper. I wish there were more books on the market like it.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Graves breaks down the process to 45 steps in some examples. He goes into graet detail. For instance 24 pages in drawing one picture. Only book like this that I know of. He really teaches rather than showing off his drawing ability.
4 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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If one wants to draw portraits from photographs there is no need to go through the complications given in this book. Lee Hammond gives a much simpler and more direct approach, with what I consider to be more pleasing results. See her book "How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs". Her's is a 3 step process. Make an accurate line drawing from the photo using a grid or even by directly tracing. Fill in the tones with gray levels corresponding to those in the photo. Blend out the tones with a tortillon. No analyses, or lengthy iterations are required.
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