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Best books to learn Portrait drawing, in order

Portraits reward structure before likeness, so the order is everything. Start with the loomis-style construction of the skull and the reliable proportions of the face, then work feature by feature into eyes, nose, and mouth, and finally into shading and edges that turn a correct diagram into a living head — with many drawn-from-life reps between each stage.

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