Background
Caddell, Foster was born on August 2, 1921 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Foster and Clara (Bamford) Caddell.
(Dust jacket notes: "The human face is one of the most fas...)
Dust jacket notes: "The human face is one of the most fascinating subjects to paint - and also one of themost challenging, for a successful portrait must be a good painting as well as an accurate likeness. But how do you establish the correct proportions? Model the head so that it looks three-dimensional? Paint a protruding nose? Mix colors to achieve the proper flesh tones? Express the sitter's personality? Professional artist and teacher Foster Caddell answers these and many more questions in a provocative new book, using the problem-solving approach with which he has helped so many readers in his other popular books, Keys to Successful Landscape Painting and Keys to Successful Color. Caddell begins by introducing his approach to portraiture, describing his studio environment, and explaining his materials and procedures for painting in oil and pastel. to demonstrated his working methods more clearly, he takes you, step by step, through the process of painting three typical portraits, two in oil and one in pastel. Then, in 30 'keys' to different painting problems, he analyzes the mistakes most commonly made by beginning and intermediate students, with each illustrated key showing a different painting error - and a good way to avoid it. The book closes with a gallery of the author's work, illustrating a variety of special portrait problems: the group portrait, posing children with pets, posthumous portraits, and self-portraits...." 144 pages, 8.25 x 11 inches, 80 color plates, 60 black-and-white illustrations, Index.
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Caddell, Foster was born on August 2, 1921 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Foster and Clara (Bamford) Caddell.
Student, Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1940—1943. Private study with, Peter Helck, Robert Brackman,, Guy Wiggins.
February 1989); married Gail L. Marchant, February 14, 1993. Artist, Providence Lithograph Company (Rhode Island), 1939-1952. Free-lance illustrator, 1951-1965.
Owner, instructor Foster Caddell"s Art School, Voluntown, Connecticut, 1958.
One-man shows Providence Art Club, 1948, 63, South County (Rhode Island) Art Association, 1967, Slater Museum, Norwich Academy, 1976, Heritage Plantations of Sandwich, 1985. Group shows include Springfield Museum Fine Arts, 1962-1977,American Watercolor Society, 1973, National Academy of Design, 1973, American Artists Professional League (awards 1953, 71, 72, 89, 90, 91), Academy Artists American (awards 1968, 73, 75), Slater Museum, Norwich Academy, 1975-1980, Providence Art Club (award 1978, 79, 92), National Arts Club, 1978, International Society Artists (award 1978), Societe Des Pastellists De France, 1987, The Monmouth (New Jersey) Museum,1994, Brown U. Library., Providence, 1995, Pastel Society Northern Florida (award 1996, elected Hall of Fame 1998), Beijing Academy Fine Arts, 1997,electrical to "Pastel Society of America"s" Hall of Fame, 1998, others
Specialist in portraiture, since 1965.
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(Instruction for landscape painting technique / color in o...)
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Served as artist United States Army Air Corps, World War World War II. Member Oil Painters of America, Washington Society of Portrait Artists (award 1998), Lyme Art Association, Providence Art Club, American Artists Professional League, Academy Artists American, American Society Portrait Artists, Salmagundi Club, Pastel Society of America (award 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 2005), International Society of Portrait Artists (award 2004), Connecticut Society Portrait Artists (Best of Show 2003, Lifetime Achievement award 2005), New England Plein Air Painters.
Married June A. Kaufmann, April 10, 1943 (deceased February 1989). Married Gail L. Marchant, February 14, 1993.