Books and Media - Portraiture and People

The Art of Portrait Drawing

Written as a primer for anyone who has an interest in portrait and figure drawing, a professional artist shares easy-to-follow instructions for drawing accurately in the realist tradition, working with models, and using common drawing materials.

Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression

Capture the subtleties of human emotion by using the Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression. This invaluable resource deals specifically with the muscles, textures, and effects of facial expression. Author — Gary Faigin. Hardcover. 304 pages.

Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits

This book is a valuable, practical color resource guide for any oil or acrylic artist. It contains recipes for more than 500 color combinations, including master mixes for many skin, hair, eye, and lip variations. A plastic color mixing grid is included.

Colored Pencil Portraits Step-by-Step

Capture the personality that goes with the face. Just follow two thorough demonstrations and see how complete portraits come together. Then tackle 17 mini-demos and learn to paint features, hair, and clothing. Contains more than 200 color illustrations.

Drawing a Likeness

In-depth demonstrations for you to analyze and interpret the basic shapes of particular heads and facial features. Backed-up with 200 black-and-white illustrations. Create new and fascinating effects. Author — Douglas R. Graves.

Drawing and Painting People

Time tested, step by instructions entice the novice to begin drawing and painting, while intermediate artists will find a wealth of knowledge for improving and refining their work.

Drawing the Human Head

Draw the head from different angles. Age the face and delineate every feature and wrinkle. This book contains 300 extraordinary head drawings, from infancy to old age. A basic reference tool, this book is also a beautiful art book. Author — Burne Hogarth

Facial Expressions

Facial Expressions is a black and white visual reference for artists. It contains more than 3,000 photographs of 50 different men and women of various ages and ethnicities photographed from a variety of angles depicting an extensive range of moods and fee

How to Draw Life-Like Portraits from Photographs

Make it really come alive. Add three dimensions on shapes. Apply techniques like shading and shadows, highlighting and blending. Combine images from your favorite photos. This detailed, instructional book shows you how to do it all. Author—Lee Hammond.

How to Draw People

Learn basic techniques for drawing the head, faces and features, figures in motion, and peoples of the world. Each book provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that will help you improve your technique.

How to Draw Portraits

As the foundation of all other art forms, drawing is one of the most satisfying ways of expressing yourself. This is the essential starting point for beginners who want to learn the basics and enjoy portrait drawing. Author — Susie Hodge. Paperback.

Master Class in Figure Drawing

Here in book form are Robert Hale's Art Students League lectures on drawing and anatomy. This book combines Hale’s words with 118 Old Master drawings, each with a diagram explaining the lesson it conveys.

Oil Painting Secrets from a Master

Author Linda Cateura presents classic oil painting tips for intermediate painters, based on the teachings of one of the great names in contemporary American art, David A. Leffel.

Anatomy for Artists DVDs

Use these DVDs to enhance your familiarity with human anatomy and create more realistic, life-like works of art.

The Art of Portrait Drawing DVD

This instructional DVD features full-length, step by step portraits and easy to follow instruction for drawing accurately, working with models, and using common drawing materials. 75 minutes.

Crystal Self-Portraits DVD

Art educator Peggy Flores shows how to make a self-portrait from a mirror image with correct placement of facial features. Using a digital camera to take a self-portrait, Flores shows how to convert the photo to a line drawing. DVD. 25 minutes.

Quinten Gregory's Professional Realism Video Series

Quinten Gregory designed the Professional Realism series of videos for developing painters who want to improve to a more professional level. Each tape has many carefully analyzed scenes to show you what professionals need to know about each subject.