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Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits Step by Step: Basic Techniques for the Head and Face Paperback – Illustrated, July 16, 2019
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Drawing is the most essential of all visual arts. Everyone, from sculptors to painters, draws in one form or another. It is also the simplest and most affordable form of artistic expression. All you need is a pencil and paper to make something magical.
But to create a successful portrait, one must understand how to capture a person’s likeness--their spirit--and portray it in graphite.
In Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits, artist and teacher Justin Maas provides a step-by-step guide for both novice and experience portraitists looking to enhance their skillsets. His tried-and-true techniques for mastering the basics and accurately rendering proportion, placement and nuance when drawing the head and face will help you add energy and life to your drawings and create recognizable and moving portraits.
In this book:
• Lessons in drawing basics, including value, line, shadow, light and anatomy
• How to work from both reference photographs and live models, plus tips for selecting your subjects
• Step-by-step demos to create crucial features, such as eyes, ears, and hair
• Methods for building successful portraits, including the grid method, the tracing method and the author's own Maas method
• 15 detailed step-by-step portrait-drawing demos with subjects of different ages, genders and ethnicities
• A gallery of additional portrait examples in both black-and-white and full color
- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNorth Light Books
- Publication dateJuly 16, 2019
- Dimensions10.91 x 8.31 x 0.32 inches
- ISBN-101440354618
- ISBN-13978-1440354618
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His work is on display in private collections all over North America, Europe and parts of South America.
Justin is a Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) and an Elected Member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA).
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- Publisher : North Light Books; Illustrated edition (July 16, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1440354618
- ISBN-13 : 978-1440354618
- Item Weight : 7.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 10.91 x 8.31 x 0.32 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #285,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #93 in Art Portraits
- #331 in Figure Drawing Guides
- #374 in Pencil Drawing
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When the book arrived, my first impression was that it looked like any other art book and didn't appear to bring anything new to the table.
That was a really unfair assessment.
Firstly, the pictures are just beautiful and very inspirational.
Secondly, when I took the time to read his guidance and have a go at it, I was surprised at how well my drawings turned out. OK, I'm not quite ready to exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery just yet but there was a really substantial leap forwards in my confidence and, if I may say so myself, the end result.
I have too many art books which are gorgeous but have not moved me forwards enough (perhaps that's my fault) but this one has had a real effect. So pleased!










