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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School
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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School

by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Magdalen Livesey
June 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
160 pages
6h 20m
English
Rockport Publishers
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CASTING AND POSING YOUR CHARACTERS
Norman Rockwell
Saying Grace, 1951
Cover illustration for
The Saturday Evening Post,
November 24, 1951
Oil on canvas
After composition, what determines the success or failure of an
illustration is the action and expressions of the characters. And why
not? The human figure is one of the most fascinating and rewarding
subjects any artist can tackle. Few things interest us more than the
men, women, and children we see around us. The liveliness and
energy in the vast majority of artworks by the founding artists are
directly related to their skill at ...
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ISBN: 9781631591228