Simple, clear instructions for drawing animals with more than a thousand step-by-step illustrations. Basic fundamentals for the beginner, new principles and techniques for the professional. A detailed guide for everyone who enjoys—or wants to enjoy—drawing.

Four-in-one book compilation includes How to Draw Animals, How to Draw Dinosaurs, How to Draw Insects, and How to Draw Aquarium Animals. Simple step-by-step diagrams.

Drawing animals can be fun and satisfying. Compiled by a group of America's most eminent artists for the Famous Artists Schools, HOW TO DRAW ANIMALS introduces budding artists to an exciting approach to animal drawing. Also, your artistic talent could lead you into an exciting and challenging career as a professional artist, but you won't know until you try.

A beautiful and inspirational guide to making your animal portraits and artworks leap to life. In this book you will find 39 step-by-step tutorials on how to draw domestic and wild animals with colored pencils in a realistic style. You will learn to draw them, from both imagination and reference photos. Every tutorial consists illustrations with short explanations for each step based on the author's personal experience. The book is written and illustrated by a recognized fine artist, Jasmina Susak, whose life-like drawings are popular around the world. The drawing tutorials are easy to understand and apply, so whether you are a beginner or already have some experience, you can still follow along. This book also covers techniques for creating textures like fur, skin, that are traditionally difficult to make appear realistic, simple techniques for achieving amazingly realistic compositions, including layering and burnishing. You’ll learn tips for blending colors and creating subtle gradients in your drawings. This book can be a perfect gift for animal lovers particularly children, since the book contains more hundred images. This book is a great choice for anyone who appreciates visual art, whether you want to create it yourself and learn through close observation, or just peek behind the curtain to see how such work is done. Enjoy learning! www.jasminasusak.com

This book will take you through the process of drawing beautiful animals with colored pencils. You’ll learn how to create the main lines of your picture with an easy to use grid method for breaking down each section of a reference picture into smaller, manageable pieces. This book contains nine unique drawing tutorials. Every tutorial consists of 6-20 illustrations with short explanations for each step based on the author's personal experience. Since the author is a self-taught artist, the material is presented clearly with friendly instructions that everyone can follow, instead of like the stuff found in educational materials or many other how-to-draw books. The book is written and illustrated by a recognized fine artist, whose unique drawings are popular around the world. This book also covers techniques for creating textures like fur, skin, shinny plastic or metal, and water or glass that are traditionally difficult to make appear realistic. You’ll learn tips for blending colors and creating subtle gradients in your drawings. You’ll also learn the pros and cons of using colorless wax blenders and in what situations they are best used. This book can be a perfect gift for animal lovers particularly children, since the book contains more than 150 images. This book is a great choice for anyone who appreciates visual art, whether you want to create it yourself and learn through close observation, or just peek behind the curtain to see how such work is done. Enjoy learning!

Drawing animals requires fast thinking and quick execution. Unlike artists of landscapes or still-life, the animal illustrator must adhere to this golden rule: observe much and long and draw quick and little. This respected guidebook, written by renowned wildlife illustrator Charles Liedl, shows you how. In How to Draw Animals, artists of every level will learn the techniques for portraying animals accurately and gracefully, whether the creatures are in action or repose. Keen advice on the importance of visually mastering the subject's anatomy gives way to invaluable guidance on line sketching, outlining, shading, form, tone, and detail. More than 100 expert illustrations include muscular and skeletal characteristics, and detail the development process in creating an enormous variety of wild and domestic breeds: horses, deer, game birds, dogs, cats, rabbits, foxes, buffalo, zebras, tigers, wolves, and many more. The author also provides tips on the best media to use and how to use them, as well as how to guide an animal to turn or resume a pose. A time-honored art instruction guide, both motivational and inspirational, this volume is a must-have for the bookshelves of every artist.

"The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals focuses on learning how to draw animals using solid drawing principles."--Publisher.