Which Are The Best Books Nearly Portraiture?

This is a postal service for all portrait artists too those who aspire to acquire one.

The thought is to crowdsource a perspective on which are the best fine art pedagogy books which encompass portraiture:
  • drawing and/or epitome portraits 
  • and/or portrait artists 
  • and/or portraiture inwards general
In recent years circular most this fourth dimension I inquire yous most your views on your best fine art books
I decided the next crowd sourcing enquiry i should hold out most drawing too epitome people - too portraiture.  However ran into i or 2 problems.....

I personally arrived at portraiture via drawing people amongst no clothe on! I got dorsum into fine art via a life bird at Central St. Martins School of Art.  A lot of the starting fourth dimension fine art books I bought were most drawing people - here's usage of my portraiture (art instruction) shelf - except I await at it too tin spot the ones which are missing!

Some of my books most drawing too epitome figures too portraits

From at that topographic point I too hence afterward did a bird most Drawing the Head at the Princes Drawing School - too yous tin come across my efforts on my website - Drawing Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Head too Drawing Artists
The affair is when I starting fourth dimension came to tackle the theme of portraiture for this Enquiry I got good too genuinely entangled.

There are but hence many sub-topics too hence many books!  So I started trying to kind them out too ended upwardly creating 2 websites (which I've almost finished)

The starting fourth dimension i I decided should hold out most art instruction relating to:
  • drawing the figure / anatomy for artists
  • drawing telephone substitution features - the head, confront too hands
  • painting portraits (in dissimilar media)
My minute website is most the history of portraiture too private portrait artists.  It focuses to a greater extent than on books which exhibit yous the artwork produced yesteryear private portrait artists too those who liked drawing figures.

This is my Lucian Freud stash!
Which books most portraiture arrive at yous recommend?

In the yesteryear I know I've bought books on the footing of ones which other artists convey shown to me. I've every bit good bought books which artists convey recommended inwards forums or on their websites or blogs

I'd similar for us all to portion our ain recommendations - both inwards price of giving too receiving.

Please portion the mass or books most drawing too epitome people too portraits that yous convey personally institute most stimulating too helpful
  • Personal preference: Which are your personal superlative 3 (or 5 or ten!) books most portraiture too drawing/painting the figure. Ranking is practiced too reasons for your selection are most helpful
  • Beginners: Which is the best mass for somebody starting to acquire most how to depict or pigment people or portraits - too why?
  • Improvers: Which is the best mass for somebody looking to better their knowledge and/or skills inwards epitome portraits - too why?
  • Advanced: Which is the best mass for a to a greater extent than experienced creative somebody looking to refine their operate - too why?
If it helps you, essay giving them marks out of 10 to signal how practiced they are too how yous rank them inwards price of value.

If yous would similar to portion your views, delight TELL ME too the readers of this weblog the answers to the next questions most books which convey taught yous about
  • drawing and/or epitome people 
  • and/or helped yous to better your cognition too skills most epitome portraits 
  • and/or individual portrait artists
  • portraiture inwards general


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