Portrait and Figure of a Human. Complete Guide to Drawing

You have always dreamed of drawing portraits and figures of people, but thought it was too difficult a task? Fortunately, this is not the case. In this tutorial, written by renowned world artists and teachers, you will find many step-by-step author exercises that help you learn to create realistic and impressive drawings of people. This tutorial will teach you the basic drawing skills such as hatching, representing an object as a combination of simple geometric shapes, choosing composition, and using light and shadow. The lessons on human anatomy included in this course will also be very useful. Among the tools you will work with are: graphite, charcoal, pen, and ink. With the help of this tutorial, you will master the art of depicting: figures of men, women, teenagers, and children, parts of the face and body, people in motion, emotions, signs of aging, bending and twisting figures. A pleasant bonus will be the chapters teaching the art of depicting manga heroes, comic characters, and fantastic creatures such as trolls, gnomes, and fairies. By following the instructions and descriptions provided in this book, you will gain the inspiration you so desperately need.