Customer Reviews

Portrait Drawing: A Step-By-Step Art Instruction Book (Artist's Painting Library)

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"Portrait Drawing" by Wendon Blake (drawings by John Lawn),
Watson-Guptill Publications List Price $9.95

Wendon Blake shows himself to be a very good instructor, but as is true of most of his works, his books generally are too brief, too short treatments of drawing, whether figure, portraiture or painting. This book, for example, contains only 175 illustrations. When other books offer much more illustration, it becomes difficult to rate "Portrait Drawing" higher. What is there though, is quite good.

This book is by far the biggest waste of money and time I've encountered recently. It covers none of the basics of drawing human portraits - no proportions, no placement of features. It's simply a narrative of what "the artist" is doing at the moment. I was bored silly by the book, didn't get anything out of it, and the cover isn't even pretty enough for a coffee table book. I would not recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn portrait drawing. However, if you are troubled with insomnia, this may be a good choice.

Excellent instructional material for beginning artists. Easy to use and follow. Would recommend to family or friends.

I beleive the book is misrepresented,it really doesn't go into alot of detail(which when your a budding artist you need)not a good beginners book.

This is an excellent book for beginners. When I first tried to draw portraits, I didn't know where to start. Should I draw the nose first? Should I start with a big oval? This book was very helpful.

i just got this book and im learning how to draw and im gunna love to learn how to draw actual people excellant book i highly recomend this to everyone who wants to learn and already has learned to draw

I recieved a copy of your book through my art teacher, Mr. David Autry, at Fort Myers High School. Normally I only work with clay, but last year I drew a picture of an evil looking skull with three swords going through the top of its head. The color drawing of that won third place at an art show in town. I had also made a full sculpture of the skull out of clay, but I put brains on the top of its head, and veins at the side of its face. It turned out quite well and took second place at a state level Anyway, I decided that I wanted to go back to learning how to draw real looking portraits. I tried to draw a picture of my girlfriend, but I got stuck on the nose, so my art teacher gave me a few tips and let me borrow his copy of the book. I am glad he did, cause I personally think that for my first time doing portrait art, I did pretty good. Even my girlfriend, boss, and taecher were all impressed. If there are more books on the same things, that are just as good, I would be interested in hearing about them. I am very excited about my new talent that I have found, and like to be able to improve and better my skills that I have achieved. Shane E. Jones