Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner

Through easy-to-follow techniques, tips and step-by-step demonstrations, Mark and Mary Willenbrink provide guidance and encouragement for beginning artists to draw portraits of their friends and family. Readers learn about materials, basic techniques and individual facial features. Then, through 12 complete demonstrations, readers learn how to draw people from a range of age groups and ethnicities. Simple compositions and a realistic style build confidence in beginning artists giving them the skills they need to create finished portraits.