Portraits in Art

'A vital book' JUNO ROCHE'Beautifully illustrated and fascinating' MEG-JOHN BARKER'Fun and fact-filled' SUSAN STRYKERThis inspiring collection of i...

An easy introduction to the enjoyable art of watercolor sketching!A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting is the perfect book for anyone who want...

This richly illustrated publication explores the lasting influence of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy on British art and culture Marking the return of Gain...

Miniatures are not simply small paintings: special techniques are used to achieve their unique glow and luminosity. This book explains how to pain...

Sandra Hochman seemingly knew everyone, and throughout her life, she captured those friends' likenesses in one-of-a-kind watercolors that now adorn...

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLOË ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of ar...

Struggling artist Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming... Literally! One minute she's celebrating placing as a finalist in a prestigious por...

With Art Makers: Empowered Embroidery, learn to sketch and stitch strong, recognizable women from all walks of life.Featuring sketching and illustr...

In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Róisín Curé shows how to make your figures more ...

The brand new romcom from a New York Times bestseller, perfect for fans of Emily Henry's BOOK LOVERS, THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE UNHONEYMOO...

Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer and broadcaster James Hall’s lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including...

Portraits of Queen Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) were highly visible in eighteenth-century France. Appearing in royal châteaux and, after 1737, in ...

The volume presents a wide-ranging investigation of the ways in which Petrarch’s legacy informed the relationship between visual and literary portr...

'What happens when Black artists depict Black figures? What art does this produce, and what worlds of possibility does this reveal?' - Ekow Eshun ...

Feel the fear and draw faces anyway! Many beginner artists feel intimidated by drawing portraits - getting faces and anatomy in proportion can seem...

Italian court culture of the fifteenth century was a golden age, gleaming with dazzling princes, splendid surfaces, and luminous images that separa...

Presents a new multidisciplinary perspective on portraiture in the era of post-digital media Extends the domain of portraiture to include not ju...

Learn to draw perfect portraits with this primer from Fernanda Soares de Carvalho, the artist behind @creativenanda. Fernanda is a self-taught arti...