Art Studio: Faces & Features: More than 50 projects and techniques for drawing and painting heads, faces, and features in pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and more!

arrived as promised time wise. had a delay because of the current conditions in the world but as stated for delayed delivery. in pristine condition. was like a new book. carefully packaged. the book is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised at the beautiful illustrations. sufficient steps to understand the finished paintings. very happy w this purchase. great price.

Excellent, Excellent book!!! I'd give it 10 stars if I could. Full of GREAT information for the novice to the more experienced artist.

I bought this for simple ideas to use for a non-painters workshop I am teaching. It can help you learn a bit about painting and there are color examples. The compositions are not creative, so you have your own ideas when applying their principles.

As with most art books, this book starts with an explanation of materials and color theory. A unique feature was the chart on techniques for oil, acrylic, pastels, and watercolor. It is a great reference for future projects such as landscape and still life, the chart is not just helpful for portraits.I have read a lot of portrait books that show how the typical facial proportions are plotted out. This book as unique with using skulls to demonstrate the features you need to be sure to get accurately. One tip on drawing hair was to think of it as a helmet as opposed to individual strands or a mass with texture. The author's suggestion made me much more successful in painting hair, which was something I had struggled with in the past.Because the finished drawings are so advanced I think this book would be beneficial to an advanced artist as well as a beginner. My drawings did not turn out nearly as good as the finished portraits in the book but I did learn a lot through the process and saw progress in my work.I highly recommend this book to a beginning or advanced artist.I received this galley from NetGalley.

This book suits well if you like drawing/ painting portraits and would like to explore different mediums. It has some basic instructions about how to draw faces, color theory and explanations about tools & materials, but what makes this book special is that it explains how to approach portrait painting using watercolors, pencils, acrylics, oils and pastels.Each medium has it's own techniques and ways to achieve certain effect, so even if you know how to draw a portrait, lets say, using colored pencils, these tutorials can help you transition to a different medium like for example, watercolors, which will behave very differently to your well-known pencils. It can also help if you want to try different options before settling for an specific medium. It has nice and simple explanations and tips, which are usually given through step-by step projects. It includes different faces: baby, kid, teen, adult and elderly, different skin tones and hair types (distributed across the different mediums, not all varieties are shown for each medium). I would recommend it to the adventurous artist who wants to explore different mediums and needs a reference guide to start the journey . *I read this book as an eARC

This is a great book for any aspiring artist. For someone working to become a better artist you will find that faces and features tend to be things that take time and practice. The book walks you through activities that will help you to create faces that will get better and better the more that you practice, or at least it helped me. The book looks at so many aspects to faces and features that I know that I did not consider when I first started reading this. I learned a ton and I know that you will too!

Not as instructional and informative as I was expecting...

The media could not be loaded. Very good text. It claims to be good for beginners, but I feel it’s more beneficial for those who have at least a bit of experience under their belt.I teach drawing and painting for beginners and was looking for supplementary texts for my classes. This is excellent for that purpose as I can help fill in the blanks for students with little/no experience.

Great book , im using it for teaching

Excellent Book and have learned a lot

I cannot believe how hard it is to find a decent book on PAINTING portraits, they all seem to be about just drawing them.... until I found this gem. Practical guide, what colours to mix and affordable.

Not worth the money