Drawing Portraits: A Practical Course for Artists

Description

With clear step-by-step instructions, practical information about the composition of the face and head, plus helpful tips on developing a personal style, Drawing Portraits is the ultimate guide for art students who want to develop their abilities in producing great portraits. Accompanied by approximately 200 specially drawn images, the book also offers information on various aspects of portraiture that are often overlooked, such as conveying the feel of fabric in a person's dress, subsidiary figures, such as animals, and the portrayal of furniture, props and their use as symbols in the work as a whole.

Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and also a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years and has written and illustrated books including Everyone Can Draw and The Art of Meditative Drawing. He lives in Wimbledon, London.