The artist is amazing, his portraits are gorgeous. The first part, where he introduces the materials and techniques of portrait drawing, as well as talking about compositions and other stuff - that part was good and useful. The "tutorials" at the end were not good however, I thought they were too advanced for someone who is a complete beginner. While it is nice to see the step-to-step process and I appreciate that, there were not enough steps to make it really clear and easy to follow.

There is a ton of hints adn step by step build ups. different age groups, and tricks. Always good ideas, adn "Oh yeahs" in this one.

Recommended by niaomi ullum

This book is great for any artist who struggles drawing faces and hands

I like Douglas Graves for his easy writing style and explanation of his technique. It's most interesting to see the way he looks at going about portraits....not as technical as Loomis, but he has his own way.
The book is enjoyable, and lays a good ground work, i prefer one of his others which i will post, but this is a good book to own for any pencil drawing, charcoal rendering of the head.