Learn to Paint People Quickly: A practical, step-by-step guide to learning to paint people in watercolour and oils (Learn Quickly) Kindle Edition

HAZEL SOAN IS BEYOND OF ALL QUESTION!

Excellent book

Its not so much a tutorial in the normal teaching sense but provides a general discussion using Hazels own painting and sketches as examples of what can be achieved if you learn the basics of human anatomy and explore the use of quick strokes of paint to provides the basic shape or outline of a human form without using fine detail of facial features and the like.You learn by the examples to provide the basis for the observers imagination to complete the picture a bit like an impressionist type of approach.I found it truly inspirational and it prompted me to start brush sketching random figures in oils in a wide variety of poses and attitudes which I have not done for as long as I can remember. Providing you have knowledge of the basic human body proportions it only takes a little while to settle into the methods demonstrated and you start to improve very quickly with your appreciation of the loose and free format used.Well worth the moderate cost involved.

I am an enthusiastic canvas torturer rather than an artist, but even so, I gained such an enormous amount of valuable tuition and information from this very easy to read book. I now have a good idea of what I need to understand, pay attention to, and where to start.The explanations and tips are accompanied by some awesome examples and closeup views of the author's paintings to demonstrate various points.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. There is nothing unnecessary in the book and it doesn't assume that anyone is an idiot. There is only clear easy to learn from information and a strong encouragement to start making paintings come alive by adding people.I'm genuinely grateful that I stumbled upon this gem!

This book is more a showcase of the author’s works and does not give enough insight on the technique. More info would be more helpful for beginners

This is not a book with instructions on how to paint people, more like a book showcasing the author's art. Definitely not a book for beginners. I returned my copy.

This is an inspirational book for dipping into when feeling creative. I did read other reviewers comments before deciding to buy but felt it was pricey so hesitated. Then the book was on offer so I bought it. This book is not a step-by-step manual though there are a couple of demonstrations included. I decided to keep the book because I feel it would be down to me to apply imagination from the illustrations offered by the author.