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A PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR: A LITTLE BOOK OF PORTRAITS
BEYOND THE CANVAS |
| By: |
Tai-Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Kate Bryan |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£15.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849495769 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849495769 |
| Publisher: |
QUADRILLE PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 November, 2014 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery A Little Book of Portraits is the tie-in to the successful Sky Arts series Portrait Artist of the Year. Featuring authoritative text from acclaimed judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan, this book reveals the skills and techniques to create timeless portraiture. |
| Synopsis: |
Inspired to paint or enthralled by the world of portraiture? A Little Book of Portraits: Beyond the Canvas accompanies the celebrated Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year series and includes sixty-four of the finest portraits painted during the competition with illuminating commentary from the three series judges: Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. The paintings featured in this book, include portraits of famous sitters, such as Juliet Stevenson and John Humphrys, self-portraits of the artists themselves and commissioned paintings of Hilary Mantel and Sophie Dahl. The judges approach each painting from a different angle and with a unique voice, reflecting their differing specialities within the art world. Between them they uncover the approach, style and effectiveness of each portrait whilst discussing the techniques critical to the success of the painter's brushwork, likeness and perspective. With a wide range of different mediums from oil to charcoal or even soil, the book takes us behind the finished portrait and into the myriad of processes that creates one great work of art.A Little Book of Portraits reveals the skills behind the artist's brush that makes timeless and inventive portraiture. |
| Illustrations: |
over 64 full-colour photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Quadrille Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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