PORTRAITS IN PRACTICE: 50 FACES TO OBSERVE, COPY AND REIMAGINE - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798287064716

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

🎨 PORTRAITS IN PRACTICE
50 FACES TO OBSERVE, COPY AND REIMAGINE
A creative workbook for learning to draw faces with pencil sketching techniques
A journey through technique, expression, and creativity — practical 8" x 10" format
Have you ever wanted to get better at drawing faces? Do you love the idea of capturing a unique expression with just a few strokes of a pencil?
Then Portraits in Practice is made for you.
This hands-on sketchbook features 50 distinctive black-and-white portraits for you to study, replicate, and reinterpret—making it your portable art studio for learning, practicing, and exploring.
Each spread includes:
• ✍️ A stylized yet realistic face to analyze and draw
• 📄 A blank page beside it to sketch freely with pencil, graphite, pen, or charcoal
Perfect for:
• 🎓 Aspiring artists looking to train their eye and hand
• 🎯 Tattoo artists honing facial features and expressions
• 🎨 Urban artists and creatives seeking fresh inspiration
• 🧘♂️ Anyone who wants to relax and unwind through mindful drawing
With technical tips, creative prompts, and space for your personal interpretations, this book is more than a practice guide—it’s an invitation to see the world differently, one face at a time.
Take your art with you—anytime, anywhere.
One face a day. One new story to draw.


What’s Inside:
• 🎨 50 realistic black-and-white portraits to copy, reinterpret, and study
• 🧠 Guided exercises to improve your observation, proportions, expression, and detail
• ✏️ Pencil sketching techniques: hatching, shading, contouring, and highlights
• 📐 Dedicated space for practice on every page—draw right next to the reference
• 💪 Ideal for tattoo artists, art students, illustrators, self-taught creatives, and drawing enthusiasts
• 📏 Convenient 8 x 10" size—great for daily practice and on-the-go sketching
• 🧘♂️ Also great for stress relief and screen-free creative time


Portrait drawing, Face sketching, Learn to draw faces, Pencil portrait practice, Realistic face drawing, Drawing exercises, Sketchbook for artists, Tattoo design faces, Art for beginners, Face anatomy for artists, Artistic portrait guide, Mindful drawing, Black and white face sketches


Categories & BISAC Codes:
• ART / Techniques / Drawing → ART012000
• ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits → ART050030
• ART / Techniques / Pencil Drawing → ART016000
• ART / Study & Teaching → ART046000
• ART / Techniques / General → ART016030
Additional Subject Tags:
• Crafts & Hobbies / Drawing / Human Figure
• Art / Reference / Sketching
• Self-Help / Creativity
• Activity Books for Adults
• Sketching Techniques for Beginners
• Drawing Faces Step-by-Step

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798287064716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 113