Portrait Revolution: Inspiration from Around the World For Creating Art in Multiple Mediums and Styles
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (951 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HL1DWL4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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With tips, insights, and recommendations from accomplished portrait artists from around the globe, this all-in-one inspiration resource provides everything you’ll need to kick-start your own portrait-making adventure.. demonstrate the limitless possibilities available to aspiring artists or even to professional artists who are looking to expand creatively.Along with works in almost every conceivable medium, Portrait Revolution shines a spotlight on different portrait-making techniques and styles (featuring everything from realism to abstraction). Based on the popular international collaborative art project, Julia Kay's Portrait Party, this book features hundreds of portraits in multiple mediums and styles teamed with tips and insights on the artistic process. The human face is one of the most important subjects for artists, no matter their chosen medium. By presenting portraits in pencil, pen, charcoal, oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels
. She began Julia Kay’s Portrait Party in 2010 and it has since grown to over one thousand members in more than fifty-five countries. Visit the group’s website at studiojuliakay/jkpp. KAY is a painter, printmaker, photographer, muralist, and digital artist born and raised in New York City. Kay now lives in San Francisco, where she’s had the opportunity to compl
Readers will not find any step-by-step exercises here. Examples are accompanied by artists' comments about their choices and are grouped in chapters by media, style, or theme, with additional sections on featured artists and general insights about portraiture. Instead, the book is comprised almost entirely of hundreds of examples from the portrait party group's vigorous creativity over five years. VERDICT Unconventional in its approach and organization, this volume will capture the imagination of readers of all skill levels."--Library Journal, Starred Review . "Artist Kay's book vibrantly showcases the work practices of an ever-expanding international community of artists. She launched a "portrait party," via social media, where artists take turns sitting for each other's portraits
"An Inspirational Slice of Cake from the Portrait Party" according to JK. I can recommend Portrait Revolution without reservation to anyone with a penchant for the visual arts in general and portraiture in particular. The book is a collection of selected pieces which were created as part of Julia Kay's Portrait Party, an online project of over 1000 artists which began in 2010 and is ongoing. It's not exactly a how-to book, but with anecdotes and reflections on the creative process from the artists themselves, it's more than. Bravo! William D. Rogers Excellence has marked every stage of the Julia Kay Portrait Party experience. Why should the release of this community's first book be any exception? I knew it would be a great testament to the hard work and good will of it's creators all over the planet, but the level of care put into making this and making it right has surpassed even reasonable expectations. Another Bravo for Julia Kay and the community she has inspired and gathered together from ar. Barb said Variety is the spice of life. This is a book show casing the work of the online group, Julia Kay's Portrait Party, where artists from all over the world draw and paint portraits of each other. Diversity sums up this book. Diversity of artist's, mediums, and techniques. You will find portraits in pencil, charcoal, oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastel, mosaic, digital, and other mediums. There is also a section by the artists on their thoughts about creating art and commentary by the