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Portrait Techniques: Made Easy, written by Aditya Chari, is a how-to book that explains the concepts of portrait drawing. It reveals the techniques of over 20 styles of portrait drawing in a variety of dry media. It explores procedures of drawing portraits using charcoal, color pencils, pastels, sketchpens, crowquills, microtip pens, graded pencils, crayons, and more. The book is aimed at readers who wish to advance their knowledge of portrait drawing, either as a hobby or for the purpose of studies. Portrait Techniques: Made Easy has garnered positive reviews across India. It has also been highly recommended by the Director of Art, Government of Maharashtra. It was first published in 2000 by Grace Prakashan. This particular edition is a 2001 reprint. Aditya Chari is an Indian illustrator and concept artist. His other books include Figure Study: Made Easy. He has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts.