An essential guide for all artists with more than 600 images to show readers how to draw realistic characters with examples of movement, faces, and hands. Anatomy charts and rules of proportion will also allow users to accurately represent any human subject. Including instructions for a variety of drawing techniques (graphite pencils, colored pencils, felt tip pens, etc.) and a diverse array of models, this is the ultimate guide to mastering drawing the human form.

Jean-Pierre Lamérand is a self-taught designer and illustrator who also works in advertising. He is an illustrator with multiple styles, from humorous drawings to hyperrealistic animal representation and science fiction illustration. He is the author of educational books for learning to draw and is the author-illustrator of humorous and books for children. He lives in Montrouge, near Paris.