Art of Drawing: Drawing Portraits: Faces and figures Paperback – 14 Mar. 2002

Giovanni Civardi is the consummate artist and I love his drawings. There is another book “Drawing, A Complete guide” and I realised after I bought “Drawing Portraits” that it is, in fact, one of the chapters in the main book. In fact all his chapters are sold as separate books, the difference being the separate books are A4 size, while the main volume is A5. This book consists of 64 pages but is an excellent book in its own right. Civardi demonstrates classic and unorthodox poses and the stages to achieve each. He also covers techniques, anatomy and proportion. The only problem with many books on “how to” is they’re not the greatest way to learn to draw but I tend to refer to them for ideas on shading, drawing hair, etc. and this book is extremely helpful.

I like the way it starts of with very little detail, then starts putting more detail into the pictures good book for beginners, like myself

I found this a good guide for certain images as i obviously got it for a specific reason, however i find that its one of these classic books that seems to skip stages, the majority that i've looked at there are 4 stages, it doesnt show you the inbetween of getting to these stages which is the bit i'm struggling with, but if you're a more well rounded artist i'm very sure you'd enjoy this as it is a beautiful book.

Easy to follow hints and tips,my drawing improving daily. Thank you

Informative , good for beginners

I am thoroughly looking to using the techniques in this book to paint a portrait of my grandchildren. I am hoping this book will help me create a masterpiece. Seriously great tips in this book. I would thoroughly recommend this book to all my arty friends willing to try portraiture

always excellent books to use, very good value for money and you can learn a lot from his simple but clear approachall his books are well produced..

I bought this book for my niece who was delighted with her birthday present. She is a very good artist and her teacher has recommended her to have this book.