You can paint realistic skin tones that glow with life!Learning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside youll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media; including watercolor; oil and pastel.Youll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing; value; color; composition and edges); then learn how light and color influence the appearance of skin tones. Artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understand--immediately improving the quality of your work. Youll discover how to:Paint the four major skin color groups (Caucasian; African American; Asian and Hispanic)Refine these colors into dozens of possible variations within each groupSelect your palette and mix hues for clean; beautiful colorsDetermine the color and temperature of light that falls on your subjectPaint direct and indirect sunlight; artificial light and highlights of lightMaster the four elements that determine color in shadowUse photographic references when you cant paint directly from lifeYoull also find seven step-by-step demonstrations and an appendix of sample color charts for each major skin type under a range of lighting variations. Its all you need to bring your portraits to life!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Sax created one "mean machine"By CatoOne devil of a fine book. Adolph Sax created a "mean machine" when he created the saxophone. Ive played clarinet for about six decades; and in high school and college I played tenor sax in dance bands. Last summer I decided to buy a soprano sax and found it to be a mean monster. despite its smaller size. Working hard for months I was beginning to be discouraged by my inability to get a good tone. The alto and tenors were no problem. Fascinated by this instrument I read Mike Segells THE DEVILS HORN. I learned that when John Coltrane decided to play soprano sax after becoming one of the premier jazz sax musicians. it took him two years to get the tone he wanted. No longer discouraged. Ill try as long as it takes me. THE DEVILS HORN contains many storys of the saxophone greats and gives many tips from the pros. Even if you are not a musician or even a saxophone player. you will enjoy this story.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good read and nice history of the SaxophoneBy Susan MyersIve read and re-read this book at least three times. Partially because my memory sucks but mostly because it is filled with so much information It is worth re-reading. Michael does a really nice job of gathering a ton of information and anecdotal information from credible sources. Because some of it is anecdotal a few reviewers questioned the accuracy of the information. My take is that in those cases documented historical information is not and never will be available. Michael cited conclusions from his sources and is up front about the lack of documented evidence. Dont let my comments on the "history" piece of this book turn you off. Michael makes it an easy read and mixes it up with stories and opinions from legends of the music/saxophone family.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I bought this book after reading a library copy. ...By C. S. HuddleI bought this book after reading a library copy. The library copy awoke me to the fact I should have been playing a saxophone. So I started playing - at age 58. How many books are that inspiring?
