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In The Art of Portraiture, author, artist, and expert teacher Stephen Bauman offers a synthesis of the best lessons he has learned in his career as a student, as well as the most efficient exercises he’s developed as a professional artist and teacher. 

Within the four main chapters – Vision, Foundation, Practice, and Process – invaluable topics are covered in thoughtful detail. These include classic fundamentals such as shadow, light, composition, and anatomy; each discussed with a philosophical approach and always with the artist’s individual journey in mind. In addition to art theory and educational insights, there are compositional analyses and practical exercises on specific techniques, accompanied by illustrative examples, helpful diagrams, and stunning finished pieces. 

Combining an academic and philosophical artistic perspective, Bauman provides a wonderfully deep dive into the messy, marvellous, and often magical world of portrait drawing.

- High-quality illustrations, photographs, and educational diagrams
- Explores core topics including anatomy, composition, shadow, and light 
- Study compositional analyses and follow practical exercises on specific techniques
- An extensive reference for any artist interested in learning the art of portraiture

Contents:

FOREWORD
PREFACE
VISION
Why Do We Draw?
Two types of vision
What is the goal of drawing?

THE LEARNING JOURNEY
What is the most useful way to learn?
Specifically, how do you learn to draw better?
Goal-setting and the 'SMART' approach
Practice

FOUNDATION
What is meant by foundation?
The siginal and the noise
Value, Light, And Shadow
Understanding values
Value relativity
Light and shadow
Lambert vs. linear value scale
The fall of light
Light for learning
Shadow shapes, light shapes
Organization And Simplification
Shadow is atmosphere, light is form
Organizing in a controlled setting
Selection and control
Simplification
3D-form-based simplification
Flat-shape-based simplification
The simplification of values
Organizing and keying edges
Visual Memory
All drawing is a visual memory exercise
Comparative measurements
Triangulation
Naive recognition
Anatomy
The skeletal and muscular system
Anatomical terminology
The bones of the skull
Muscles of the head and neck
Subcutaneous forms of the skull
The simplified model of the head
The frontal bone
The zygomatic bone
The mandible
The maxillae
Orbicularis oculi
Structures of the nose
Muscles of the cheek and chin
The masseter
The temporalis
The ear
Attaching the head to the body
Fat deposits of the Face

COMPOSITION
Thumbnailing
Composition terms
Start with a feeling
Keying and choices
Compositional analysis: Ivan Loginov
Compositional analysis: Ksenia Istomina
Compositional analysis: Daria Novikova
Compositional analysis: Nikolai Blohkin

PRACTICE
Getting Started
Studio set-up and effective practice
Materials
Three levels of drawing
The importance of an even tone
Exercise: Even tone practice
What can you learn from drawing a sphere?
Exercise: Sphere-drawing practice
Exercise: Simplified block-in practice
Drawing from memory
Exercise: Memory-drawing practic
Visual Block-In
Visual block-in: Stage one
Visual block-in: Stage two
Visual block-in: Stage three
Visual block-in: Stage four
Structural Block-In
Structural block-in: Stage one
Structural block-in: Stage two
Structural block-in: Stage three
Structural block-in: Stage four
Mass Drawing
Mass drawing: Stage one
Mass drawing: Stage two
Mass drawing: Stage three
Mass drawing: Stage four 
Mass drawing: Stage five

PROCESS
A portrait is a story
Thumbnail development
Anatomical studies
A hybrid block-in approach
Keeping your options open
Value and texture
Balancing values and dealing with doubt
The final stage
A note on self-assessment
GALLERY
GLOSSARY

About the Author:

Stephen Bauman is a classically trained artist and spent 12 years as an instructor in the drawing and painting programme of the The Florence Academy of Art. He was also the director of the Anatomy & Ecorche Department for six years, first in Sweden and then in the USA. In 2020, he left the academy to focus his efforts on his art career and online courses.

The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today.

With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful, contemporary illustrations, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories, how they work, sketching tips, and the tools behind each drawing.

With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries, The Art of Urban Sketching offers a visually arresting, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.

About the Author:

Gabriel Campanario is a staff artist at The Seattle Times and the founder of Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the art of on-location drawing. Campanario's newspaper column, Seattle Sketcher, was awarded first place for blog writing in "The Best of the West" journalism contest. The blog and weekly print column, which combine location sketches and written stories, have quickly become popular in the Seattle area, where Campanario has been featured in TV and radio appearances. A native Spaniard, Campanario moved to the U.S. in 1998 and has lived near Seattle with his wife and two children since 2006. His journalism career spans two decades, working for newspapers in Barcelona, Lisbon, California, and Virginia. Campanario has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.

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Attention all creative fashionistas! The ultimate guide to drawing today's most stylish fashion designs has arrived! In this sequel to Christopher Hart's bestselling how-to-draw book Fashion Design Studio, aspiring fashion designers can access easy templates for drawing the designs of their dreams. This book not only covers the basics of drawing dresses, tops, pants, and accessories, it digs into all the dreamy details that make fashion so much fun. Fashion-forward details such as hi-low hemlines, cut-out shoulders, patchwork denim, high-cut waistlines, floral- print ankle boots, and carefully clashed patterns. Classic cuts that are perennial favorites are the starting point for drawing mix-and-match outfit details that will spark any aspiring designer's creativity. Offering accessibility, versatility, and on-point style, this is the guide every aspiring fashion designer needs for learning to draw their most fabulous creations.

About the Author:

Christopher Hart is the world's bestselling author of manga, basic drawing and cartooning books. His titles have set the standard for art instruction with more than 3 million copies in print in eighteen languages. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, all of Hart's books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals.

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A fully updated, third edition of this essential practical foundation course in fashion design

Becoming a successful fashion designer involves understanding a wide variety of core principles. This foundation course is an ideal introduction for students, dressmakers and anyone interested in the creative side of fashion. Step-by-step tutorials, practical exercises and inspirational interviews with industry professionals teach you how to create your own unique fashion design collections.

Design schools around the world are now emphasising design thinking and conceptualisation more than just mere skill building. Packed with scores of new images, this new and fully updated edition provides students with more diverse methods of creating fashion, including digital design iteration and final projects, fabric design development, 3D 'sketching' on the dress form, paper collage design techniques and much more.

This book concludes with practical advice for anyone considering a career in fashion, offering ideas on building a portfolio, preparing for interviews and continuing on a path to a professional career.

Contents List:

Introduction • Historical Beginnings • Markets, Muses and Messages • Design Foundations • Developing your Design Process • Sample Assignments • The Professional World • Resources

About the Author:

Steven Faerm is the BFA Director of Fashion Design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. He has worked for such designers as Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs.

This book presents the mysterious formula that rules art, nature, and science.

This book deals with the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature, and science. It is known by many names: Golden Mean, Sacred Cut and Phi are only a few; and it is not by chance that the Divine Proportion was given its name. It has been called divine because over thousands of years it has been deemed to be so.

The Divine Proportion reveals a number of simple patterns: It is seen in the seed patterns of fruits, the family tree of bees, the pyramids of Egypt, Gothic cathedrals, Renaissance paintings, the human body, shells...the list is endless. Mathematicians use the Greek symbol F to represent the Divine Proportion and equate it to a number that is defined by the ratio (1 + v5) / 2 or 1.6180339... Numbers do little, however, in describing this unique ratio that is found everywhere in nature and for 2500 years has been an aesthetic guide in art and architecture.

Beginning with calculations found on clay tablets in ancient Babylon, the story of Divine Proportion can be traced alongside the history of numbers to the fractals of the digital age. As its many forms unfold we uncover the Golden Rectangle in the Parthenon, Golden Spirals in the human inner ear, a Golden Angle in the petal patterns of a rose, and the Fibonacci numbers in lilies, daisies, pineapples, and in our own DNA. With its natural balance and elegant beauty, the Divine Proportion is a perpetual reminder that our hope for regeneration and continuity lies in realizing the meaningful and harmonious relationship of all the parts to the whole.

A book like no other, The Sketch Encyclopedia is an ideal art resource for anyone wanting to take their first steps into sketching or drawing. With over 900 drawing projects, each broken down into four key steps for practising your skills, there is enough to keep you sketching for years! Learn the fundamental skills of drawing from The Sketch Encyclopedia’s extensive introduction covering tools, line making, light theory, perspective, and texture before exploring the different effects you can create with the book’s texture library. Armed with a wealth of artistic knowledge, embark upon your own sketches using the many different subjects covered in The Sketch Encyclopedia.

Contents List:

Introduction to sketching By Bobby Rebholz

Tools and materials
Basic shapes
Perspective and scale
Light and shade
Line and mark-making
Texture
Texture library
How to use this book

NATURE
Flowering plants
Fruiting and edible plants
Greenery
Trees
Sea elements
Natural structures
Weather

CREATURES
Arctic animals
Big cats
Birds
Birds in flight
Desert animals and marsupialsv
Dinosaurs
Insects and minibeasts
Mountain and grassland animals
Primates
Reptiles
Rodents
Safari animals
Sea life
Waterside animals
Woodland and jungle animals
Working and farm animals

FOOD AND DRINK
Alcohol
Breakfast foods
Cold foods
Fast food
Fruits and vegetables
Hot foods
Soft drinks
Sweet treats

VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION
Air and space vehicles
Cars, bikes, and trucks
Military vehicles
Professional vehicles
Public transport
Push or pull vehicles
Water vehicles

HOBBIES
Musical instruments
Sports equipment

PEOPLE
Actions
Archetypes
Facial expressions
Historic people

The Sketchbook of Loish is the second published book by digital artist Loish (Lois van Baarle) after it was successfully funded on Kickstarter in four minutes. Showcasing a wide range of her traditional and digital sketches, this book features exclusive artwork, both old and new, by Loish, ranging from character sketches to environmental speed paints. Loish also offers insight and advice on key topics such as stylization and sketch development, making it a useful book for any artist looking for tips on approaching digital sketching as well as admirers of Loish’s work.

About the Authors:

3dtotal was founded in 1999 as a simple 3D resource website. Over the last decade, the site has evolved into one of the premier CG art websites in the world, offering a variety of training products, an inspirational gallery, a free texture library and hundreds of free tutorials on a variety of subjects.

In 2006, 3dtotal entered into partnership with Focal Press and launched the popular book series Digital Art Masters and Digital Painting Techniques. The premise for these books was to provide high-quality content that would inspire and educate the next generation of digital artists. Featuring the work of top industry professionals, detailed tutorials and image breakdowns, these series have become firmly established as indispensable resources for any digital artist.

After five successful years working with Focal Press, 3dtotal Publishing was launched in early 2010. As well as self-publishing the next volumes in the pre-existing Digital Art Masters and Digital Painting Techniques series, 3dtotal Publishing has launched a number of new titles including: Sketching from the Imagination, Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop and ZBrush Characters and Creatures.

About the Artist:

Lois van Baarle has been drawing since the day she could hold a pencil, and started teaching herself to draw digitally in 2003. Although she was born in Holland and has Dutch nationality, she has lived all over the world, including the United States, Indonesia, France and Belgium. Upon finishing high school in 2004, she studied animation in Ghent (Belgium) for a year and then moved back to her home country to study animation at the Hogeschool Voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU) in Hilversum. She is currently a freelance illustrator and animator located in Utrecht (the Netherlands).

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In this visually stunning hardback, globally loved artist Lois van Baarle, AKA Loish, explores the origins, influences, and features of her style, and helps readers do the same deep dive into their own style.

It is her third book with 3dtotal Publishing, a natural progression from the bestselling The Art of Loish (2016) and The Sketch Book of Loish (2018) which to date have sold over 85,000 copies combined. The Style of Loish now sees the artist explore her own style through several facets of her work, including creating volume, choosing color, establishing flow, and the ideas and subjects themselves. While looking at the motivation behind her own work, Loish also guides the reader through ideas and tutorials to help them identify, understand, and even evolve their own style. The book bursts with brand new, specially commissioned art that provides a unique opportunity to understand the foundations of Loish’s style. She reveals the journey she took to pinpoint when and how her style was created. Combined with candid advice and a passion for supporting fellow artists, the book is beautiful, inspirational, and practical for artists of all styles and abilities.

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Throughout her career, Loish has developed to become known for her instantly recognizable style. In this unique book, she not only takes a deep dive into the various aspects of her art that combine to produce this style, but also helps readers identify and nurture their own individual style. Richly illustrated pages are packed with new art, advice, and practical exercises.

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Dreaming and relaxing, with the powerful designs of Vincent van Gogh, this beautiful new book will give you many hours of pleasure, and calm. Printed on high-quality paper, this art book features 45 powerful Van Gogh artworks for you to colour, offering a suggestion of how the original looked as well as key information such as title and date. Van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in the world, and his bold and visually expressive paintings evoke incredible emotional responses. This book will take you on an enjoyable journey where the satisfaction of creating stunning artworks is mixed with rediscovering the joy of colouring. You can use a wide variety of pens: from gel and pencil, to pigment and crayons, from ballpoint and rollerball to highlighters, although it’s best to avoid the heavy felt pens. Each page is perforated near the spine of the book, so you can tear out and frame, or simply place your wonderful creation on the walls of your home, perhaps even send them as a gift to your loved ones. Bring the Ink to life!

About the Author:

Daisy Seal is a talented, thoughtful writer of gift, celebration and puzzle books. She has long observed the intimate connections between the natural world around us and our search for the enduring spirit of humankind. Previous publications include "Inspirations", "Reflections", "Be Calm," and "Friendship".

Proportion as a basic element in the field of design has been widely researched and studied. Taking mathematical theories, the golden ratio, and sequence principles into consideration in design and art often helps improve visual aesthetics, and the beauty of well-used proportions can be found in a variety of design projects.

Visual Harmony presents outstanding design work highlighting well-crafted proportions, presenting projects that will be solid references to readers worldwide. It elaborates on the subject with information in the form of descriptive text and diagrams.

Brand logos, visual identities, illustrations, and other artistic works featured in this book stand out from others because of the designers' in-depth understanding of proportions, reflecting the importance of rational thinking in the ever-changing creative world.

A lavishly illustrated collection of essays on drawing as a vital intellectual, artistic and life practice, by the artists of the Royal Drawing School.

Drawing is among the most profound ways of engaging with the world. It is absorbing, instinctive – a way not just of seeing, but of understanding what we see.

Ways of Drawing brings together a range of reflections and creative propositions by contemporary artists and teachers associated with the Royal Drawing School, generously illustrated with images by alumni of the School and the work of significant artists past and present. From explorations of artistic development to short, imaginative strategies for seeing the world afresh, it repositions this art form as a vital force in the contemporary world.

Advocating passionately for drawing as both deeply personal and utterly essential, this book is an invaluable companion for artists with all levels of experience looking for new inspirations for their practice.

About the Authors:

Julian Bell is a well-known artist, writer and critic. His books include What is Painting? and Mirror of the World. Julia Balchin is Principal at the Royal Drawing School. Claudia Tobin is a writer, curator and academic. Her recent book publications include Oh, to be a Painter! and Modernism and Still Life: Artists, Writers, Dancers.

365 Days of Creativity is a thoughtful and inspiring book designed to help you carve out moments of self-expression and unlock your creative potential. Lorna Scobie shows you how to experiment, explore and let go of your artistic inhibitions, encouraging you to look for creative inspiration wherever you go.
 
Featuring creative daily exercises and goal-setting as well as plenty of supportive prompts and tips, this fun and inspiring book will stir your imagination to put a little creativity into every day.

About the Author:

Lorna Scobie is a London-based illustrator and designer of cheeky characters and critters.

Get lost in your creativity with 365 Days of Drawing, a thoughtful and inspiring art journal designed to help you carve out moments of self-expression. Divided into twelve-monthly themes, such as nature, portraiture, using colour, calligraphy writing, plus much more, each task is designed to expand your creative skills and spark the artist within. 

With helpful prompts and inspiring tutorials that show you how to draw using different materials such as pen, pencils, chalk, paints, gel pens and collage, 365 Days of Drawing is a stunning keepsake as well as a powerful tool for positive change.

About the Author:

Lorna Scobie is a London-based illustrator and designer of cheeky characters and critters.

Unleash the creative power of Procreate to bring outdoor scenes to life on your iPad, from thumbnail designs to final images. With an introduction by BAFTA-award-winning art director, Mike McCain.

In this book for newcomers to the software as well as more accomplished users, several renowned and experienced designers demonstrate plein air painting, sharing not only their professional tips and tricks, but also how the traditional painting process translates to Procreate.

You will become fluent in using Procreate for all stages of outdoor painting - capturing the spirit and essence of a landscape, subject, or building by incorporating natural light, color, and movement into your works. The thorough Getting Started section spotlights the specific Procreate tools, such as Brushes, Layers, and Adjustments, that bring your paintings to life. Perfecting color and nuance of sky, land, and human subjects outdoors is vital, and the Quick Tips section lets you quickly locate and manipulate the tools you need.

Take the opportunity to observe and practice the techniques as part of a real-world workflow, as professional artists demonstrate in seven step-by-step Projects how to use Procreate’s tools to successfully evolve a plein-air painting from initial idea to final masterpiece. Whether or not you have used Procreate before, A Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate: Landscapes & Plein Air ensures your passion for outdoor painting can be fully realized on the iPad screen.

• Contains 10 in-depth step-by-step projects to follow from rough sketch to final painting
• Written and illustrated by professional artists with a passion for environments, landscapes, and plein-air painting
• Explores the sophisticated Procreate features and useful techniques that every aspiring environment artists needs to know
• Easy to follow for developing artists and anyone trying to build up their Procreate or landscape-painting skills
• Downloadable resources include reference images to import onto your iPad

This book features an introduction by BAFTA award-winning Art Director (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse) Mike McCain, fresh from working on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

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Contents and contributors:

ARTISTS
Eric Elwell
Karin Brandenberg
Momo Sugimoto
Trevor Clare
JoJo Lu
Jennifer Wang
Nevena Nikolcheva
Ayan Nag
Gillian Galang
Sarah Buchholz
Mike McCain

CONTENTS
How to use this book
Introduction
Tutorials 
   Houghton Autumn
   Rocky Beach
   Sydney Street Corner
   Nova Scotia Docks
   Studio City At Night
   Malibu Sunset
   English Model Village
   Morning Fog in Pushkar
   Evening in Baguio
   Motel with a View
Downloadable Resources
Glossary
Tool Directory
Contributors
Index

A comprehensive human anatomy guide for today’s 3D artist, offering fundamental, theoretical, and practical skills for anatomy and proportion.

Anatomy for 3D Artists is an essential teaching guide for sculpting human anatomy. Non-software specific, it is packed with everything that today’s 3D artist needs to know in order to tackle the difficult task of recreating the human form in 3D. Starting with the use of 2D references, and moving on to practical and advanced 3D sculpting – including topology – the book covers every stage in the creation of all kinds of male and female figures. Featuring established artists such as Chris Legaspi and Mario Anger, Anatomy for 3D Artists also includes several master projects for an informative and in-depth overview of the 3D sculpting process of various forms, showing how the archetypal human form can be adapted to fit any character shape!

Contents List:

Introduction
Drawing an archetypal figure
2D male
2D female
2D reference gallery
Sculpting an archetypal figure
3D male
Advanced 3D male
3D female
Advanced 3D female
Master projects
Male bodybuilder
Curvy female
Slim female
Advanced topology
Retopologizing
3D reference gallery

About the Authors:

3dtotal was founded in 1999 as a simple 3D resource website. Over the last decade the site has evolved into one of the premier CG art websites in the world, offering a variety of training products, an inspirational gallery, a free texture library and hundreds of free tutorials on a variety of subjects.

In 2006, 3dtotal entered into partnership with Focal Press and launched the popular book series Digital Art Masters and Digital Painting Techniques. The premise for these books was to provide high quality content that would inspire and educate the next generation of digital artists. Featuring the work of top industry professionals, detailed tutorials and image breakdowns, these series have become firmly established as indispensable resources for any digital artist.

After five successful years working with Focal Press, 3dtotal Publishing was launched in early 2010. As well as self-publishing the next volumes in the pre-existing Digital Art Masters and Digital Painting Techniques series, 3dtotal Publishing has launched a number of new titles including: Sketching from the Imagination, Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop and ZBrush Characters and Creatures.

Chris Legaspi is a concept artist currently working at Cryptic Studios, San Francisco. He is the founder and creator of Freshdesigner and a life-long artist, with over 10 years of drawing experience as both a student and a professional. He has worked as a professional concept artist in the videogame industry for several years. His concept art and illustration work has been seen in hit videogames and magazines.