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Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications |  | Author: Suzanne Brooker
Creator: Domenic Cretara
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 2564
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.1 x 1
ISBN: 082309927X
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.4542
EAN: 9780823099276
ASIN: 082309927X
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
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Product Description
The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced these venerable skills, especially in academic art circles. Fortunately for aspiring artists today who wish to learn the methods that allowed the Old Masters to achieve the luminous color and subtle tonalities so characteristic of their work, this knowledge has been preserved in hundreds of small traditional painting ateliers that persevered in the old ways in this country and throughout the world.
Coming out of this dedicated movement, Portrait Painting Atelier is an essential resource for an art community still recovering from a time when solid instruction in art technique was unavailable in our schools. Of particular value here is a demonstration of the Old Masters’ technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. This method unifies the entire painting, creating a beautiful glow that illuminates skin tones and softly blends all the color tones. Readers will also find valuable instruction in paint mediums from classic oil-based to alkyd-based, the interactive principles of composition and photograph-based composition, and the anatomy of the human face and the key relationships among its features.
Richly illustrated with the work of preeminent masters such as Millet, Géricault, and van Gogh, as well as some of today’s leading portrait artists—and featuring seven detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations—Portrait Painting Atelier is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture.
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very good book July 24, 2010
John J. Smith
THIS BOOK HAS MANY PAINTINGS, TIPS,THAT ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR ANY ARTIST THAT IS A BEGINNER AND NEEDS A LITTLE PUSH.
THE IDEAS, AND TECHNIQUES ARE VERY GOOD AND VERY VALUABLE TO PUT INTO PRACTICE. I JUST LIKE A LOT,AND I KNOW I AM GOING TO KEEP THIS BOOK FOR A LONG TIME.
 thorough yet dogmatic July 20, 2010
K. calcott
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is a carefully written book, lots of information, many examples, color reproduction seems good. my biggest complaint is that the methodology seems dogmatic and anal. hard to be spontaneous when using this technique of painting in the old masters style. in fact, it completely inhibited me and I gave up on the canvas I was working on in utter frustration while trying to follow the program.
 wonderfully informative June 26, 2010
dawn rodgers
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very nice for any painter - beginner or advanced. Step by step instructions and I love the way it explains how to mix paint colors for all complexions including shadowing. Highly reccomend.
readable and informative May 26, 2010
C. Bennett (Ireland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you expect a step by step guide to painting portraits this is not the book for you, it is much more than this. I will treasure this book as a great source of inspiration and helpful ways to improve on my own limited ability.
Not what I expected May 9, 2010
Sparky (Malibu, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This could have been a better book if only the author was as good an artist as the guest artists.
I thought the cover artist was the book artist but it is not. That being said, the information seems to be ok.
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