Faces & Features: Learn to Draw Step by Step

In Faces & Features: Learn to Draw Step by Step, artist and instructor Debra Kauffman Yaun presents a clear, practical introduction to drawing realistic portraits in pencil. This digital PDF edition covers the essential tools, shading methods, and facial proportions that beginning artists need. You can start drawing right away after your instant download.

Designed for newcomers and those refreshing their skills, the book moves from basic materials and techniques to more advanced projects, including drawing from life and using photo references.

Book Overview

Faces & Features is an instructional art book by Debra Kauffman Yaun, published by Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. It teaches readers how to draw faces and facial features in pencil through easy-to-follow steps. The 34-page guide includes lessons on anatomy, adult and children’s proportions, shading, hair textures, age, and skin tones.

Every demonstration is built around the goal of capturing a likeness, making the book useful for artists who want to draw family, friends, or commissioned portraits.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• Guidance on selecting graphite pencils, drawing paper, erasers, blending stumps, and other essential tools.
• Core shading techniques such as hatching, cross-hatching, blending, and value control.
• An introduction to the anatomy and planes of the face for solid portrait structure.
• Rules for adult proportions and how to draw frontal, profile, and three-quarter views.
• Step-by-step demonstrations of eyes, noses, lips, and other adult features.
• Techniques for developing hair, depicting age, creating facial hair, and rendering children and babies.
• Practical advice for drawing from life, choosing photo references, and capturing a likeness.

Why This Book Matters

From Walter Foster Publishing, Inc., an established art-instruction imprint, this guide continues a long tradition of helping aspiring artists improve. Its straightforward exercises encourage careful observation and practice.

By concentrating on the underlying structure of the face, the book gives readers a foundation they can apply to any portrait subject.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download, so no physical item will be shipped. Access is available immediately after purchase.

The PDF can be viewed on compatible desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and reading apps that support PDF files. It also works with appropriate Kindle apps and other e-reader software.

FAQ

How will I receive this book?
After purchase, you can download the PDF right away.

Will a physical copy be shipped?
No. This is a digital edition, and no printed book will be sent.

Which devices are supported?
The PDF works with most modern computers, tablets, phones, and PDF-compatible e-reading apps.

Begin your portrait drawing practice with Faces & Features and enjoy the convenience of a digital reference you can keep forever.