Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Portrait Drawing

Author(s): Mark Willenbrink

Art and Design

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.

General Information

  • : 9781440311444
  • : F&W Publications Inc
  • : North Light Books
  • : 0.544
  • : 30 June 2012
  • : United States
  • : 01 July 2012
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Mark Willenbrink
  • : Paperback
  • : 743.42
  • : 128
  • : 350 colour illustrations

More About The Product

Mark and Mary Willenbrink are the authors of North Light's Drawing for the Absolute Beginner, Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner and Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner. Mark trained as a commercial artist and worked in advertising, then as a freelance illustrator. He teaches and is a regular contributor to Watercolor Artist magazine. http://www.shadowblaze.com