An exploration of painting through 2000 years of art history, focusing on self-portraits by such artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gorky, and Picasso.
"Art educator Peggy Flores shows how to make a self-portrait from a mirror image with correct placement of facial features. She also shows using a digital camera to take a self-portrait, converting the picture to a line drawing, adding contours, then coloring it with various media.".
This book, Lifelike heads, introduces fundamentals of drawing human heads to new artists -- particularly those with real interest in skill development. Included is an emphasis on helping students find their "inner" artist.
Contains basic principles for painting a variety of skin tones in several media including oil, pastel, and watercolor; how to recognize and use the five major elements of painting; and advice on shooting and choosing photographs to paint.
Reproduces more than two hundred Van Gogh portraits in color, and discusses the major aspects and periods of his life, including his Dutch roots, the early years, Paris, Arles, and St.-Remy and Auvers.
