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- Ilex Press
Draw in 15 Minutes, Prose: non-fiction, Painting & art manuals
You can draw portraits easily and Jake Spicer shows you how in only 15 minutes.
By the time you finish this book, you'll have all the skills you need to achieve a striking likeness in a drawn portrait. From understanding and constructing the head and shaping the hair, to checking the relationships of the features and achieving a lifelike expression, every aspect of the portrait process is examined, along with advice on what materials to use and how to find a model.
Learn to draw facial features
Understand the angles of the head
Develop textures for the skin
Experiment with light and tone
Jake Spicer
Jake Spicer is a passionate advocate of drawing as a tool for social change, communication & investigation and promotes wider visual literacy through his works as an artist, author & tutor. He lives in North Wales and works as head tutor of the independent drawing school Draw Brighton, Co-Director of the Drawing Circus and as a visiting tutor at galleries & institutions across the UK, including the National Portrait Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, V&A and Brighton University.
www.jakespicerart.co.uk
@jakespicerart
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