Lifelike portraits... to all artists

LuisCHG · 12-06-2006, 10:09 PM

HI
I looking for a good book to perfect my drawing skills. I'm interested in life-like drawings and portraits. Any recommendations? (not way basic books please. I know the fundamentals already)

So far I've seen couple online. Bad/good? please comment. ThanXX

How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs
Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces

Car50n · 12-06-2006, 10:52 PM

only thing you need is a mirror, some friends, family, or just sit in a public spot with pen/pencil and paper.

practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to drawing.

Mandragora · 12-10-2006, 11:45 AM

i agree with Car50n . .. i used to have to take a lot of life drawing classes and nothing beats watching real life. a good exercise is to give yourself a time limit for each drawing (like 30sec). this really helps in capturing movement. imho, once you have the movement of each face or body down, detail will naturally follow.

siegaard · 12-26-2006, 12:20 PM

Daisey Grubbs has a book "Modeling A Likeness In Clay" that has tables on taking measurements of a subject's features and much more for the sculptor.
Wayne