Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings - Softcover

Zemsky, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581802544 ISBN 13: 9781581802542

Publisher: North Light Books, 2001

Synopsis

The irrepressible nature of children makes them charming subjects for paintings, as well as a real challenge to actually paint. In this book, suitable for artists working in all of the most popular mediums, Jessica Zemsky shares the lessons she's learned in her many years of painting children, including: * Nine step-by-step demonstrations that illustrate her personal techniques * Special guidelines for portraying children being themselves--at play, with siblings or pets--rather than in formal portraits * Advice for everything from finding natural poses to rendering the varied textures of children's skin and hair * Tips for working in watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil and pastel * Plus delightful anecdotes and firsthand lessons

About this title

About the Author:

Jessica Zemsky and her artist husband share a cabin studio in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.

From Library Journal:

Most books on portrait painting include chapters on children. Roberta Carter Clark's How To Paint Living Portraits (North Light, 1990) is an excellent example. Focusing entirely on children, Zemsky portrays them in their natural, active state and explains how to paint such moving targets. In nine demonstrations, working in watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil, and pastel, she offers advice on how to make kids feel comfortable and how to capture the unique textures of their hair and skin. There are the inevitable, saccharine images of children dressed as clowns, but for the most part this is a remarkably good manual on a very challenging subject.
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About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1581802544
• ISBN 13: 9781581802542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128