How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal Nathan Fowkes

In this book, you will find some tips and tricks to draw accurate human features and complete figures. Each illustration has been explained with step by step tutorials along with the required text in detail.

Learn to draw amazingly realistic portraits in seven easy stages. This book is the perfect guide for creating lifelike representations of the human head in graphite. Experienced artist Lance Richlin begins by explaining drawing tools and materials, shading techniques, and the important anatomical structures of the head. Following these basics, he shows how to light the subject, block in and render each feature of the face, and address a variety of expressions-from subtle smiles to toothy grins.