One look at the finished sample sculptures the author shows will have you convinced that it is far too advanced a book if you are a beginning sculptor, however, each step is laid out in detail with full color photos as well to help you achieve a similar, if not exactly the same, effect. My finished sculpture lacked the finer details of the author's example, but considering it was my first and I didn't follow all of the steps exactly, it still turned out pretty good. There are detailed instructions for creating both male and female people, their hair, and even clothing from polymer clay. Afraid you don't have the special tools necessary? Don't worry because she tells you how to make your own step by step. Though I thought the price was high at first, I realized that in this case the product totally justified the price.