Learn to create detailed, realistic portraits with graphite pencil from basic shapes. The successful depiction of the human face is one of the most challenging yet rewarding artistic experiences. Faces & Features shows you how to capture the unique characteristics of the human face with graphite pencil, providing tips on choosing materials, structuring with basic shapes, placing proportional features, defining expressions, and shading for developing form and realism.

With a plethora of detailed step-by-step projects that you can recreate and admire, Debra Kauffman Yaun teaches artists how to develop a portrait drawing to the fullest. She shares her personal methods for rendering the human face in all its expressiveness, while introducing tips and techniques for approaching babies, children, teenagers, and adults of all ages.

This book includes extensive information on specific facial features as well as detailed, step-by-step exercises that explore ways to develop complete portraits. The rich collection of beautifully inspiring examples ensures that Faces & Features will be a valuable addition to every artist's reference library.

Drawing faces can be a challenge, but with this step-by-step guide, you will be able to render realistic portraits in no time. The How to Draw & Paint series offers an easy guide that introduces artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Faces & Features allows artists to develop their drawing skills, showing how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create a variety of textures, values, and details for a realistic, complete drawing.

Pages: 40, Year of Publication: 0509, Dimensions: 26x26cm