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Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces shows readers at all skill levels how to draw and paint faces by confidently handling proportion and expression.
List of contents
Introduction
The Approach
The Portfolio
1 ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES
Watercolors
Inks
Brushes
Markers
Papers
2 SIMPLIFYING THE FACE
Shedding Intimidation
The Darkest Darks
Identifying Proportions
Head Movements
Symmetry Is Important (But Symmetry Is a Myth)
3 BUILDING A FACE
Face Shapes
Enhancing Shapes: Adding Chin and Ears
Creating Eyes
Drawing Eyes in Pencil
Expressive Eyes
Painting Eyes in Watercolor
Painting a Set of Eyes
Creating Noses
Drawing Noses
Painting Noses in Watercolor
Creating Mouths
Painting Mouths in Watercolor
Painting an Open Smile
Painting Expressions
Depicting Hair
Painting Hair, Step by Step
4 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Painting a Monochrome Face
Natural Skin Tones
Faces in Full Color
5 PUMPING UP THE PERSONALITY
Visual Diversity
Painting Real People
6 NOT JUST DOODLES
A Face-Infused Hobby: Urban Sketching
Face-Focused Projects: Personalized Cards & Gifts
Face-Filled Work
Parting Words
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
About the author
Amarilys Henderson, author of Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces and Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Animals, is a watercolor illustrator who specializes in surface design. She enjoys bringing the dynamic vibrancy of watercolor to everyday products, from paper to porcelain. Her experience in print design influences much of her work, which found its renaissance in new motherhood and refreshed faith. Amarilys is a Top Teacher on online teaching platform Skillshare, where she shares her creative techniques in bite-sized lessons that have been attended by more than 100,000 students. Amarilys lives in Rochester, Minnesota. See more of her work on watercolordevo.com.
Summary
In Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces, artist and popular Skillshare instructor Amarilys Henderson shares her practical and creative techniques for drawing and painting faces with style and personality.
- Gathering supplies. Consider the creative possibilities of watercolor, ink, and markers, and create a mobile sketch pack so you can capture faces and expressions on the go.
- Simplifying the face and identifying proportions. Use photos to simplify the face’s key elements, learn about facial proportions and factors and variables for placing facial features, and apply these concepts through a simple warm up using a single color to paint a face in multiple values.
- Facial shapes and features. Learn about the five basic facial shapes and how to modify the chin line, ears, and hairline, and how to draw and paint mouths, eyes, and noses and make alterations to show pose and personality.
- Mixing color. The pigments and brushes you’ll need to achieve a wide range of realistic skin tones, shadows, and expressions.
- Bringing faces to life. Navigate the process from start to finish, learn to adjust line quality to suggest different genders and ethnicities, and change up artistic styling to put a unique spin on your creations.
- Project ideas. Get inspired by some cool ways to apply your new skills: party invitations, repeat patterns, comic books, and more!
Don’t be intimidated by the challenge of drawing and painting faces.
Improve your face game with Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces! 
