Drawing: Faces & Expressions
Learn to draw step by step
by Diane Cardaci
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Pub Date Mar 03 2020 | Archive Date Feb 10 2020
Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster | Walter Foster Publishing
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Description
Perfect for beginning artists, Faces & Expressions offers a comprehensive introduction on how to draw faces and expressions—the most important aspects of an individual. First, learn everything about the tools and materials you need to get started, including selecting the right pencils, papers, and erasers for their work. Then discover tips for drawing and shading techniques, such as how to achieve volume, suggest depth, and render various hair and skin textures. With some knowledge of pencil drawing basics, begin mastering the art of drawing the human face through a series of helpful examples and easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects. Projects include a child portrait, an adult portrait, a senior portrait, and others that feature different techniques for capturing expressions and rendering features, including eyes, mouths, noses, and hands.
Featuring the stunning artwork of gifted artist Diane Cardaci, this 10.25 × 13.75–inch book features artwork designed to inspire a classical approach to rendering faces in graphite pencil. With its wide-ranging instruction, plethora of artist tips, and beautiful artwork, Faces & Expressions is the perfect resource for any beginning portrait artist.
Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: Faces & Expressions allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed portrait drawing.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781633228528 |
| PRICE | $10.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 40 |
Featured Reviews
Christine W, Reviewer
This is a brief but interesting look at some basic principles for drawing faces and expression. There are some good tips and examples here!
Nicki M, Reviewer
Drawing Faces and Expressions is a text that will be perfect for beginners as it covers everything you need to get started on portraiture. The only downside for me personally was that, because it also featured all the basics, there wasn't as much room left as I would have liked for sections concentrating on expressions. I think I would have preferred to see the work forgo all the introductory pages in favour of spending more time considering drawing different expressions, with tips and tricks. But, as I said, for art newbies it is a worthwhile read, so I am giving it 4 stars.
Agnes P, Reviewer
This is one of those basic face drawing books that introduce beginners to portrait drawing, Tools and materials, various strokes and shading techniques, lighting the form, value thumbnails, so far so good.
What I didn't like: I wouldn't encourage transfer methods if you really want to master drawing, you learn from your mistakes. Only two pages for the facial proportions, nothing about the vertical alignment. Only two pages for facial features. Only one page for expressions, with ugly faces (otherwise the illustrations are OK). Who buys the book for the expressions (as it is in the title) will be surely disappointed. BTW, never draw teeth like this.
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