Painting Portraits in Acrylics A Practical Guide to Contemporary Portraiture

A fantastic, accessible and practical guide to contemporary portraiture. Learn from master artist and author Hashim Akib as he shows you how to produce striking, interesting portraits in your own style.

'One of the main concerns with portraiture for both amateur and semi-professional artists is the overemphasis on absolute realism from the outset.'

Whether you are an experienced artist or an enthusiastic beginner, this book will help build your skills through expert advice and practical tuition. Master the critical foundations of portraiture – lighting, posing, colour palette – and learn to compose your own striking contemporary portraits full of mood and atmosphere that really capture the character of your sitters and subjects.

• Artist and author Hashim Akib shows you how to develop your own style.
• Six varied step-by-step projects to follow.
• Dozens of inspirational finished pieces and hundreds of ideas to explore.

A fantastic, accessible and practical guide to contemporary portraiture. Learn from master artist and author Hashim Akib as he shows you how to produce striking, interesting portraits in your own style.

Hashim Akib's stunning portraits are at the heart of this inspirational book. The subject of portraiture is seen by many as the zenith of art, and Hash's easygoing, accessible style puts fantastic results within the reach of hobby artists and aspiring professionals alike.

Assuming nothing and starting from the basics - making it suitable even for the enthusiastic beginner – this book includes six step-by-step projects to follow; along with friendly but in-depth advice on colour palettes; skintone; composition; working from photographs and models; markmaking; lighting; atmosphere and much more.

The book covers many types of portraiture, from the self-portrait to full-length portraits, all with a distinctive, contemporary style.