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The Art of Portraiture

A practical guide to better drawing. Measurement, structure, anatomy and value, taught step by step in one book.

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Every idea, drawn out.

★★★★★

“This is the best book I own on portraiture, which is saying a lot. It shows drawings at different stages in incredible detail. Most of all it has made sense of everything that I had previously learned. If you buy one book on drawing portraiture then buy this one.”

Peter Thomson
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Draw better, one chapter at a time.

Written by Stephen Bauman, former senior instructor and Director of Anatomy & Écorché at the Florence Academy of Art.

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