The best of North Light's instruction in oil, acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil on how to draw and paint people in classic portrait poses and environmental settings. Drawing and Painting People: The Essential Guide is loaded with time-tested step-by step instruction that the novice can pick up and get started. Meanwhile, more intermediate artists will find the book to be a good reference for sound methods and great tips for improving their work. Topics include: basic drawing, color theory, heads and faces, full figures, and composition.