People Painting Scrapbook [Hardcover]

Everett J. Draper (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; First edition. edition (October 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891342524
• ISBN-13: 978-0891342526
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring life to your paintings!, February 23, 2002

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3bells (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Painting Scrapbook (Hardcover)

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In this fascinating book, Everett Draper shows you how to quickly and accurately sketch the actions of people. You learn how to size a figure and paint shadows so that the figure looks three dimensional. Using basic anatomy, he teaches you to capture someone's gesture with just a few loose pencil strokes, creating them in correct proportion and believable actions.

A figure in your painting draws attention like a magnet. The author explains how to use that fact to draw the viewer into the painting. It's important to recognize this so that you don't end up with conflicting focal points! Using the visual power of a figure effectively means paying attention to things like fitting it not only into the best place, but also into the mood and technique of the work. Draper explains and illustrates how this can be done.

The book is filled with a library of colorful examples -- running, walking, laughing, active, energetic or peaceful-- giving you a huge source of figures to adapt to your own paintings, as well as the knowledge you need to create your own.

I haven't painted for years and have sold most of my library, but it's hard to part with this one. I still enjoy just looking through it!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book there is on people and gesture drawing., August 10, 1997

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This review is from: People Painting Scrapbook (Hardcover)

I've had the book for several years and am about to buy another because I've worn it out

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and fun tutorial on figures in your landscapes, May 21, 2010

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This review is from: People Painting Scrapbook (Hardcover)

This has to be the best book on painting figures in landscapes I have seen. Lots of fun examples to copy yet a firm foundation in proportions and balance which make your figures believable.

A classic.