<div>This new edition of a revered guide to the technical aspects of painting marks the 40th anniversary of its original publication. Fully revised by author Jack Faragasso, the highly sought-after but long-unavailable book features improved imagery, materials, and edits, including a new chapter on working in natural sunlight. The revisions are guided by extensive notes by Faragasso, an expert in the Frank J. Reilly method of understanding how color works in various realistic lighting conditions and how to make paint replicate those visual impressions.&nbsp; A former Director of the Reilly School of Art and an instructor at the Art Students League, Faragasso offers a full treatment of the Reilly techniques in clear, coherent terms. His exposition of the principles of painting and color applies to all subject matter -- including portraits, figures, and still life -- and under any lighting conditions. Anyone wishing to paint effectively in a traditional manner will benefit from this volume, including serious beginners, intermediate to advanced students, and teachers of art and painting.</div>

The Student's Guide to Painting: Revised and Expanded Edition (Dover Art Instruction)

Arts & Photography

Faragasso, Jack

Study & Teaching

Dover Publications

"This book is for all of those who love to draw the human form. It is for those who have never drawn a line, for those who are students who can draw to a certain degree, and for those professional artists who are proficient in drawing. It is also, of course, for those who teach drawing." Thus begins the Introduction to this comprehensive handbook for drawing the human figure. Author Jack Faragasso — an internationally renowned art instructor, fine artist, and illustrator — taught at the Art Students League of New York for five decades. He is also the foremost instructor in the highly regarded Reilly system of drawing and painting, developed by Frank J. Reilly. Both a guide and a reference, Mastering Drawing the Human Figure features hundreds of illustrations with commentary that cover the basic structure of the head and body, light and shade, the proper use of line, conveying action, depicting drapery, and much more.

Mastering Drawing the Human Figure: From Life, Memory and Imagination (Dover Art Instruction)

This book was written to foster the creative spirit of the artist and to aid in the development and the continuation of realistic representational art. It is for all who love to draw the human form. It is for those who have never drawn a line, for those who are students who can draw to a certain degree, and for those professional artists who are proficient in drawing. This book shows step by step how to construct and draw the human figure and face as well along with all it’s features.

Mastering Drawing the Human Figure From Life, Memory, Imagination: with Special Section on Drapery

Stargarden Press

In 1952, Jack Faragasso, a young art student, hired a model for a photo shoot. The model was Bettie Page before her career took off to the heights of being labeled “The Queen of Pin Ups”. Here, for the first time ever, are those photographs from that afternoon session. Outside of a few of the images used as reference for paperback book covers, these pictures have never been seen before. Faragasso would go on to serve as teacher at the prestigious Art Students League of New York and also paint 100’s of paperback covers, mostly in the science fiction and gothic romance genres.

The Early Photographs of Bettie Page: An American Icon

History & Criticism

Binary Publications

Poems of Love... and Other Thoughts

Jack Faragasso is an artist, a writer, and a photographer. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, at the start of the Great Depression. Life was difficult but through his hard work and keen intellect, he graduated from high school with academic honors. Immediately after graduating, he enlisted in the United States Army. When discharged from the service, he enrolled in the Art Students League of New York to study drawing and painting with Mr. Frank J. Reilly for over four years. Mr. Reilly passed away in 1967, and in 1968, Mr. Faragasso took over the student body and has been teaching Mr. Reilly's methods and concepts as well as his vast accumulated knowledge ever since. In this time period, while still teaching, he painted over six hundred paperback book covers and illustrations as well as painting many easel paintings and writing three books--the highly sought-after Students Guide to Painting, Drawing the Human Figure from Life Memory and Imagination, and The Early Photographs of Bettie Page: The Making of an American Icon. This is his first book on poetry. Jack Faragasso says he is a deist, a mystic, a realist, and a dreamer. He says he has always had one foot in the real world and one foot in a mystical world. In this world, his mind is a whirlpool of ever changing thoughts, colors, and images. When these erupt to the surface of his rational mind, he calls them inspirations. Many of these have found their way into his writings paintings and illustrations.Mr. Faragasso doesn't call himself a poet, having spent his entire life in the world of art, producing easel paintings, illustrating, teaching drawing and painting, and writing on and about art. All of a sudden at his very advanced age, the floodgates of his mind swung open, and there was a torrent of intense feelings and emotions of the joys and sorrows of love. He was compelled to write these feelings and write them along with other thoughts of life. He followed no rules, sought no style. He did not struggle to write a poem and wrote only when the inspirational thoughts came into his mind. These are sincere, and they come from his heart and soul. They need no elaboration or clarification--they just are. They come to him at any time or place. He jots them down quickly for these thoughts are very shy and do not like to be looked at for any length of time. The result is this little book--his first on poetry. Poems of Love and other thoughts runs the gamut of emotions from the most tender moments of love to the ecstasy, power, and torment of passionate love.

Poems of Love... And Other Thoughts

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Page Publishing

Page Publishing, Inc.

Collected here are over 150 full color images of the fine art of the legendary Jack Faragasso. Jack Faragasso has been active in the world of art as an instructor, artist, and illustrator for over 50 years. He studied at the Art Students League and at its Woodstock summer school with the lake Frank Reilly, with whom he learned landscape and figure painting. He then traveled to Europe to study the Old Masters. Upon his return, he began his successful career as a fine artist, illustrator, and writer. Jack's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries as well as in many private and public collections. And now, for the first time ever, a specially curated selection of his fine art is available in this special book, celebrating Jack's amazing career.

the Fine Art of Jack Faragasso: From Life and Imagination

Asylum Publications, Inc.

Jack's been busy for the past 6 months. He put together a book featuring some of the models he photographed that he used in finishing his fine art paintings. It was a lot of work for a 94 year old guy, but he designed it and wrote the text. In the 50's, 60's and 70's, Jack Faragasso hired models for a number of photo shoots that he used as reference for his fine art paintings. He photographed a number of models including Steve Holland, Shere Hite, Bettie Page and many other models. Contains NUDITY. 8.5" x 11", 55 pages, B/W / Color images, 100# enamel text, 12pt cover. Shipping April 1st.

MODELS: Through the Lens of Jack Faragasso

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