Bestselling artist and author Hazel Soan explains how to create beautiful and engaging paintings of both strangers and your loved ones, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations throughout. Master in capturing their energy and see beyond their likeness through angles, movement, tone and detail. This is the definite guide to painting people and portraits, ideal for all painters, new or experienced.

Master painting lively figures and private portraits, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations. Bestselling artist and author Hazel Soan explains how to create beautiful and engaging paintings of strangers and loved ones, with handy hints and work-in-progress paintings throughout. Learn how to overcome shyness or anxiety about painting people in private and in public. Capture their energy and see beyond their likeness through angles, movement, tone and detail. Understand how to make them comfortable with poses, a timeframe and support. Learn about clothing, proportion, measuring and scene-setting. This is the only book you need for painting people and portraits. This extensive guide is ideal for all painters, new or experienced.

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Hazel Soan is a popular and successful artist who divides her time between London and Cape Town, exhibiting her work widely. She has her own gallery in Fulham, London. She is author of several bestselling books and a range of successful DVDs. She was one of the art experts in the popular Channel 4 TV series Watercolour Challenge. The very successful**Learn Watercolour Quickly, Essence of Watercolour* and* Watercolour Rainbow are also by Hazel Soan.