If you've always wanted to draw beautiful, realistic-looking portraits of your favorite people, this step-by-step guide shows you how to do it - better and more easily than you ever thought possible.

Lee Hammond quickly teaches you how to add the illusion of three-dimensional highlights and shadows to simple shapes using pencil shading and blending. After you've got the basics down, you'll learn how to use the same techniques to portray every feature of the human face. You'll also discover how to figure out what the features of your photographed model really look like so you can draw them from different angles. Then Hammond shows you how to put all those features together to create a lifelike portrait that truly captures the individuality of your subject.

After you've completed these easy-to-do drawing exercises, you'll soon be turning the memories frozen in your old snapshots into warm, beautiful works of art.

About the Author
Polly (Lee) Hammond is a Kansas City-based illustrator who specializes in portraiture. Her expertise in the art field includes everything from detailed, pictorial billboard illustration, technical illustration, fine art drawing and painting, to complete commercial art studio experience. Portraiture will always be her main focus.

Lee attended the University of Nebraska and has worked as a Police Composite Artist for both Kansas and Nebraska. She has been certified through NAMTA (National Art Materials Trade Association).

She now resides in Overland Park, Kansas, where she maintains her own business, Hammond Illustration and Art Instruction. She has a full teaching schedule and is very busy with a commissioned portrait and illustration service.

Lee is married to Chris Hammond, and is the mother of three children, Shelly, LeAnne and Christopher."