Drawing the Human Head by Louise Gordon

Ideal for painters, sculptors and illustrators, Louise Gordon's book simplifies the techniques involved in drawing the human head successfully. With step-by-step instructions and over 100 illustrations, she shows how to:

• produce realistic features
• create the texture of skin and hair
• capture a particular expression
• use different media including pastel, charcoal and pencil

The book reveals how to depict everything from the wide-eyed innocent appeal of a baby to the worldly-wise look of an elderly grandfather. There is a wealth of detailed anatomical information which helps the more advanced artist to understand and interpret the overall structure and movement of the face.

Louise Gordon was, for many years, a top medical illustrator. She is the author of the successful titles The Figure in Action and Anatomy and Figure Drawing, also published by Batsford.

'a book on figurative drawing that may well become a standard for beginning and advanced artists... a valuable addition to the bookshelves of collectors and students of painting as well as drawing'

Toronto Globe and Mail