A classic how-to-draw book featuring helpful images as well as in-depth art theory from a legendary illustrator and major influence for comic book and graphic novel artists Famous for his mastery of figure drawing and clean Realist style illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered amongst classic artists like the great American painter Norman Rockwell and comics and graphic novel artists like Marvel and DC superstar Alex Ross. This in-depth manual for drawing the human head and hands features helpful reference information theory and illustrations with steps for: - Identifying differences and similarities in creating heads between genders and age ranges - Children s heads from infancy to the teenaged years - The basic block forms and proportions for bones and muscle head tilts perspective and indicating character and expression - Mechanics of the mouth eyes and lips and how to construct noses and ears - Hands of all ages and genders including foreshortening the hand in action knuckles and fingers With everything you need to know to draw like a pro this 2nd installment in the facsimile editions series returns Loomis highly influential series of art instruction books to print for the first time in decades.