"Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces" is a practical and creative book written by popular Skillshare artist and teacher Amarilys Henderson. In this book, Henderson shares his techniques for creating portraits and small characters with personality.
The book guides the reader step by step through various media, such as aquarelles, dyes, labels and more. Each chapter includes detailed instructions, useful tips and exercises to practice.
One of the book's strengths is the way Henderson presents information in an accessible and easy-to-understand way, even if the reader is a beginner in the art of painting and drawing.
In addition, the book's illustrations are beautiful and serve as inspiration for readers. Each page is filled with examples of how to create expressive faces with personality.
"Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces" is a practical, detailed guide that will help readers develop their artistic skills and create unique and emotional works of art.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to explore the creation of characters and portraits, whether for personal or professional purposes.

You may have met Amarilys Henderson through her Skillshare videos.
This walks you through getting your supplies, as well as practical information about facial shapes, mixing colors and ways to make the faces even more expressive. There are some project ideas included as well to help you make the most out of this book--its like having all of the knowledge on a few classes at your fingertips and a LOT of fun! This is quite awesome and I can't wait for more!

I had the opportunity to take this artist/author's Skillshare class on this subject, and it is a very nice partner to this book! The book itself is adorable, with tons of advice and techniques for developing your own artistic style when it comes to people and faces. Love it, and purchased the physical copy as soon as I was able to.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book to review.

This is one of my favorite crafting books ever. I will surely buy this when it comes out because I want a paper copy as well. It spans the gap between cartoon and realistic face so nicely. I don't want to paint a portrait, but I also don't want my painting looking comic either.

The photography and the layout are top notch. This is just a well done craft book from start to finish. I hope this is the first of many books for Amarilys Henderson.

When you’re just getting started drawing it can be incredibly frustrating to draw poorly every day. It’s crucial to get as much practice as you can early on. But the wrong kind of practice is both annoying and a hinderance to your progress. And this book is perfect to for a beginner ! I think the mark of a good art instruction book is that you feel like you need to grab your supplies straight away. I think the thing I love best about this book is how fun it is. Her drawings aren’t complicated and it’s easy to make them your own even if you’re not so good at drawing the human form! Unlike a lot of art books out there,Amarilys books are about letting go of this preconceived notion that art has to be perfect and I fully support that. It’s about letting go and finding your childlike imagination again!All in All Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces is so exquisite, inspirational & easy to use. Amarilys Henderson explains her take on creativity & inspires you to get imaginative.

Drawing is a past time for me and this book is neat and fits the bill , would highly suggest to budding artists to consider this book as a resource for drawing facial expressions, and features. I was happily surprised with this find.

Beautiful, whimsical illustrations. You can see on the cover the style of much of the artwork in this book, a painterly style, lots of watercolour, but there is also a wide variety of media and the author gives us step by step tips on how to tackle various techniques in a way that is ideal for beginners starting out, as well as experienced artists who want to delve into the notoriously difficult world of faces and improve their craft.

The book has in-depth instructions for portraits in different styles and media, from pencil, to pen, to paint. You can choose your own materials or take inspiration from those in the book. Every step is illustrated and explained so you aren't left feeling lost..

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the author for providing me with this ARC.

Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces by Amarilys Henderson is such a charming book that make painting faces very easy and I cannot wait to try them all.

"Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces" breaks down the steps of creating a small expressive faces, into small consumable parts. It gives you many different variations of face shapes, eyes, noses, mouths, and hair. It covers shades of skin and also mentions a few tips when using a real person as a reference.

Do you long to draw people and portraits with personality?
"Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces. Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating People and Portraits with Personality--Explore Watercolors, Inks, Markers, and More" was created by artist and Skillshare instructor Amarilys Henderson and published by Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry. It is Henderson's goal to help other artists to create people and portraits with personality. In order to achieve this goal Henderson is using a simple step-by-step approach. The book is divided into six parts: 1) Essential Supplies, 2) Simplifying the Face, 3) Building a Face, 4) Putting it all together, 5) Pumping up the Personality, and 6) Not just Doodles. The information about supplies (watercolors, inks, papers, brushes, and markers) is very detailed and informative and can be a help to beginning artists as well as to advanced ones and it is complemented by the "Resources" page at the end of the book which is quite helpful. The instructions in the varies chapters are really helpful. Furthermore, Henderson has also included "tips" such as "phone hack", "proportions at angles", or "cartoon eyes" as well as various exercises that will help artists to put the studied topic into practice.
I really appreciated Henderson's book with her approach and the fact that she included information about the resources and also a detailed index which helps easily to find a particular topic. I want to highly recommend the book for beginners as well as advanced artists and I am convinced that it will make also a great present for them.
The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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I’m not convinced artistic ability can indeed be learned or taught or practiced into existence. It’s not this really cute book’s fault that I’m not an artist despite my really wanting to draw really cute and amazing things. Definitely glad this one gave me laughs and was really nice to look at, even if my pictures weren’t as cute.

I didn't finish this book, but I REALLY enjoyed what I was able to read before it expired from my library. I liked that the author did not speak down to me as an artist, and that the book was written in a friendly, conversational style. A lot of art books will either treat the reader as an imbecile or a robot, which is frustrating when you are trying to learn - but this author made me actually look her up to see if she had written any other art books.

I also enjoyed that there were different stages to faces that you could draw - either more or less complex if you wanted, and the ability to use whatever art supplies that you had at hand, making this book's material accessible to everyone that reads it. DEFINITELY a must have for anyone that might be interested in drawing faces.

For those who would like to work on their artistic skills, this book will be an excellent and fun resource.  The author gives clear directions on how to draw and on the supplies that a budding artist will need.  She encourages a reader to explore the personality that is found in a face and to enjoy the process of creating art.


Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest reveiw.

I really enjoyed Amarilys Henderson's Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Faces -- she went into detail on how to create faces, focusing on the various features in a way that was extremely simple yet realistic. Ms. Hendersion is clear that she is not writing a book on portraits, yet I believe the practices shown in this book could help one to focus on the important features instead of getting too caught up in the details (as I personally have a tendency to do). In any case, it is the perfect book for those that are looking to learn how to create faces their own imaginary people. Not to mention the book is full of adorable little faces inspiring me to make my own pages full of faces.

This book helped me a lot to improve my watercolor painting techniques, because until then I couldn't elaborate more complex drawings than cacti and flowers.
I recommend it to anyone who is interested in delving into simple techniques for drawing faces.
PS: It is a very cute and beautiful book!

Anyone who has ever tried to draw a person knows how challenging faces can be. From noses to ears to nailing just the right expression. This book is packed with tips starting with supplies and then taking you step by step through the process for each facial feature. Great for artists of all ages!

Thank you to Quarto Publishing and NetGalley for allowing me to review this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

This is a delightful step by step guide on how to draw and paint faces using watercolours.

There are many ways to draw expressions and these are shown in the guide. It's a definite for beginners as it starts by providing details on the supplies needed, then how to simplify the face. The face is then build up with each consecutive part until the chapter on putting it all together, which also includes skin tones and adding personality to the image.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for a honest review.

Very fun and very inspirational. It simplifies something that many might be intimated by because the end results look so complicated. But this makes drawing pictures seem so easy and fun you just can't wait to jump in and try it yourself.

This is a full book explaining how to create a face with personality that is not just copying a picture of someone. This book would be great in any art classroom, public and school library, and would be great for middle grade and older.

Great little book with quirky fun faces. I like the way it has pages dedicated to differing features, so you can really mix and match. I would recommend this if you want to learn about illustrating people.