The Artist's Guide to Drawing Realistic Animals
Author: Lindstrand, DougBrand: North Light BooksColor: WhiteEdition: IllustratedBinding: PaperbackFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 144Release Date: 23-08-2006model number: 33400Part Number: 33400Details: Breathe Life into Your Animal Drawings Wildlife artist Doug Lindstrand has spent 30+ years observing animals in nature and capturing them on paper. In this book, he distills his expertise into key lessons for drawing any animal in a charming, realistic style. Inside, a whole herd of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations (43, to be exact!) cover a broad range of subjects and challenges, including how to draw: • Short, long and patterned fur • Mouths, eyes, ears and horns • Various poses, including seated, standing and moving • A diversity of animals, domestic and wild--from housecats to big cats, from tiny cottontails to massive African elephants. Nothing intimidating here! Starting with easy sketches, you'll learn to gradually refine basic shapes into lifelike dogs, wolves,