Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner

You’ll Love This Portrait Drawing Book If:

• You want to learn the foundation of portrait drawing
• You love sketching friends & family and want to know more
• You love learning along with Mark and Mary Willenbrink

Beginning artists will find a lot to love about this top portrait drawing book. Mark and Mary Willenbrink have a welcoming & encouraging teaching style, great for artists just starting their artistic journey. In Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner you will learn great tips and techniques for how to draw more realistic facial features as well as complete figures.

12 portrait drawing demonstrations will show you how to create a variety of ages and ethnicities from start-to-finish. These portrait drawing techniques include composition tips and tricks for shading and much more. Discover the right tools and materials you’ll need to create realistic portraits. Learn how to draw beards, hats, babies, eyeglasses, and hands as well as eyes, noses, ears, mouths and hair. Learn how to create accurate proportions, the right lighting and much more.

In Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner You’ll Learn:

• What materials are best for drawing portraits
• Tips & techniques for creating realistic facial features
• How to draw subjects of varying ages and ethnicities

A Word From the Authors:

"We hope this book will have the same effect on you that it had on us. We fell in love with people. Drawing portraits offers the artist in a unique opportunity to observe people. Every person is unique with their own special features and personality. Portrait art captures the personality of the subject through the eyes of the artist.

With simple tools and basic principles, this book will help you to develop your drawing skills. We will use some fun tricks and techniques to help you learn how to draw portraits, even if you are an absolute beginner. Everyone is an artist, including you, so get ready to have fun!" — Mark and Mary Willenbrink

What Our Editor’s Are Saying:

"I love Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner, because beginners can learn to create realistic drawing family, friends and other people that they can be proud of!" — Pamela Wissman F+W Media Senior Content Director