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The Jakob Matthias Schmutzer Portrait Drawing Book: Portrait Drawings in Pencil

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Use the fine examples of portrait drawing in this book as templates from which to study & improve your portrait drawing.

A wonderful collection of classical drawings to follow on from Bargue drawing studies. Examples of cross hatching & shading use in portrait drawing.

Hone your skills in preparation for a more difficult course such as the Julien Drawings.

Schmutzer was fond of red chalk as a medium but these illustrations have been restored to appear like pencil drawings.

Expand your style by studying these beautliful pencil drawings from this talented & unique artist.

In 1766 Schmutzer founded an engraving academy in Vienna. He trained numerous students there, including Carl Conti , Johann Jacobé , Kilian Ponheimer (father) , Johann Peter Pichler and Kilian Ponheimer (son). Schmutzer established the fame of Viennese reproduction graphics. 

Despite the age of these drawings Schmutzer's style has a retained its elegance. 

72 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 3, 2021

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