How to Draw Faces (Dover How to Draw)

For ages 8 and up.. By combining circles, ovals, squiggly lines, and other shapes, aspiring artists can create realistic portraits of young girls modeling a variety of hairstyles and hats, boys and young men in cowboy hats and baseball caps, curly-haired babies, a man with a beard, a bald man with a moustache, and older men and women as well as profiles and three-quarter views of faces.Not only are the faces fun to draw, they’ll also help beginners master the basics of shape development and understand the fund

Since retiring from her job as an elementary school art teacher, she devotes much of her time thinking up new ideas for this popular series.. Barbara Soloff Levy has created over two dozen "How to Draw" guides for Dover, plus many other activity books

Since retiring from her job as an elementary school art teacher, she devotes much of her time thinking up new ideas for this popular series.. About the AuthorBarbara Soloff Levy has created over two dozen "How to Draw" guides for Dover, plus many other activity books

Disappointing Orianna The book is titled "How to Draw Faces" so I was, rather naturally, expecting a book that teaches you how to draw faces.Instead, it's a book with page after page of "demo" faces with blank pages in between for you to copy them on. There are no guides, there are no tips, there are no instructions, save for a brief note--on the copyright page, no less--that tells you how to divide the face into sections. That's it! That's all the help you get. The faces themselves are extremely simplified line drawings. There are no tips on shading, or adding shadows or highlights, or adding color. No tips on how to draw mouths or . M M B said Disappointing. Very little to it. Poor drawings too.. I've taught art for many years and picked this up for my elementary school age students to look at. No text to speak of other than a couple of paragraphs on the first page that give ambiguous and unhelpful information about general facial structure. There is NO instruction about drawing features (eyes, nose, etc). The rest is comprised of examples of poorly drawn faces in stages of completion with an adjacent blank page for copying. I wanted to like this, but I wouldn't even show this to kids. Plus the back cover was ripped and bent (not an inherent flaw, but just added to the overall purchase experience).. Laurie K. said For maybe 10-11 yr old at the MOST. NEEDS SERIOUSLY UPDATED EXAMPLES TO DRAW. GOOD FOR BEGINERS. Any kind of book, coloring book are IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT'S IN THEM. tHIS IS JUST "OKAY' & i'D RECOMMEND PURCHASING ANY BOOK TEACHING YOU TO DRAW MANY ITEMS AT A BOOK STORE, WALMART ETC. It serves it's purpose, but the step by step examples are not the best for the younger child (ok for 10-11 yrs olds) It LOOKS like it is a VERY OLD book. NEWER ones have MUCH better examples. but---If you are picky & want the BEST QUALITY book to help your young child who IS LEARNING & LOVES DRAWING!!!! It does work ok as it saidjust need "UPDATED DRAWINGS.