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Draw Faces in 15 Minutes

Amaze your friends with your portrait skills
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Draw Faces in 15 Minutes by Jake Spicer equips artists with essential skills to create striking likenesses in portraits. The book covers constructing the head, shaping hair, analysing feature relationships, and capturing lifelike expressions. It also offers guidance on materials and finding models, ensuring a comprehensive approach to portrait drawing.
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Ideal for beginners and intermediate artists interested in improving portrait drawing techniques, this book suits those looking to develop skills quickly and effectively in a practical, focused manner.

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You can draw portraits easily and Jake Spicer shows you how in only 15 minutes.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

By the time you finish this book, you'll have all the skills you need to achieve a striking likeness in a drawn portrait. From understanding and constructing the head and shaping the hair, to checking the relationships of the features and achieving a lifelike expression, every aspect of the portrait process is examined, along with advice on what materials to use and how to find a model.

Draw Faces in 15 Minutes guides you through:

Learn to draw facial features

Understand the angles of the head

Develop textures for the skin

Experiment with light and tone

Series: Draw in 15 Minutes

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781576281

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ilex

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 176.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 387g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Jake Spicer is a passionate advocate of drawing as a tool for social change, communication & investigation and promotes wider visual literacy through his works as an artist, author & tutor. He lives in North Wales and works as head tutor of the independent drawing school Draw Brighton, Co-Director of the Drawing Circus and as a visiting tutor at galleries & institutions across the UK, including the National Portrait Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, V&A and Brighton University.

www.jakespicerart.co.uk

@jakespicerart

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