Secrets of Drawing - Figures and Faces

✍ Scribed by Craig Nelson

• Publisher: Penguin
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 115
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Must-Have Reference for Drawing People!

Your complete guide to drawing people, packed with everything you need to know about materials, techniques and drawing styles. Learn the secrets to drawing figures and faces correctly and creatively using an amazing array of tools from basic pencils to full-color drawing instruments.

Learn how to:

   • Capture seated and standing figures, as well as figures in motion
   • Depict individual attitudes of your subjects
   • Use clothing to show movement and gesture

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One : Materials and Techniques
Drawing Mediums and Tools
Graphite
Charcoal
Conté
Colored Pencils
Pastel
Drawing Pens
Ink
Drawing Surfaces
Working With Line and Tone
Hard-Line Drawings
Soft-Line Drawings
Tone
Value
Chapter Two : Drawing Figures and Faces
Sketching Figures
Pose
Posing Models
Balance
Seated and Reclining Figures
Angles
Rhythm
Pose and Attitude
Rendering Attitude
Clothing Your Figures
Drawing a Man in a Shirt and Vest
Drawing Heads and Faces
Proportions in Drawing Faces
Drawing Eyes and Eyebrows
Drawing Mouths
Drawing Noses
Drawing Ears
Male Faces
Drawing a Male Face
Female Faces
Drawing a Female Face
Caricatures
Index
About the Author
Copyright