Christopher Hart Figure It Out! – serie

The addition to bestselling author Christopher Hart's Figure It Out! series offers essential tips and tricks that simplify the basics of drawing people. This is the easy way to learn how to draw people! Chris Hart offers straightforward instruction designed to solve common figure-drawing problems that aspiring artists encounter. His accessible, practical techniques include focusing on the body's natural curves, as opposed to drawing muscles and breaking the torso down into three distinct, understandable areas. With this book, anyone can immediately grasp the basics—and create the art to prove it!

The enduring Figure It Out! series turns its focus to drawing the face and facial expressions! Christopher Hart's bestselling Figure It Out! books have taught thousands of artists to draw the human figure. His clear step-by-step illustrations and instructions make drawing people accessible, easy, and fun! In Figure It Out! Faces & Expressions, he uses the same approach to demystify the head and facial features. Topics include the basic head types and shapes, facial features, facial hair, hairstyles, and eyeglasses. Hart then shows how to draw more than 25 different common facial expressions, which will bring portraits to life.

Chris Hart has a head for figures - human figures, that is. Not only does he draw them with incredible style and flair, he also has a friendly, accessible teaching style that makes his how-to books super-sellers. In this unique figure-drawing course, Chris avoids the usual anatomy lessons that intimidate aspiring artists and gets right down to the basics young illustrators need to get started. Beginning with heads and facial expressions; he moves on to full figures; male and female, ideal and average, some in fashion poses and others in dynamic action. On every page, his practical advice and clear examples will help readers achieve terrific results - and have fun every step of the way.

When the proportions are right, the drawing looks right! Most artists whose work features the human head and figure don't have the time or opportunity to draw directly from models, so it's essential that they acquire the skills and tools to draw them accurately without using direct reference. Now, thanks to Chris Hart's foolproof method, even beginners can quick-check the proportions of their head and figure drawings, identify errors and swiftly fix mistakes. Richly illustrated with drawings from various angles, this follow-up to Hart's bestselling Figure It Out! includes step-by-step demonstrations and lessons that lead readers through the process.