Beautiful Faces Book & Supplies Bundle

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What Jane says

• ‘Drawing & Painting Beautiful Faces’ is an International Best Seller!

• Beautiful faces is an inspiring, mixed media workbook on how to create enchanting portraits.
• It is packed with illustration techniques for a variety of whimsically styled, female faces
• The lessons walk your through step-by-step with detail explanation and supply information.

I adore drawing faces and playing with colour! It helps makes me feel inspired and happy. The reason I teach is because I want this for everyone. Whether you want to make art as a pastime or as your profession makes no difference. As long as you enjoy the process rather than being fixated on the end result, you will keep at it. Growing and glowing! I would love to help you create the artful faces of your dreams.

Beautiful faces has been printed in multiple languages:

These rankings bounce around a little on a daily basis,
and won’t last forever of course,
so I am showing them off here because it still doesn’t seem quite real!

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What you might like to know

Jane Davenport’s Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces is both an instructional art book and a colorful, whimsical guide to illustrating female portraits. The book starts with the foundations of drawing the basic proportions of a face—covering eyes, nose, lips, and hair—before moving into more detailed techniques for adding color and personality. Davenport’s tone throughout is playful and encouraging, aiming to help artists overcome any fears of the blank page.
Key elements of the book:
•    Foundational Techniques: Davenport breaks down the process of sketching faces, paying special attention to proportion and structure. She includes exercises on drawing eyes, lips, and other facial features that help simplify what can feel like a complicated skill.
•    Mixed-Media Exploration: The author is known for her vibrant, layered style. She demonstrates how to use various media—watercolors, acrylics, markers, pens, and even collage—to develop depth, texture, and individuality in a portrait.
•    Playful Approach: True to Davenport’s creative brand, many pages are filled with bright colors and hand-lettered text. She offers “creative prompts” and encourages experimentation, freeing artists from overly rigid rules.
•    Step-by-Step Guidance: Each segment of the book tends to follow a formula of instruction, demonstration, and then project ideas. This helps the reader apply new skills right away, helping to solidify the techniques through practice.
Why it has been a bestseller:
•    Approachable Style: Many readers praise Davenport’s laid-back, fun method of teaching. Her warm, supportive voice shines through, making the book feel less like a technical manual and more like an encouraging artist’s companion.
•    Visually Striking Layout: The abundance of full-color images and examples can make the learning process feel as if you’re taking a class with the author. It’s visually stimulating—something beginners and experienced artists alike often find motivating.
•    Broad Appeal: While focused on stylized faces, the skills and techniques in the book can be applied to other forms of illustration. Many Amazon reviewers mention that it helped them break creative blocks or sparked a renewed interest in art.
•    Community and Engagement: Jane Davenport has an active presence online, offering courses and art supplies linked to her books. Readers mention that they enjoy feeling part of a bigger creative community when they pick up her guides.
Incorporating reader reactions (based on common Amazon reviews):
•    Praise often centers on how “inspirational” and “easy-to-follow” the exercises are. Readers appreciate the variety of techniques and the author’s enthusiastic voice.
•    Critiques typically come from artists seeking more realistic or in-depth anatomical details. Davenport’s style is whimsical and stylized—people expecting detailed realism might wish for more comprehensive anatomy lessons.
Overall, Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces stands out for its vivid imagery, friendly instruction, and ability to spark confidence in budding artists. It’s widely regarded as an inspiring starting point for anyone interested in expressive portrait art, which helps explain its bestseller status.

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