Unlock your artistic potential with this comprehensive portrait drawing guide, with 50 step-by-step models to improve facial placement and expressions and refine your skills from sketching to shading.

Creating a realistic portrait, whether from the front, profile, or three-quarter view, requires accurate placement of facial elements and understanding the mobility of muscles that shape our expressions. This book offers 50 models, categorized by difficulty, and guides you step-by-step from initial sketches to shading and detailing. Each page includes a dedicated space for practice: observe the model, note its unique features, draw, erase and try again, all the while refining your technique. Remember: practice makes perfect!