Drawing People with Gene Franks - HT234 Author:Walter Foster Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone. Packed with practical information, he... more »lpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again. What you'll learn from this book ... A step-by-step process of drawing interesting people of diverse nationalities and from different historical periods The materials and techniques used for the stages of a drawing, from roughing in the general shapes to shading and finishing the renderings How to choose pencil points, and what kind of stroke each produces Skills for producing depth in your drawings by using graduating tones on the value scale Techniques for creating realistic drawings, such as varying pencil pressure and using hatching strokes, accents, and action lines« less