You Can Draw in 30 Days

You Can Draw in 30 Days
Author: Mark Kistler
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0786727233

Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this approachable step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host. Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent -- anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you'll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun along the way -- in just twenty minutes a day for a month. Inside you'll find: Quick and easy step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from simple spheres to apples, trees, buildings, and the human hand and face More than 500 line drawings, illustrating each step Time-tested tips, techniques, and tutorials for drawing in 3-D The 9 Fundamental Laws of Drawing to create the illusion of depth in any drawing 75 student examples to encourage you in the process

Draw Faces in 15 Minutes

Draw Faces in 15 Minutes
Author: Jake Spicer
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 125006399X

A series of step-by-step tutorials uses a proven professional method to demonstrate how to achieve likenesses in drawn portraits, sharing related advice on what materials to use and how to find a model.

Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces

Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces
Author: Carrie Stuart Parks
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2002-12-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1600614957

Draw amazingly accurate portraits starting today! Even if you're an absolute beginner, you can render strikingly realistic faces and self-portraits! Instructor and FBI-trained artist Carrie Stuart Parks makes it simple with foolproof step-by-step instructions that are fun and easy to follow. You'll quickly begin to: • Master proportions and map facial features accurately • Study shapes within a composition and draw them realistically • Use value, light and shading to add life and depth to any portrait • Render tricky details, including eyes, noses, mouths and hair Proven, hands-on exercises and before-and-after examples from Parks' students ensure instant success! It's all the guidance and inspiration you need to draw realistic faces with precision, confidence and style!

Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces

Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces
Author: Jane Davenport
Publisher:
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2015-01-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1592539866

Perfect for aspiring designers, Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces is an inspiring, mixed-media workbook on how to draw and paint beautiful, fashion illustration–style faces. Author Jane Davenport is a beloved artist and international workshop instructor known by her thousands of students and fans for her over-the-top, enthusiastic, happy, and encouraging style. In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces, Davenport guides you, step by step, through the foundations of drawing a face, developing successful features, creating skin tones, playing with bright colors, shading, highlighting, and much more as you learn to create amazing mixed-media portraits. With this elegantly designed guidebook, you will quickly master a variety of techniques in a variety ofmediums, including: Pencil Marker Pen Watercolor Acrylic paint Ink Pastel Ephemera Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces will have you dancing your way through the exercises. In no time at all, you will have a selection of beautifully faced portraits ready to view, display, or even sell to a fashion designer.

How To Draw

How To Draw
Author: Jake Spicer
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2018-06-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1781576173

Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw. This is his complete course in drawing, suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced artists, and designed to help you fit drawing into your lifestyle. Tried-and-tested exercises, ranging from five-minute sketches to dedicated sessions of an hour or longer, cover every subject and location you could wish for, while accessibly written drawing theory helps you relate the technical concepts to your practice, helping you to hone your craft. Whatever your goals are, expert art tutor Jake Spicer gives you the inspiration and encouragement to draw more - and keep improving.

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

How to Draw Faces - Learn to Draw People from Complete Scratch
Author: Jasmina Susak
Publisher: Jasmina Susak
Total Pages: 150
Release:
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Learn how to draw proportional, realistic portraits in this easy to follow, step-by-step tutorial! Learn from an experienced artist and art teacher, Jasmina Susak, who will guide you in drawing process from complete scratch to the finished portrait. Not only will you learn how to draw facial features and skin, but hair too in this highly detailed tutorial. This tutorial was made for intermediate artists, but beginners should also give it a try since Jasmina will share a lot of tips and tricks that will help you understand the most important things behind a realistic style of drawing. Take this book, enhance your drawing skills, and get your portraits to the next level!

Drawing Faces

Drawing Faces
Author: Lise Herzog
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 164604326X

Make your portraits and character drawings even more realistic with these step-by-step instructions and tips. Grab your sketchbook, pens, and pencils, and follow along as this instructional drawing guide teaches you everything you need to know about creating true-to-life human faces. With more than 150 easy-to-follow illustrations, Drawing Faces is the perfect guide for aspiring artists looking to develop their portrait skills. Start off simple with learning how to draw basic facial features. By the end of the book, you will have gained the knowledge you need to make your characters’ faces as realistic as possible, including learning to draw: *Various facial expressions *Side profiles *Lifelike portraits *and much more! Whether you’re a beginner or a drawing pro, Drawing Faces is the perfect book to hone your technical drawing skills and take your illustrations to the next level.

Lesser Spotted Animals

Lesser Spotted Animals
Author: Martin Brown
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1338128094

A hilarious, fact-tastic picture book about the coolest creatures you've never heard of, from the illustrator of the internationally bestselling Horrible Histories. Bison? They're banned! Tigers? Taboo! Say good-bye to the gnu, cheerio to the cheetah, and peace to the panda.The world of Lesser Spotted Animals STARTS HERE!Find out all about the amazing animals you need to know but never get to see, from the numbat to the zorilla, and everything in between. A non-fiction picture book with attitude, Martin Brown's Lesser Spotted Animals combines the humor and verve of books like Dragons Love Tacos and Please Mr. Panda with the informative breadth and gorgeous presentation of non-fiction from Steve Jenkins, Diana Aston, and Jenny Broom.

Portrait Drawing for Kids

Portrait Drawing for Kids
Author: Angela Rizza
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 164152927X

Draw the people and faces around you—a guide to portrait drawing for kids 9 to 12 Anyone can take a picture—but drawing a person with recognizable likeness takes practice. Portrait drawing offers a completely unique interpretation of your subject, and Portrait Drawing for Kids gives budding artists the skill set they need to draw pictures of themselves, their family, and friends. Broken down into simple, step-by-step instructions, this book will teach you every aspect of portraiture, from features of the face, to capturing emotions, to techniques like shading and highlighting. This drawing for kids book will help you take your artistic talents to the next level—beginning with a sharpened pencil. Portrait Drawing for Kids includes: Selfie know-how—Not only will you learn to create pictures of other people, but you'll also learn the art of self-portraits. Inspirational activities—Each lesson offers separate drawing for kids exercises to inspire you to establish your abilities on your own. A painter's toolbox—Get introductions to your full range of art instruments—from sketch pads to colored pencils—as well as terms of the trade like contour, midtones, exposure, and more. Interested in a drawing for kids book but not sure where to start? Portrait Drawing for Kids is the ideal guide to how to draw people for kids 9-12

Drawing: Faces & Features

Drawing: Faces & Features
Author: Debra Kauffman Yaun
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1610598466

Techniques, tips, and exercises for capturing the expressiveness of the human face in your drawings, step by step. Successfully drawing the human face is one of the most challenging yet rewarding artistic experiences. In this step-by-step book, Debra Kauffman Yaun invites you into her artistic world as she shows you how to draw a variety of portraits in pencil. She shares her personal methods for rendering the human face in all its expressiveness as she introduces tips and techniques for approaching babies, children, teenagers, and adults of all ages. The book includes in-depth information on specific facial features as well as detailed, step-by-step exercises that explore ways to develop complete portraits. And the wealth of beautiful, inspiring examples ensure that Faces & Features will be a welcome addition to any artist’s drawing reference library.