portrait drawing

Describes techniques and methods for drawing realistic looking human heads with graphite pencil, discussing tools and materials, and covering such topics as shadows, highlights, anatomy, planes of the head, proportions, facial features, and expressions.

"Art educator Peggy Flores shows how to make a self-portrait from a mirror image with correct placement of facial features. She also shows using a digital camera to take a self-portrait, converting the picture to a line drawing, adding contours, then coloring it with various media.".

Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different people, including a fifteenth century Monk and a Minuteman in the American Revolution.

Presents information and instruction for drawing realistic portraits from photographs.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing facial portraits of men and women that includes an extensive analysis of the head, procedures for drawing three facial shapes, and demonstrations in various drawing media.

Presents drawing lessons for creating realistic portraits, with advice on materials, and a study of shapes, shading, facial features, and expressions.