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| Henry Yan's Figure Drawing Techniques and Tips | 
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| Author: Henry Yan
Publisher: Aardvark Global Publition
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (22 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15484
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 1427610231
EAN: 9781427610232
ASIN: 1427610231
Publication Date: 2006
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Product Description
This book is focused on various techniques and styles in drawing human figures and portraits. The book has 192 pages, each page includes one or more figure/head drawings done from live models. There are about 20 step-by-step demonstrations from detailed and traditional approaches to fast and painterly styles. Along with the step-by-step demonstrations and examples, the book is filled with detailed description of methods of using charcoal pencil, vine charcoal and compressed charcoal. The text also includes opinions, tips, ways of thinking and observing. It's a book that will benefit both beginners and advanced learners.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
The book is a work of art September 12, 2008
I may need to order another copy of this wonderful book. I have been pouring over it since I got it. Read it three times over and have charcoal smudges all over it. If ever there was a book where less (text) is more this is it. The visual instruction the drawings provide is breathtaking. The reader/artist using this book will find it a refreshing resource. At the very least, the art work alone as another reviewer pointed out, is worth the price of the book.
Mr. Yan if you ever do an instructional DVD I'll be the first in line.
Fantastic book! August 21, 2008
To justify this book in an Amazon review is hardly possible. I give this book high praise because it not only shows step by step photos of Mr. Yan drawing, it also is presented in reasonable writing as well.
This book is an inspiration to artists all over. I would recommend it to anyone who has the extra monies or would like to further their knowledge of art if you do not have instructors to learn from first hand. As stated before, it doesn't show you how to build the body. It teaches you that dedicated practice is the only way to train your eye.
The photographs of Mr. Yan's work are top notch and I especially enjoy when they edit out Yan's arm, but show his hand in the process of motion.
Simply put, this book inspires me and helps me jump onto that next step in my art. It's another 5 star book for my library.
This book makes me want to draw. July 16, 2008
Great book with lots of top notch art work. With all the good reviews on this book any one can see it appeals to a lot of people.
I would love to see Henry Yan in real life doing his thing, drawing from life.
I got a big kick out of the one artist who was disappointed in all the life drawing and no drawings from imagination, I believe good fantasy and imagined art can be based on solid foundation of good life drawing and I really think Henry Yan is throwing in plenty of his own style / imagination based on what he sees and what he feels.
If I were to pick one book out of my art library that showed me how to draw from life this is the one.
Grace and beauty in the quick sketch May 3, 2008
The front cover tells it all. This is a book of sketches drawn from five- to twenty-minute poses. All the beauty of the human form (male and female), and all the power that comes from years of drawing are apparent in each sketch. The amount of written instruction is less than a how-to book, which is fine, because the sketches speak for themselves. The basics of sharpening and handling different types of charcoal are illustrated, and techniques to achieve controlled lines and shading are emphasized. One of the best aspects for me is to see what painterly results are available from using charcoal. A masterful book, and a visual treat.
Great Teacher, Great Book February 5, 2008
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Henry Yan was my professor for two semesters a couple of years ago, and watching him draw was like getting to watch the old masters at work- and then he'd turn around and tell us "that's all you have to do." My favorite part of the class was watching the demos and watching him flip through his drawing pad searching for a clean page, because we got to catch glimpses of all his other demos, which were equally amazing. I always thought that there needed to be a book about him, or by him, because I have simply never seen a better figure artist. I was always disappointed when I would find drawing books for figure drawing where the author tried to teach realism, which they were rarely good at anyways. If you want the most inspiring, amazing figure drawing book there is, you should get this book. When I heard he had made it, I ran down to the illustration office and got my copy as soon as class was over. This, and Barbara Bradley's Drawing People are pretty much the best pieces in my art instruction library (sadly I never got to take a class with Barbara, since she recently retired from teaching).
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