People

Learn to Paint People is a new ebook title in HarperCollins’ successful Learn to Paint series.

Including people in paintings literally brings them to life. In Learn to Paint People Sharon Finmark looks at all the essential aspects of painting people in their environment, using watercolour, acrylics, gouache and pastels. Several step-by-step demonstrations are included, featuring people at rest, in motion, in indoor settings and outside.

Learn to Paint People features:
• guidelines on choosing painting materials
• clear, practical advice on painting techniques
• a wide range of subjects, including single figures, groups of people, people in indoor settings and people outdoors
• stage-by-stage demonstration paintings

About the author

Sharon Finmark is an experienced teacher of painting at West Dean College and also runs private workshops in her own studio. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Academy Business Art Gallery. She has written several articles for The Artist and is the author of Learn to Paint Gardens in Watercolour, also published by HarperCollins.