<B>Learn to create detailed, realistic portraits in graphite pencil from basic shapes.</B><BR/><BR/> Successfully drawing the human face is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, artistic experiences. <I>Faces & Features </I>shows you how to <B>capture the unique characteristics of the human face in graphite pencil</B>, with tips on choosing materials, building with basic shapes, placing proportionate features, defining facial expression, and shading to develop form and realism. With a wealth of detailed step-by-step projects to both re-create and admire, Debra Kauffman Yaun teaches artists how to develop a portrait drawing to its fullest. She shares her personal methods for rendering the human face in all its expressiveness as she introduces <B>tips and techniques for approaching</B> <B>babies</B>, <B>children</B>, <B>teenagers</B>, and <B>adults of all ages</B>.<BR/> <BR/> This book includes<B> in-depth information on specific facial features </B>as well as det