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| Portraits from Life in 29 Steps | 
 enlarge | Author: John Sanden
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 75414
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1581805829
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.4542
EAN: 9781581805826
ASIN: 1581805829
Publication Date: February 15, 2004
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Product Description
Portraits from Life in 29 Steps presents an elegant, simple and direct procedure for painting a convincing portrait in 29 logical steps. John Howard Sanden has developed this method in more than three decades of painting, demonstrating and teaching. At the heart of this book are two complete portrait-painting demonstrations; each of the 29 steps is descriptively titled, explained and illustrated to show the clear progression of the portrait. Sanden uses an exciting and appealing premier coup approach to painting, where the artist attempts to execute a finished painting from the very first stroke.
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 A real help February 15, 2008
John Howard Sanden is one of the "Greats" in the portrait field.
In "Portraits from Life" he breaks the painting of a portrait down into 29 easily understood steps.
Great help for the developing painter.
Portraits from Life in 29 Steps by John Howard Sanden, Elizabeth Sanden February 15, 2008
This is an excellent book!! It offers good instruction for artists.
Portrait art is very challenging and this author is definitely an expert in his field. I recommend this book very highly.
Just what I wanted December 31, 2007
I vowed not to buy any more art books until I read a review of this one. I haven't tried painting after I've read it but am fascinated by the information and recommendations in it. Can't wait to begin!
 misleading title September 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a portrait artist, I was hoping to glean some new tips/tricks from this book. What Sanden illustrates in the "29 steps" is nothing more than a quick (completed in one hour) color study of his subjects. He admits in the text toward the end that the portraits featured in the book actually took many days to paint. Really, what a surprise! While it was interesting to see how he prepares his canvas and blocks in his subject, Sanden does not spend any time on the techniques he uses to give his portraits their "finish," which is what most portrait artists are seeking to improve upon. What he does focus on are his own brand of paints that he pushes throughout the pages.
Don't be fooled by the portrait on the cover. If you want to end up with a finished painting that looks like that, you will NOT learn how to do it in this book. If you are a beginning painter, and need to learn basic underpainting, or how to block in a subject, then this book might hold some interest.
 What can I say..It Sanden! June 12, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is so good for portrait artist's. Even advanced artist's will find this book helpfull. It's a great way to start, and he is well established in the Art world. it is worth it.
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