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Drawing Faces: Internet-linked (Usborne Art Ideas)

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This book's illustrations are very colorful and beautifully laid out. From caricatures to torn paper collage, this is a great little book that will jumpstart lots of ideas. Mediums discussed include pencil, colored pencil, computer graphics, pen/ink, pastels, tempera, acrylic, watercolor, paper collage, pastel scratch, printing, and paper sculpting.

This is a pretty good one for learning the basics for drawing faces. Shading, contouring, etc. is covered, as well as eyes, ears, etc.

Drawing Faces: Usborne Art Ideas: Internet-linked (Usborne Art Ideas) is a book that is good for developing art skills. This is an excellent book for teaching art and/or crafts. It is full of fun projects that give you help and ideas to improve your ability to draw faces. Can be used in elementary school or with adults.

This is a great book for anyone with ADHD. Art and drawing help you to concentrate and focus. It is good for a child, teen or an adult, a natural, self-help therapy. If you or anyone you know has ADHD, buy this book for them, and encourage them to learn to draw faces.

I do admit, Drawing faces is one of the better how-to-draw books aimed at beginning youths. The layout is excellent, and the instructions are very clear and easy for the eye to follow. The only big problem I have is with the art. This book was a collaboration, which means that the two authors probably drew in them, with their own styles and techniques. I have somewhat of an issue with some of the drawings in the book. If you see the "Look Inside" option, you are taken to the beginnings of a demonstration on portraiture, with an Asian woman as the model. Except, when the drawing is transferred over, she appears caucasian instead, which indicates that the person didn't get the shape right. Most notably, The jaw line on the left juts inward at too steep of an angle. The lips are too round, the nostrils are too small, and the hair is bold and does not look very natural (the finished product is not part of the demo). Overall, the drawing is also far too light. If you see later in the book, when there is another portrait of an African American male, most likely by another artist, and you can clearly see the separation of blacks, whites, and grays. But here, it is all gray and there is not enough contrast to make it pop out. In another section of the book, their selection of stock images to represent different emotions are a bit lacking in emotion. The copied expressions displayed out on the side are borderline uncanny-valley.

As a digital artist, I also found the "Digital Art" section slightly embarrassing. It's a good venture for kids though, if they want to find a use for MS paint.

Overall, great book for kids, but awkward art in some places.

This is a great tool for reference and for showing different types of mediums. I own it and love it. Shows details of eyes, lips and nose and how to use a grid to get the facial proportions correct.

Great book for any age person looking for help to get started drawing faces. Very creative and fun tips/tricks. This is a book I will always keep and refer to.

I gave this book to my grandson, who is starting to draw and he has gotten a lot of useful ideas from it. A good book for the beginning artist.

I own this book and love all the different styles it shows for how to draw faces. I had only really tried drawing more realistic faces and struggling to get them right. This helped me expand to different styles as well. I just got it for my 11 year old niece and she is loving it too.