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The Jakob Matthias Schmutzer Portrait Drawing Book: Portrait Drawings in Pencil
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.
70 pages, Paperback
Published April 4, 2021
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