The "Complete Portrait Course" is a comprehensive guide to portraiture, and is suitable for beginners and experts alike. Using a step-by-step format, with full colour photographs illustrating each stage of the project, the book demonstrates how a portrait can be created, and allows the reader to develop their technique by copying what they see. Handy hint boxes provide extra tips, while the works of both old masters and modern artists are examined to reveal their special techniques to achieve certain effects. A variety of different media can be used to create portraits, from watercolours to oils, pastels, charcoal and pencil, and the book discusses the various methods used to get the most striking effects from each.