This simple step-by-step guide makes it possible for anyone to learn how to draw realistic figures in pencil. In her follow-up to "Faces & Features", Debra Kauffman Yaun shares her personal methods for rendering the human figure with accuracy. She covers tips and techniques for approaching the figure at all stages - from babies and children to teenagers and adults of all ages. In addition to a series of step-by-step exercises that demonstrate ways to develop complete portraits, the book also includes in-depth information on proportions, perspective, and other common challenges in figure drawing.

Author Biography

Debra Kaufmann Yaun discovered that she had a knack for drawing people when she was a young girl growing up in Tampa, Florida. After graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, Debra worked as a fashion illustrator. She has drawn and painted many commissioned portraits, several of which have been of children's favorite subject to draw. Debra's artwork has been published in several art magazines and books, and she has won numerous awards. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, having served as president of the Atlanta chapter, and she is a juried member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta. She also enjoys teaching classes and workshops in portraits and colored pencil. Debra's work is currently featured in three Walter Foster Publishing titles: Drawing: Faces & Features in the How to Draw and Paint Series; and Colored Pencil Step by Step and Watercolor Pencil Step by Step, both in the Artist's Library Series. Debra and her artist-husband have two grown sons and currently reside on 11 acres of countryside in Georgia.