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Faces & Figures (Keys to Painting)

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This is an excellent book for both the two dimensional artist or the three dimensional sculptor. It has a wonderful assortment of various ethnic faces for reference and gorgeous children of various ages and backgrounds. The proportional head charts are the best that I have seen. "Keys to Painting Faces & Figures" is beautifully presented and would be an asset to any artist's library.

This book was extremely helpful to me as an already practicing professional artist. It had helpful suggestions for handling new details that I hadn't approached in a long time. For the beginner to the professional,this book has something for everyone. If you are interested in learning new techniques for solving some of the problems you may encounter, this is the book for you!!

It is hard to find books on portrait/figure painting with this much practical information. It starts out showing planes/proportions of face. It gives demonstrations in oil, watercolor, pastel, and colored pencil. There is information on choosing values, painting individual features of the face: nose, mouth, eyes, and ears. Ms. Wolf also shows the colors she uses for different skin tones, which is very helpful. Very pleased with purchase.

This is a great book for people who want to paint portraits of adults and children. I would recommend it.