Drawing and Learning about Faces: Using Shapes and Lines

Provides instructions for using simple shapes and lines to draw faces.

Do you want to draw faces? With a little patience and some practice, you'll be a pro! Learn how to draw all kinds of faces using simple shapes and lines.

Michele Tremaine - Children's Literature

Youngsters are always interested in trying to draw people, and there are many books in print available to show them how. Some are aimed at the artistically gifted, while others are designed to help anyone who can follow directions learn how to come up with a recognizably human image. This book falls into the latter category. It consists of step-by-step exercises using simple shapes and diagrams to create cartoonish faces with exaggerated but easily recognized expressions. Despite variations, there is a certain formulaic sameness in this approach which would ultimately discourage creativity. This is not a book for the serious young art student, but it might be amusing for many budding pre-adolescent cartoonists. Suggestions for further study, some more advanced than this book, are included at the end, as well. 2004, Picture Window Books, Ages 5 to 10.