eBook - ePub
Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces
Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating People and Portraits with Personality--Explore Watercolors, Inks, Markers, and More
Amarilys Henderson
This is a test
Share book
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces
Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating People and Portraits with Personality--Explore Watercolors, Inks, Markers, and More
Amarilys Henderson
Book details
Book preview
Table of contents
Citations
About This Book
In Drawing and PaintingExpressive Little Faces, artist and popular Skillshare instructor Amarilys Henderson shares her practical and creative techniques for drawing and painting faces with style and personality.
- Gathering supplies. Consider the creative possibilities of watercolor, ink, and markers, and create a mobile sketch pack so you can capture faces and expressions on the go.
- Simplifying the face and identifying proportions. Use photos to simplify the face's key elements, learn about facial proportions and factors and variables for placing facial features, and apply these concepts through a simple warm up using a single color to paint a face in multiple values.
- Facial shapes and features. Learn about the five basic facial shapes and how to modify the chin line, ears, and hairline, and how to draw and paint mouths, eyes, and noses and make alterations to show pose and personality.
- Mixing color. The pigments and brushes you'll need to achieve a wide range of realistic skin tones, shadows, and expressions.
- Bringing faces to life. Navigate the process from start to finish, learn to adjust line quality to suggest different genders and ethnicities, and change up artistic styling to put a unique spin on your creations.
- Project ideas. Get inspired by some cool ways to apply your new skills: party invitations, repeat patterns, comic books, and more!
Don't be intimidated by the challenge of drawing and painting faces. Improve your face game with Drawing and PaintingExpressive Little Faces!
Frequently asked questions
How do I cancel my subscription?
Can/how do I download books?
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
What is the difference between the pricing plans?
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlegoâs features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan youâll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
What is Perlego?
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weâve got you covered! Learn more here.
Do you support text-to-speech?
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Is Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces an online PDF/ePUB?
Yes, you can access Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces by Amarilys Henderson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Arte & Tecniche artistiche. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Topic
ArteSubtopic
Tecniche artistiche1
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES
Walking through the aisles of an art supply store is both invigorating and intimidating. Rows of colors fill my mind with possibilities while decision paralysis sets in as I see the variety of brands and price points for each item. I volley between what I need, what I think I need, and what I donât know I need.
This chapter serves as an overview of all the fun art supplies youâll see sprinkled throughout this book. Donât get overwhelmed; you donât need to make this your shopping list. I just want to provide you with information for when youâre ready to get to work. I also offer my best practices as I select and use each medium.
WATERCOLORS
I have the same question whenever I look at paints: How saturated are the colors? This is not every artistâs first question, though it is what is most important to me. I want each color I use to be rich and lush. Other factors that are important to artists are archival quality or viscosity (its texture or how well the paint flows through the brush). My favorite paints below demonstrate each of these, though not both, but they all achieve my top requirement of vibrant color.
WATERCOLOR TUBES
Youâve probably seen little cakes of watercolor in pans, but you can also find tiny tubes of watercolor alongside them in stores. Watercolor tube paints are often squirted into small pans or paint wells where they live until theyâre all used up. These are the most versatile of watercolor paints as they are colorful alternatives to buying paints in cakes, which are already placed in pans. As opposed to cake watercolors, these are less chalky and dry and therefore can hold more color. My favorite brand of tube watercolors is Mijello Mission Gold. They offer a wide range of professional watercolors in an array of colors. They can be used heavily for a dark, full color or watered down to pale hues. These paints are archival, meaning that your painting is guaranteed to look like it did on its first day for at least a lifetime. My large palette is often in my art table photos. Sometimes, just looking at it is inspiring!
FLUID WATERCOLORS
Fluid watercolors are a little less known as theyâre not often found on the shelves alongside watercolors. The small bottles can resemble inks. My favorite feature of using these liquid watercolors is what I call the âwhooshâ-effect. If youâve seen videos where color is dropped onto a wet sheet of watercolor paper and the color seeps through like a moving flood, you can understand why I call it that. These paints not only spread fluidly, but the color breaks down into nuances of cotton candy hues. The paintsâ greatest downfall is that its glorious color fades over time and with exposure to sunlight. Since I work as an illustrator, scanning my work and capturing it for commercial reproductions, itâs a downside that I can cope with. But these paints may not suit you if you like to hang your work to stand the test of time.
WATERCOLOR PAINT PAPERS
A handy batch of hand-picked skin tones introduced in a later chapter, these watercolor sheets are great to have at your reach or to take on-the-go! Simply wet the papers with a brush to activate the paints. The colors are rich, and once dry, they can be stowed away in a sketchbook. I recommend the Expressive Little Faces pack by Peerless Paints.
INKS
BLACK INDIA INK
India ink is inexpensive and highly accessible. Itâs dark and great for creating a range of grays from dark to light. It lasts longer than most other types of ink because you donât need to use as much at a time. Iâve used several brands and have found that which I reach for all depends on its usage. For this book, though, I use an inexpensive brand because I donât need it to be as permanent or rich in texture as I would for calligraphy. But be careful: No matter how watered down, it can still stain your clothes.
WHITE INK
A fluid white that can be used independently or as an additive to watercolor not only gives you light tints on your existing colors, but creates a different quality of colors. You have to mix them to see it! Though not required, a fluid white helps expand your color experience. I recommend Dr. Ph. Martinâs brand.
COLORED INKS
Colored inks are a fun alternative to just black. They donât come in as many colors as watercolor paints but one could find a set with every basic color quite easily. I especially enjoy using iridescent inks to give my work a touch of shimmer. Use a brush that you donât need, since inks can be difficult to wash out once dry. Also, the colors work as additives and therefore donât break down as fluidly as with black India ink; you may find it difficult to create a variety of shades from one color.
INDIA INK TIPS
India ink is inexpensive, but a little goes a long way. A large bottle as sh...