This book helps older kids learn how to draw realistic portraits of people, from friends and classmates to celebrities and faces from history. The examples cover all the fundamentals, from basic proportions for full face and profile portraits, to shading, blending and rendering textures for hair and skin.

Artist/author Lee Hammond demonstrates drawing faces of all kinds...children, adults, elderly subjects. Detailed instruction is included on how to draw eyes, noses, lips and ears, and how to blend all the elements together to create a realistic image. Best for older students (age 10 through teenagers and adults). 80 pages with abundant illustrations.

...See also the companion book:


Draw Real Animals How to draw a variety of animals, from pets to wild critters.