Portraying Children - Expressions, Proportions, Drawing and Painting Techniques

A book devoted specifically to portraying children while acquiring a good command of a wealth of painting and illustration techniques and styles.

List of contents

Introduction | Children's proportions. Children in fashion | How to draw children | Life drawing. Gestural drawing. Drawing from memory | Drawing from pictures and videos. Methods and techniques. Tracing. Copying. Videos. | Studying lines/marks. Blind and modelled drawing. Blindcontour drawing. Modelled drawing and force lines. | Graphic and pictorial techniques. Chiaroscuro and colour. Three dimensionality. Painting techniques. Experimentation. | The masters, inspiration and imagination. Research and imagination. | Exercises. | Now what do I do? The sketchbook to never travel alone.

About the author

Daniela Brambilla studied Architecture and Art Criticism and from 1986 has coordinated the department of Illustration and Animation at the reputed Instituto Europeo di Design of Milan, where she teaches Human Figure Design and Pictorial Techniques.

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Brambilla
• Publisher: Hoakibooks S.L.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 290 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 858 g
• Illustrations: 230 Illustrations
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Painting, drawing, colour; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries