From Oliver Sin, accomplished artist, veteran art instructor, and author of Drawing the Head for Artists, Facial Expressions for Artists teaches how to convey a wide range of human emotion in portrait and character drawings.
 

Oliver Sin graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. He began his career as a computer games concept artist, including stints at LucasArts and 3DO, and has been teaching for the Academy’s School of 2D Animation and the School of Fine Art since 2001. His award-winning portrait art has been recognized by the Portrait Society of America, and featured on ArtistsNetwork.com, in the journal The Art of the Portrait, and in International Artist and Southwest Art magazines. He is the author of Drawing the Head for Artists. Born in Hong Kong, Sin has lived in San Francisco since 1990.

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Selected Awards
First Place Drawing, People’s Choice Award: Portrait Society of America, 2021 - 22nd Annual International Portrait Competition, The Art of the Portrait
Finalist, Artistic Excellence: Southwest Art magazine, 2020
Exceptional Merit Award: Portrait Society of America, 2019