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Author:   Helen Q Huang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781138891968

ISBN 10:   1138891967
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   05 March 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents Introduction: The act of drawing is the act of design Part 1: Creating the Sketch Proportion of the figure Gesture Sketches Core Masses of the Figure The Head and Face Arms and legs Hand and foot Feet and shoes The Costume Sketch: Step-by-Step Finding the Pose for the character The Expression of Pencil Strokes Part 2: Watercolor Techniques Tools: Paint Brushes Paper Techniques: Painting Skin Flat Wash Wet-on-Wet Dry Brush Painting Wool Painting Black Costumes Painting White Costumes Painting Patterns Watercolor Techniques in Practice Part 3: Putting Skills into Practice Doodling Gestural Poses Grouping Incorporating Research Color Concepts Part 4: Costume Sketch Gallery

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Helen Q. Huang 黄其智has designed costumes for theaters throughout the United States and abroad. The recipient of both the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Costume Design and the Ivey Awards, she is also a professor of the MFA Costume Design Program in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Helen’s design work has been exhibited as part of “Costume at the Turn of the Century” at the A.A. Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow; in the exhibition “Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance” at the New York Public Library and Lincoln Center; and the Prague Quadrennial. She has designed internationally for the China National Opera House, and China Central Television. Nationally she has designed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Guthrie Theater, George Street Playhouse, The Classic Stage Company New York, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Syracuse Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Playmakers Repertory Theatre, The Arden Theatre, Disney Creative Entertainment, and Boston Lyric Opera. Her designs in the Washington, D.C. region have included work for The Washington Ballet, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Folger Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Olney Theatre.

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