Customer Reviews

How to Draw Faces (Dover How to Draw)

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I gave this to my 10 yr old son for Christmas and it really teaches him well how to draw faces. The face is very difficult to draw and this book will really get them on the right path. My husband is a good artist and my son is really taking after him, so they can sit together and draw together and learn together :)

This book is simple enough that my children (ages 8 and 10) have been using it since they received it for Christmas. I am not good at drawing and I think it would be helpful to me also. The only negative I can see it that most of the noses on the faces look the same. But for beginners this is a simple book that is a great place to start.

The book is titled "How to Draw Faces" so I was, rather naturally, expecting a book that teaches you how to draw faces.

Instead, it's a book with page after page of "demo" faces with blank pages in between for you to copy them on. There are no guides, there are no tips, there are no instructions, save for a brief note--on the copyright page, no less--that tells you how to divide the face into sections. That's it! That's all the help you get. The faces themselves are extremely simplified line drawings. There are no tips on shading, or adding shadows or highlights, or adding color. No tips on how to draw mouths or noses or eyes or hair. Just many pages of super-quick line drawings and no step-by-step instructions.

Plus, all the faces are very similar, as another reviewer pointed out. The eyes are all a bit droopy, and the features are unrealistic--rather cartoonish.

I bought this for my eleven-year-old sister who is an extremely talented budding artist. It might help her to some degree, since she tends to ignore the instructions and simply copy the finished drawing. But I was hoping for something that would be a little more useful in the long run. Something that would encourage good drawing habits and actually -teach- her how to draw faces better.

I can't recommend "How to Draw Faces" at all, but if you're looking for a good art book for kids, I highly recommend Art for Kids: Drawing: The Only Drawing Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be. It doesn't focus on faces or people, but it does give excellent lessons on how to draw what you see, with simplistic instructions on drawing shape and form, shadows and highlights, perspective, and so on. My sister has learned a great deal from it, even with just the few lessons we've been able to go over together.

This is a good book for beginners. My daughter is a good artist but has a tough time with faces. This book helps.

I bought this book for my nine year old son, who was having great difficulty drawing. He picked it up and immediately began drawing. This is a good basic book for any wanting to learn to draw.

I gave this to a six-year-old and it was quickly cast aside. She loves the Usborne books and I will stick with those in the future. The illustrations are poor and confusing. The illustrator should practice with the Usborne books!

My daughter loves to practice drawing out dolls faces. She really like this. I am very glad you have this. It teaches her how to draw really well.

I accidentially found these drawing books on Amazon and was excited to find them because my grandchildren love to draw. I thought they would enjoy these books and I was right. There are instructions on how to draw and a practice page in the book.
Very good book!

Faces are the HARDEST part of art to draw correctly. One mark out of place and the person's face does not look like that person. I needed more baby faces not all of the same adult, or ethnic faces that are presented in this book. Learning how to draw eyes from this volume has helped. I will use it as I go along, but I have not used it extensively.

I bought this book for my Husband who likes to draw. He said that he isn't very good drawing faces and this book will help him to learn the basics going forward.