This title features expert instruction in the art of making silhouettes. This is a practical guide to silhouette portraiture with a gallery of carefully chosen examples, past and present, and workshop sections featuring 20 projects. Written by a high-profile silhouette artist, 'Mastering Silhouettes' explains all the techniques for creating both modern and period style silhouettes, along with advice on poses and materials. There is a revival in this traditional art, with silhouette-making workshops and artists once again appearing at events as entertainment. The book examines silhouette art for every occasion, and teaches readers the skills to make silhouettes for themselves.
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Charles Burns has made a career from silhouette cutting, first as a street artist and then at events and prestigious occasions - inc. for the Queen (at her 80th birthday party at the Ritz), the Duke of Edinburgh, Bill Clinton... to Neil Armstrong and Jamie Oliver.
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This book is amazing and has something for anyone who has the slightest interest in silhouettes.The author really knows his stuff. The historical side is of this book so interesting. The Pink and Black juggler is remarkable.
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