I have been reading Pam Carriker book called Mixed Media Potraits which is a wonderful reference and guide to learning to draw potraits. She has a great set on stencils for getting started with portraits available with Stencil Girl but since I am in Nepal and shipping is difficult right now with a fuel shortage I watched her youtube video on front facing portraits and bought her book for my Kindle. I know I will order a hard copy of the book when I come back to the states because it is filled with great teaching on drawing faces and visual references.
One point from her book that hit home for me is to practice daily drawing faces and work from photos and just using the proportional guides from her book. I made a goal to do a potrait pencil sketch a day and threw a sketch book, pencil, eraser and black pen in my purse for times I am sitting waiting. Does anyone want to join me in a challenge of drawing a portrait a day for a month? Or do you have a book you love about drawing portraits?
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