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This book offers an elegant, simple and direct procedure for painting a convincing portrait in 29 logical steps. John Howard Sanden has developed this method over three decades of painting, demonstrating and teaching. At the heart of the book are two complete portrait-painting demstrations; each of the 29 steps is descriptively titled, explained and illustrated to show the clear progression of the portrait. Sanden uses an exciting and appealing premier coup approach to painting, where the artist attempts to execute a finished painting form the very first stroke.
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John Howard Sanden has created more than 500 portraits of leading figures in American public and professional life. He is widely regarded as the foremost teacher of portraiture methods in the world today. In addition to authoring his books and videos, Sanden founded the Portrait Institute of New York and has toured the United States teaching his ideas and techniques.
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The purpose of this book is to present to you a simple but thorough procedure for painting a convincing portrait likeness in a single sitting, using twenty-nine logical steps. Read the first page
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in portrait painting. His methods are relatively simple and straightforward, that is not to say that it is easy as, with most things, it all takes practice but this book certainly starts you on the right steps.
Don't be put off by his description of how your studio should be set up, I'd need to win the lottery for a studio like his and also his list of equipment, particularly the brushes, will probably be outside the budget of most amateurs however his technique is very much achievable with much less equipment than he recommends.
All in all this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in painting portraits.
41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
John Howard Sanden is an excellent artist whose paintings are alive with life and beauty. He is very open and informative teacher who provides the oil portrait painter with wonderful colour recipes for various skin tones. This book says "in 29 steps" but it is definitely not the typical step-by-step painting book, it will help your artistic vision by enabling you to see the things you need to notice to enhance and improve your paintings. I would reccommend it to both beginners and more experienced oil painters.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this to be a Informative, well laid out book.
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Very informative book
I would love to be able to buy the ready mixed portrait colours that are used in the demonstrations in this book, because try as I might I can never mix the exact colour a second... Read more
Published 6 months ago by latestarter
Portraits from Life
Excellent informative book. The bonus is that it is not just an interesting read, it is a reference manual to brouse at will. Particularly helpful whilst painting.
Published 16 months ago by Pablo
Easy to follow
Very good book, only problem is that the writer uses his own brand of mixed paint.
But overall it gives you a great start on shades and tones, would certainly recommend this... Read more
But overall it gives you a great start on shades and tones, would certainly recommend this... Read more
Published 23 months ago by David White
Fantastic step-by-step guide to portrait painting
This is a fantastic book explaining Sander's approach to portrait painting. Although the book is based on using his own branded oil paints, his teaching is clearly communicated and... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by P. Keegan
Splendid
This is a terrific book and shows you what and how, which is exactly why I bought it and I have not been let down.
Published on 9 Sep 2008 by Watercolour Review
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