Woodburning Realistic People: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Perfect Portraits of People (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn How to Turn a Photo of a Loved One into a Beautiful Pyrography Pattern
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Turning a cherished photograph into a realistic pyrography pattern is easier than you think! Inside Woodburning Realistic People : Learn to create realistic portraits in wood, starting with your family photos, and creating wooden works of art that resemble old sepia-colored photographs Expert tips & shading techniques that author Jo Schwartz has developed over years of woodburning Step-by-step instructions and photographs Learn how to render the human face in detail and beauty, with expressive eyes, ears, nose, lips, and hair for every age and ethnicity Discover the art of portrait burning, and start creating perfect likenesses of your favorite people in wood! Pyrography artist Jo Schwartz reveals her dazzling techniques for turning photographs into custom portraits. She shows how to create beautiful images that resemble old, sepia-colored photos, using smooth shading methods that she has developed over years of burning. You will learn how to make a custom woodburning pattern from any picture and transfer it onto wood. Jo shows how to render the human face with detail and beauty, with expert tips for burning lifelike skin tones and facial features. She offers easy-to-follow instructions for creating expressive eyes, noses, mouths, ears, skin, and hair for every age and ethnicity. Practice what you have learned with a step-by-step, illustrated project. Review: Amazingly good book, packed with fine information, very quick service, great experience! - What a delightful surprise! I thought the book would provide clear instructions as how to "burn" realistic-looking people BUT this book by Jo Schwartz goes WAY beyond what I expected --its essentially a complete course lucid, incremental, and very, very easy to follow (and to subsequently practice on scrap wood) how to take a photograph and turn it into a gorgeous piece of well "burned" art. Furthermore, Ms. Schwartz is very clear about what kind of equipment and supplies to buy, and gives ample instructions on how to proceed from start to finish. This book is definitely a "keeper", well worth its price, and one that can readily service beginners and experienced artists alike. GREAT PRODUCT. Review: Good book - This is a good book for beginning carvers with a lot of solid information. I liked that it goes through how to alter pictures and make them ready for transfer. It discusses multiple computer programs so it covers almost anyone with a computer including free programs (GIMP) available on line. I learned a lot from it and keep it available as a reference source.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 292 Reviews |
K**Y
Amazingly good book, packed with fine information, very quick service, great experience!
What a delightful surprise! I thought the book would provide clear instructions as how to "burn" realistic-looking people BUT this book by Jo Schwartz goes WAY beyond what I expected --its essentially a complete course lucid, incremental, and very, very easy to follow (and to subsequently practice on scrap wood) how to take a photograph and turn it into a gorgeous piece of well "burned" art. Furthermore, Ms. Schwartz is very clear about what kind of equipment and supplies to buy, and gives ample instructions on how to proceed from start to finish. This book is definitely a "keeper", well worth its price, and one that can readily service beginners and experienced artists alike. GREAT PRODUCT.
M**R
Good book
This is a good book for beginning carvers with a lot of solid information. I liked that it goes through how to alter pictures and make them ready for transfer. It discusses multiple computer programs so it covers almost anyone with a computer including free programs (GIMP) available on line. I learned a lot from it and keep it available as a reference source.
R**S
great book
This seems to be the best book to learn portrait pyrography with.
H**O
Best book on the subject.
This book tackles what is to me perhaps the most difficult aspect of woodburning. I've tried other articles and books on the subject but never with the success provided by Ms Schwartz's methodology
K**Y
Very good guide
This one of the best books on the art of burning realistic images.
M**E
Great Book!
I cannot do much with it because I lack artistic talent, but if you have any, you will be very glad you bought it!
G**H
love it
It was everything expected. Excellent book for ideas and techniques. It gave me what I needed to improve my work on portraits
J**N
Pirografía para Fotos
Para los interesados en hacer retratos de personas. Intermedio y avanzados. La complejidad de las texturas se obtiene con mucha experiencia y mucho tiempo en sus manos. La práctica hace al maestro.
T**Y
Great book
Really good book, I'm fairly new to woodburning and have attempted portraits on wood before which turned out okay as I'm an artist who loves sketching people. This book though has opened my eyes to techniques and guidelines that will really help and well worth the money.
D**Y
Very helpfull book
this book is a must for anyone wanting to do portrates in pyrography. very detail instrutions and pictures with very step
D**O
otimo
é um livro espetacular, e vai aumentar os meu conhecimentos na pirografia sobretudo no realismo onde é meu principal objetivo
K**R
Wonderful step by step instruction for burning portraits
Detailed step by step instruction with lots of photos.
Y**.
Erwartung erfüllt
Ich bin durch Zufall auf dieses Buch gestoßen als ich nach „Anleitungsbüchern“ für Brandmalerei gesucht habe. Im englischsprachigen Bereich bin ich fündig geworden. Ich finde es ist einfügt strukturiertes, verständliches Buch was zum nacharbeiten bzw. ausprobieren einlädt. Ich habe den Kauf nicht bereut.
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