Want more drawing tips and training? Use this page as a starting point to find recommended products and services. As you click through the links, you will only find products and services that I truly believe will enhance your progress as a portrait artist or will pique your interest.

<strong>Note:</strong> Some of the links below are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you purchase through these links.

If the product comes from someone else, I only recommend it if I have personally purchased it, used it myself, and if I recognize substantial benefits and usefulness.
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"How to Make Realistic Line Drawings of Any Face" - This 34-page ebook will take you by the hand and teach you specific steps for implementing the very effective "grid method" to draw faces. This is a free download that you can access when you sign up for the Let's Draw People Newsletter. <img class=" size-medium wp-image-1386 aligncenter" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tw-any-face-3d-227x300.png" alt="any face guide 3d" width="227" height="300" />
<h3>Digital Drawing Courses and eBooks</h3>
This list consists of helpful drawing courses and resources that I highly recommend! Here you will find courses that I have offered my readers in the past. You will find materials covering a variety of topics, including how to draw faces, figure drawing, drawing techniques, and drawing with different media.

<strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/realistic-pencil-portrait-mastery/">"Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery"</a></strong> - Christopher Sia teaches a unique but effective method for drawing remarkably realistic pencil portraits in this popular home study course. Each lesson goes into explicit detail for what to look for when drawing the individual facial features: the eyes, the nose, the mouth and teeth, the ears, and the hair.

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<strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/8-steps/">"8 Easy Steps to Drawing a Portrait"</a></strong> - Also by Christopher Sia, this ebook takes you from a blank sheet of paper to a complete drawing of a famous celebrity within one week. You will get to learn the 8 easy steps throughout the process of drawing.<img class=" size-medium wp-image-1974 aligncenter" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ebook-232x300.jpg" alt="ebook" width="232" height="300" />

<strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/master-the-human-form/">"Master the Human Form"</a></strong> - Todd Harris uses this comprehensive 128-page ebook to teach life drawing - using live models as subjects. He references important parts of the anatomy to not only teach how to draw facial features but also hands, arms, the torso, legs, and even clothes.

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<strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/secrets-to-drawing/">"The Secrets to Drawing Video Course"</a></strong> - This course by art instructor Matt Fussell covers a broad range of drawing strategies with 28 high-definition videos and 26 illustrated ebooks. Matt demonstrates how to create art with graphite pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, and pastels.

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<center></center><strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/drawing-secrets-revealed/">"Drawing Secrets Revealed"</a></strong> - Professional portrait artist Sarah Parks developed this college-level video course. The best part about this program is if you don't feel like you need the whole course, you can pick and choose to buy only those lessons that interest you the most.

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<strong><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/how-to-sketch/">"How to Sketch"</a></strong> - Kerry Godsall made this ebook for beginning artists to get results by developing fundamental sketching skills. Concepts can be applied not only to sketching people but also animals, plants, and inanimate objects.
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<h3>Published Drawing Books</h3>
I have used many general drawing books over the years to teach myself portrait drawing. The books in the short list below played a significant, major, defining role in developing me into the artist I am today.

<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XP5ASW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002XP5ASW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=SL7MLVMF4N5PE4EJ">How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs</a></strong> - Reading this book by Lee Hammond forever changed the way I approached drawing people. It taught me basic concepts that were new to me at the time but dramatically accelerated my learning curve.

<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600614582/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1600614582&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=GKGNBKFVE3YGF4ZK">The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets</a></strong> - This book by Carrie and Rick Parks taught me new and more efficient ways to draw people from photographs and from life. Countless examples for how to apply a multitude of drawing supplies were especially helpful.
<h3>Drawing Materials</h3>
Below is a list of the drawing supplies I use to create my pencil portraits.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JLMY7M/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000JLMY7M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=GS45T52ERA2XOQRM">Bristol board paper</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J69KZQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000J69KZQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=776TOVIFYTAKCUZ4">Graphite pencils</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006HXQXA/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0006HXQXA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=RS4WEJ6QDCUKEAYJ">Mechanical pencil</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IEGJ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00006IEGJ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=4GAFVOZQSXLYC5SP">Mechanical lead refills</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IFAJ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00006IFAJ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=F4WRBTBDTAH2XWC5">Kneaded eraser</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00290J492/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00290J492&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=UWD433C2ZYG72UJ7">Electric eraser</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HF6KA2/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000HF6KA2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=DYMM6IVXV5WY45SV">Dusting brush</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KIDVJE/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000KIDVJE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=L3A7GUWSZVF44HO5">Circle template</a> -

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HEQNFA/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000HEQNFA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=letsdrawpeople-20&amp;linkId=SVG5TNUJINVZDDLL">French curve set</a> -

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