How to Draw Faces: Learn to Draw People from Complete Scratch

This book is excellent! I've read it through 3 times. It demonstrates and explains sketching techniques that will bring your artwork to an entirely new level. I am so impressed with her techniques and direction. Every portrait I start is is a real artistic journey in shading and sketching.

Pretty neat. The author takes you through a painstakingly thorough (and that's a GOOD thing!) process of drawing a portrait of a young woman. (The same portrait that is on the cover of the book.) Along the way, you'll pick up a lot of techniques that will help your future drawings and you'll most likely feel a lot of confidence after completing the drawing project by the end of the book. She "holds your hand" (that's a GOOD thing!) through the creation of the whole portrait. I am giving the book five stars because she really pours her heart into giving you all the information you need to complete the drawing. However, I was somehow under the impression (based on the title) that this book would help artists draw portraits of anyone "from complete scratch." Instead, she gives instructions, measurements, a "template," if you will, on how to draw this one particular woman's face from scratch. And by "from scratch" she means, not tracing and not copying a photo. Instead of copying a photo, you are copying *her* drawing! For some reason I thought that maybe she'd give instructions on how to draw *any* face "from scratch" (meaning draw a face from your imagination, in various poses, lighting, etc) "from scratch" (not using a photo—or someone else's drawing—to copy) but this is not the case. A lot of artists aspire to be able to draw faces entirely from their imagination (and many artists do attain this skill). This is not a criticism of this particular book, however, because it's a really great concept that she's offering--step-by-step with painstaking (which is GOOD!) detail on how to do your own drawing of the woman which is on the cover of the book. If you're still learning how to draw portraits, this book will undoubtedly help you.

I like how the author/artist breaks down each phase of drawing a face, but one thing I was not expecting was that the entire book was going to be based on one female face. I thought there would be other examples of types of faces: man, child and an elderly person that is male or female. That said, the title of the book is a little confusing, or misleading for some people like myself. I think it should have been titled: How to Draw a Face.

Fine book. Easy to read. Larger print helps.

This has helped me to bring out my creativity and feel more confident.

I don’t know if it was me not understanding the book’s description or a missrepresentation. This is a book about how to draw a face, one face, a woman’s face. The face that is on the cover of the book. I was expecting a little bit more. My granddaughter is learning to be an artist, so I will be gifting this book to her for her studies, so problem solved.

It is clear and has very fine detail and great advice!

I am an artist but never tried sketching or painting people. This book takes you step by step through the things you need to know. I sketch every day now.

Very good. Lots of illustrations and how to approach

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Love this artist draw faces book. It’s detailed and everything I needed, love it Thankyou

This would have to be my favourite book on learning to draw faces. Its very informative, easy to use and there are a lot of fabulous little tips to achieve your perfect portrait

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