Drawing: People with William F. Powell: Learn to draw step by step (How to Draw & Paint)

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With Drawing: People, learn to create detailed, realistic drawings of people in graphite pencil from basic shapes.

Successfully drawing people is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, artistic experiences. Drawing: People shows you how to capture the unique characteristics of people in graphite pencil, with tips on choosing materials, building with basic shapes, placing proportionate features, and shading to develop form and realism. With more than 40 step-by-step projects to both re-create and admire, artist William F. Powell teaches artists how to develop a portrait drawing to its fullest. He explores basic drawing techniques as well as art concepts that apply to drawing people, including proportion, perspective, and composition.

This 40-page, large-format guidebook includes in-depth information on how to render facial features, heads from various angles, and the figure in action, step by step. With this helpful guide, you’ll even discover specific tips and tricks for drawing individual body parts, such as eyes, ears, noses, lips, hands, and feet. And the wealth of beautiful, inspiring examples ensure that Drawing: People will be a welcome addition to any artist’s drawing reference library. Drawing people can be tricky, but with this step-by-step guide, you’ll be rendering realistic portraits in no time.

Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers an easy-to-follow guide that introduces artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: People allows artists to develop their drawing skills, demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed drawing.

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Walter Foster Art Books

How to Draw & Paint

The titles in this classic series contain progressive visual demonstrations, expert advice, and simple written explanations that assist novice artists through the next stages of learning. In this series, professional artists walk the reader through the artistic process step by step, from preparation and preliminary sketches to special techniques and final details. Organized into categories of instruction, these books provide an introduction to an array of media and subjects.

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These titles offer both beginning and advanced artists the opportunity to expand their creativity, conquer technical obstacles, and explore new media. Written and illustrated by professional artists, the books in this series are ideal for anyone aspiring to reach a new level of expertise. They serve as useful tools that artists of all skill levels can refer to again and again.

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PEOPLE with William F. Powell

From the subtleties of emotion conveyed by facial expressions to the limitless variety of shapes the human form can take, people are some of the most interesting subjects to draw. And knowing how to capture a human likeness is not only interesting and fun, it also gives you the confidence to explore a wider variety of subjects and compositions. This book presents the basic principles of drawing a variety of people, with lessons on facial features, perspective, and composition. You’ll also learn how to render figures in action, the differences between adult and child proportions, and simple shading techniques that will bring a sense of realism to all your drawings of people.

—William F. Powell

Learn to draw the facial features—eyes, eyebrows, noses, ears, and lips—separately before putting them together to draw a whole face.

Eyes

Study and practice these diagrams showing how to block in frontal and profile views of the eyes, and notice that with the profile, you don’t begin with the same shape as with the frontal view.

Nose

Noses can be easily developed from simple straight lines. The first step is to sketch the overall shape as illustrated by the sketches below. Then smooth out the corners into subtle curves in accordance with the shape of the nose. A three-quarter view can also be drawn with this method. Once you have a good preliminary drawing, begin shading to create form.

Ears

Ears usually connect to the head at a slight angle. To draw an ear, first sketch the general shape, and divide it into thirds. Sketch the “ridges” of the ear with light lines, studying where they fall in relation to the division lines. These ridges indicate where to bring out the grooves in the ear; you should shade heavier inside them.

Lips

Lips can be very easy to draw if you study their form closely. For example, notice that the top lip often protrudes slightly over the bottom one. You should also familiarize yourself with the various planes of the lips to shade them well.

Drawing: People with William F. Powell: Learn to draw step by step

The Profile

Beginning artists often study profile views first, as this angle tends to simplify the drawing process. For example, in a profile view, you don’t have to worry about aligning symmetrical features. But the rules of proportion still apply when drawing more complex views of the head.

Portraits

A human face has contours just like a landscape, an apple, or any other subject. The difference is that the contours of the face change slightly from individual to individual. The “trick” to portraiture is observing these differences and duplicating them in your drawings.

Figures in Action

When drawing these figures in action, it’s important to incorporate all of the drawing concepts explained in this book, including head and body proportions, center of balance, rendering hands and feet, clothing folds, and action poses.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Walter Foster Publishing; Revised edition (May 7, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633227979
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1633227972
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.5 x 0.3 x 13.9 inches