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Meet modern portraiture head-on with this step-by-step beginner's guide to creating stylized portrait, written by the industry's leading character designers.
About the author
Steve Forster was born in Boston, MA, and grew up in central Florida. He received his MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and also attended the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, where he met his wife, Rebecca. Since 2014 Steve and Rebecca have been Co-Directors of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art (LIAFA) in Glen Cove, NY. He currently teaches painting at LIAFA and previously also taught painting at NYAA for almost 15 years. He blends digital painting and a love of traditional media to create unique contemporary portrait stories. His paintings are regularly exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Steve and Rebecca have three kids - Elijah, Evie, and William.
Summary
Meet modern portraiture head-on with this step-by-step beginner’s guide to creating stylized portrait, written by the industry’s leading character designers.
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