Drawing Made Easy - Lifelike Heads

The Drawing Made Easy series introduces budding artists to the fundamentals of pencil drawing. With in-depth information, including several approaches to the discipline, these books will help beginners become inspired and feel confident in their own talents. This addition to the Drawing Made Easy series helps beginning artists learn how to draw lifelike portraits! Following the basics, author-artist Lance Richlin 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. Then he guides the reader through four impressive projects, showing how to develop a lifelike head drawing in seven simple stages: the lay-in, plumblines, volume, outline, tonal pattern, value, and finishing.