Portraits and Figures in Watercolor

by Charles Reid

Book Overview

A beautiful, full-color guide to a better understanding of portrait and figure painting -- the materials, techniques for success and the special problems involved in painting people. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823040968
• ISBN13: 9780823040964
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A Must Have ...

This book is for anyone who wants to get a basic understanding of watercolor portrait/figure painting. Read yourself through this book and you will have a much better understanding of figure painting! Try these techniques on your own drawings.

I learned to paint figures/portraits

I have several Charles Reid books, as I really like his style of painting. This is the first book of his I purchased and I was able to teach myself to paint figures and portraits with this book, although my style is not the same. Mr. Reid teaches you step by step with very clear illustrations how to paint and the colors to use to mix flesh tones. The lessons start out in black and white and then move to lessons in color. There are some very nice examples of his work also. There are 80 pages - not as long as some of his other books.