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| Painting Portraits | 
 enlarge | Authors: Everett Raymond Kinstler, Susan E. Meyer
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Category: Book
Buy New: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 252733
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 082303822X
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.4542
EAN: 9780823038220
ASIN: 082303822X
Publication Date: November 1987
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Beautiful and Practical May 30, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Without doubt the best book on portrait painting (or painting in general for that matter) that I have come across.
Kinstler's lively, conversational style makes it highly readable, his paintings make it a visual feast. This book will appeal to everyone: professional artists, amateurs and curious laypersons who have never wielded a paintbrush in their lives.
Apart from the obvious step-by-step painting guides and notes on technique, this book is packed with invaluable practical information. Kinstler provides advice on topics most books of this sort barely touch on: studio layout, canvas stretching, transporting materials, painting on location, lighting, clothing etc.
In short an indispensible handbook for the working artist and a fascinating insight into the world of art for the merely curious.
THE BEST INSTRUCTION ON PORTRAITS!! April 9, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Do buy this book if you are a serious or beginning portrait painter. It is the very best available!!
An Essential Guide to Portrait Painting April 10, 2000
22 out of 26 found this review helpful
Kinstler's adroit painterly style reminds me of James Montgomery Flagg [although its been forty years since I've seen a Flagg painting}. I was surprised on rereading the book that a portrait of Flagg can be found on p. 22. Most portrait painting is characterized by a deadly formality. It is, I fear, the nature of the beast. And most portraits in the book are of famous or vainglorious people and are necessarily formal. When he is given leeway with friends such as Thom Wolfe or Katherine Hepburn, his work sizzles. Luckily, he has chosen these very portraits to illustrate his technique. Even the most gifted portrait artist has something to gain from this book.
Unquestionably the best book on portrait painting. October 31, 1999
16 out of 26 found this review helpful
This is beyond all question the best book on portrait painting ever produced.
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