Lessons in Masterful Portrait Drawing: A Classical Approach to Drawing the Head

I purchased this book several months ago and have been consulting it for advice and inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed Mau-Kun Yim's philosophy and approach to drawing the portrait, particularly on how he broke down the concepts and related everything to building a house, i.e. from blueprint, foundation, all the way to finishing. I also appreciate how he emphasized the importance of re-discovering the traditional principles of proportion, anatomy, perspective, light, and value - and that drawing is also painting without color. I also like that he showed step-by-step demonstrations of portraits of certain individuals wherein he shares nuggets of information regarding the type of pencil to use at different stages, planar and linear advice, transitions, and the like.Over all I think that it is a very inspirational and good book, one that does not focus heavily on the "technicalities" of constructing a head, but rather the "essentials" and the motivations behind drawing the portrait. I wish Mr. Mau-Kun Yim would also write a similar book on oil painting and mixing colors. I would definitely purchase one if he did!

This is a gorgeous book filled with beautifully photographed sensitive and exquisite drawings by the author. I am in awe of the stunning renderings in graphite and charcoal in this high quality, well made book. Mau-Kun Yim offers clear and valuable insights and examples of his approach to creating a portrait, but, as other reviewers have mentioned, it is not a step-by-step instructional or how-to book. For that reason, I think it is more suitable for the intermediate to advanced student, rather than beginner. No doubt about it, though, it is an inspiring treasure of a book.

I love this book. Its not very step by step, but it does give very basic overviews of how to draw a portrait. This book is not for beginners at all. I also love the end of the book with all of his drawings in the back. It is very inspiring.The author is a little arrogant. He talks down to you in the book. And expects you to do it his way. For some reason this doesnt bother me, but I could see it triggering some people. So thats why I wrote this in the review.Overall it is an excellent book for upper intermediate and advanced artists. I peronally am a lower interdemiate artist. Ive only been drawing a few years seriously. But I look at the authors work and find inspiration and something to shoot towards in the future.

I've been pouring over this book for the last couple days and I can honesty say that I really enjoyed this book. Plenty of high quality photos of the drawings, medium to big page size, and a nice hardcover binding. This feels like a high quality book printing.The first section of the book goes over Mau-Kun Yim's drawing process, which might be useful depending on your skill level, but the rest of the book is chock-full of drawings, which is what I was mostly looking forward to. This is a welcome addition to my library of art books. I would love to see more books from Mau-Kun Yim of similar print quality, especially figure and sketchbook/smaller drawings. Keep them coming!

Las descripciones, las imágenes, etc. todo muy bien. Los dibujos son muy buenos.

Easy to read and understand the basics of drawing and how to see everything with an artistic eye, if you follow and practice drawing heads with this technique you will be able to draw and paint anything.

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"Portrait Drawing" by Yim mau-Kun & Iris YimThis book presents solid instruction by a recognized master in portraiture. It is clear, concise, easy to follow and, unusually for a book on this subject, entertaining to read. Yim mau-Kun's many years as an instructor as well as a master artist are well presented, and Iris Yim's excellent interpretation is lively and clear. The demonstrations are easy to understand, and memorable. The examples of his work, in themselves, are worth the reasonable price of the book. "Portrait Drawing" would be of value to any artist at any stage of development. We are fortunate to have such a commanding talent, still working today, willing to share his knowledge.

Talvez o meu livro preferido sobre o assunto. Além das várias ilustrações da mais alta qualidade, o conteúdo escrito leva o leitor a entender sobre a filosofia de trabalho desse mestre dos portraits.

magnificent book... very practical!

Wat mij betreft misschien wel het beste boek over portrettekenen met houtskool.

A very good book for potrait...

Es un libro que trata el tema del retrato bastante disperso, con muchos ejemplos, pero da ideas interesantes