[(Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Portrait Drawing )] [Author: Mark Willenbrink] [Jun-2012]

by Mark Willenbrink

Open this book as an absolute beginner, and come away as a proud portrait artist! Mark and Mary Willenbrink's Absolute Beginner books have helped thousands of novices tap into their inner artists. In this book, Mark and Mary help the beginning artist take on portraits, showing that absolutely anyone can draw faces. Their encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction style makes learning fun—you'll be amazed by how quickly you achieve impressive results.

You may be a beginner now, but not for long! Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner covers everything from warming up with sketches, and capturing facial expressions, to framing your finished work. Page by page, you'll build the skills and confidence you need to draw lifelike portraits of your friends and family.

What's

A simple two-stage approach to drawing sketch a likeness, then build up values to bring it to life Step-by-step instruction for drawing eyes, noses, mouths, hairstyles, hands, glasses and other tricky elements 13 complete demonstrations featuring a range of ages and ethnicities Tips for evoking more personality in your portraits by using props, costumes and accessories

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2012

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! The lessons have very direct examples and simple steps for different types and styles of drawing. A lot of explaining is done through pictures of each step in the process. This was so hopefully at helping me make a more realistic portrait.

[Michaell Cavllaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book For Beginners

Don't know where to start? Start by reading this book. I've larned a lot about drawing portraits by using everything I've learned by reading this book. You can too. Why wait, start now.