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He makes it look so simple and easy!\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are several step by step examples to guide you, from initial planning though the sculptural painting process, lots of hints and tips, and insights into making portrait painting loose but exciting. From lighting and expressions to mark making, Hashim explains in detail his method and the materials used.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The biggest setback to a beginner or the casual hobby artist, is the confidence required to use the paint so freely, and have the observation skills required to get the best results, hopefully this book will inspire you to take the large leap of faith and try it. So if you are a beginner looking for different ways in which to tackle the complex area of portraiture or somebody more advanced wanting to experiment with or change to a more colourful and loose approach, I would urge everyone to get this book, have a go and try emulating this style.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michelle Tilston Fletcher * Customer review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that's full of life and of a love of people as well as painting. Hashim will show you how to capture not just the appearance of your subject, but also their character.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is an dynamic author who's not only enthusiastic about his subject, but excellent at conveying that and explaining his methods.\u003c\/p\u003e * The SAA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFACE FACTS Learn the basics of portraiture and how to unleash your own painting techniques with this guide by artist Hashim Akib\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRather than taking a formal learning approach in his book, artist and author Hashim Akib explains useful portrait painting concepts while also encouraging you to explore your own style.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt opens with an introduction to tools and materials, before setting aside chapters to compositional exercises, colour theory and detailed painting tutorials. So far, so familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut this book’s selling point is that it knows it’s a jumping-off point for further experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHobbyists will benefit from the advice on paint application and colour mixing, while experienced artists will appreciate the technical know-how on display in the step-by-step guides. The final chapters show you how to push what you’ve learnt even further with lessons on texture, profiles and unusual expressions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Hashim says in his introduction, photography has had a huge impact on portraiture. With this in mind, his guide is a valuable exploration of how contemporary portraiture can still be relevant today, and what you need to consider if you want to create engaging paintings with personality.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWorking from one reference photo, Hashim Akib explains how he paints skin tones and uses just a few extra brush marks to describe the face.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor this portrait piece, Hashim uses earthy and dark neutrals, which frame the warmer colours.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Chris Allcock * Imagine Fx *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most exciting book I've ever seen about portrait painting. Hashim's paintings are dynamic and full of life. They're about as are removed from the often stuffy canvases you see on the walls of institutions as it's possible to get. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMost books on portraiture concentrate on technique and getting a likeness. Frankly, if you want that, you should probably stick to photography. What painting can do is express character and provide an inner vision that gives a sense of presence, and that's here in profusion. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI wouldn't want you to think there's nothing here about technique-there's plenty of it, but it's bound up with actual paintings that show how things work in practice, rather than theory. There is, for example, a very handy section on facial features- eyes, noses and mouths. Hashim still manages to tell you more about the differences between men and women and racial types than you'll find in many other books.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSo, you see, this is a book that teaches by example-and what examples! Every kind of face is here and there are quite a few different styles of painting too, including some startling uses of colour. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt's that kind of book. I've often spoken about the ones which will have you itching to get out your brushes and this is another example of them. Even if you've never painted a portrait in your life, you can't help feeling your feet starting to tap and wanting to get up and dance with Hashim.\u003c\/p\u003e * Paint Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Exciting” isn’t normally a word I’d associated with portraiture. “Thorough”, “lifelike”, maybe even “vibrant”, but it’s not normally a subject to get the pulses racing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis, though, is astounding. Hashim’s style is quite blocky and, if you were looking for almost photographic realism, this is not for you. You actually have to look at the finished results for a few seconds before the features of the faces emerge. When they do, however, they’re full of character and these are people whose presence you can feel. This is something that all portrait painters strive for, but it’s one of the most difficult qualities to achieve. If personality is your goal, place your order now.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI think it also helps that Hashim appears simply to like people. I don’t think it would be possible to get results like this if you simply regarded your subjects as a job. There’s a warmth here, and an understanding of the life and light behind mere structure and outward appearance. This isn’t really something that can be taught, so I’d suggest you might simply want to learn from example here – don’t expect a magic ingredient.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn practical terms, the book offers all the variety you could want. There are male and female figures, different hair styles and skin colours and a wide range of ages. Hashim explains colour, lighting and perspective and he’s also rather good on the main features – eyes, noses, ears, etc. Here, his style is your friend as its vibrancy makes what is inevitably a rather technical section interesting and – well – exciting.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Henry Malt * Art Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike most painters, I find painting portraits challenging. I found this book very interesting because for me it has a new approach. Treating the face like blocks. Akib tells us to beware of realism. This book enables you to master the essentials and capture the atmosphere, the character. It's worth looking at no matter what your skill, for the treatment is quite different. Plenty of examples, male, female, young, old. Follow the 6 varied step-by-step projects. Faces, features and even full length portraits are covered. I particularly like the unusual expressions pages and the way they were presented. 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Her compositions are given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. 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In order to tackle the discipline of botanical illustration, you need to be competent and confident with your style and your materials. Informative, practical and rewarding, this meets a long-felt need.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Artist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a beautifully presented book, lovely to look at, but even better than that every page is full of clearly written, simple to understand information and techniques about the subject. It covers everything from the choice and use of materials to a range of drawing and painting skills which cover every technique one would need to paint any type of plant or flower. The techniques for handling watercolour, the flow etc would be useful for anyone learning to use this medium in any form, not just botanical paintings. I found the section on colour mixing particularly good and very comprehensive, especially the mixing blacks chapter. It is one of the few books which actually acknowledges that mistakes happen, even to the best, and explains various methods of correction, and also that it takes practice to achieve these type of results. I wish it had been available when I started with botanical illustration several years ago, I think life would have been a bit easier, in short its a fabulous book, extremely informative and beautiful to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e * Anne Chalkley *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and comprehensive book for both beginners in botanic art and for the more experienced artist. There is something here for everyone.\u003cbr\u003e Billy Showell has produced beautifully illustrated examples throughout the book accompanied by explicit text with highlighted tips and hints. The introductory chapters allow the novice artist to identify the materials needed and to use them as a course in developing botanical painting skills. The chapter on troubleshooting is helpful too and especially for the beginner. The more experienced artist will find it an essential reference book for observation techniques and ideas on composition. Colour mixing is explained in detail and forms the largest section of the book and could be produced as a separate book in its own right. Techniques with identified examples for painting detail, texture and patterns are included and ideas on multiple flowerheads as well as methods for painting from photographs.\u003cbr\u003e The glossary is useful and the index logical so that specific topics are easy to find.\u003cbr\u003e The principles and practices described and illustrated could be applied at any level to all water colour artists\u003cbr\u003e This is an essential book on any artists bookshelf!\u003c\/p\u003e * Mary-Christine Levett *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning and beautiful book – I love it!\u003cbr\u003e Yet another stunning addition to my Billy Showell collection and an absolute must for anyone with a desire to master botanical paining. Highly recommended and well worth the money.  I was so excited to receive this book and I have certainly not been disappointed. This is a beautifully presented book with stunning art work.  Every single page offers hints, tips and techniques with an amazing level of detail.  Whilst it shows some more advanced techniques, beginners should not be put off and the help and ideas offered is exemplary.  I can’t wait to try out some of the new ideas offered such as using lifting preparation and I absolutely love the colour mixing charts.\u003c\/p\u003e * Hazel Walters *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover many step-by-step studies in this wonderful book, illustrated throughout and learn how to paint the plants you love - there is a wide range of flowers, foliage, fruits and combinations of flowers. The Contents include Getting Started, Working From Life, Observation, Drawing, Using a Brush, Painting Techniques, Troubleshooting, Painting Detail, Adding Pattern, Creating Texture, Painting Multi-Headed Flowers, Painting From Enlarged Photographs, Colour and Colour Mixing, Composition and Stretching and Finishing. It provides tips and techniques throughout such as how to keep stems fresh when painting from life. This book is like a how-to of all the things you have ever wanted to paint - how to remove a bloom for instance or how to create a prickly surface or which brush to use. The medley of daffodils is fabulous and the purple and blacks are sumptuously captured. A great guide for all who love botanical painting.\u003c\/p\u003e * Karen Platt -yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExquisitely presented and beautifully painted, if you ever wanted something to encourage you to start botanical painting, this would be it.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor such a specialist, technical subject there’s a surprising number of books on botanical art. I’m not talking about flower painting in general – there are even more of those! – but ones that specifically identify themselves as belonging to the genus of scientific representation. We could quibble over how many are actually that deeply technical. In its pure form, botanical illustration is used to aid identification and has very specific requirements. For a start, you don’t paint a single example, but rather include specific characteristics that a worker in the field would look for. This may then be used to identify an existing species in an unknown location, or maybe a new one altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI’ve always divided botanical art into three genres. We start with flower painting, where the purpose is to produce something that looks like what it’s meant to represent without necessarily getting every petal perfect, and where the flower itself may not be the main subject. Then there’s the flower portrait (Billy Showell’s previous speciality), where detail becomes more important and the subject may be a single stem. Finally, there’s botanical illustration, which we dealt with above.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book adds, I think, a new dimension: botanical art that goes into considerable detail, but isn’t obsessed with total scientific accuracy and can be a record of the single example you have in front of you. As such, it’s ideally suited to the artist who isn’t a scientist but nevertheless enjoys at least some of the perfectionism that goes with full-on illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book is a joy to handle and very thoroughly illustrated, going into plenty of detail regarding the stages of completing a painting. This includes not only step-by-steps, but also examples and technical exercises that deal with things like water droplets – which are well outside scientific work. 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