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Featuring 600+ sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful animal forms, detailed faces, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic Animals is a must-have visual reference book for student artists, scientific illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills.

This contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of creatures, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing.

Author Melissa Washburn is a skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic Animals is the third book in the Draw Like an Artist series following Faces and Figures and Flowers and Plants.

The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.

Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Tips for Better Line Control

SECTION 1: FAMILIAR HOUSEHOLD ANIMALS
German Shepherd
Greyhound
Beagle
Boston Terrier
Corgi
Puppy
Tabby Cat
Persian Cat
Kitten
Goldfish
Guinea Pig
Gecko
Rabbit
Mouse
Rat
Ferret
Box Turtle
Parakeet

SECTION 2: OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Horse
Foal
Goat
Sheep
Pig
Cow
Duck
Chicken
Chick
Camel
Llama
Chinchilla

SECTION 3: WILD ANIMALS
Fox
Wolf
Tiger
Lion
Squirrel
Chipmunk
Bat
Raccoon
Opossum
Porcupine
Prairie Dog
Grizzly Bear
Polar Bear
Panda
Koala
Lemur
Gazelle
Rhinoceros
Hippopotamus
Deer
Elk
Moose
Kangaroo
Beaver
Giraffe
Elephant
Gorilla
Sloth
Zebra
Bobcat
Cheetah
Chimpanzee
Capuchin Monkey
Otter
Seal
Walrus
Manatee
Whale
Dolphin

SECTION 4: BIRDS
Owl
Robin
Flamingo
Woodpecker
Penguin
Ostrich
Heron
Hummingbird
Chickadee

SECTION 5: REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, CEPHALOPOD
Chameleon
Iguana
Bullfrog
Tortoise
Alligator
Python
Octopus

SECTION 6: DETAILS AND PARTS
Canine Head and Features
Canine Front vs. Side Pose
Canine Feet
Canines in Motion
Feline Head and Features
Feline Front vs. Side Pose
Feline Feet
Felines in Motion
Horse Head and Features
Horse Legs and Feet
Horse in Motion
Birds in Flight
Bird Feet
Drawing Fur
Drawing Feathers

About the Author
Acknowledgments

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      Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
      Publication Date: 17/12/2019
      ISBN13: 9781631598197, 978-1631598197
      ISBN10: 1631598198
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Featuring 600+ sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful animal forms, detailed faces, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic Animals is a must-have visual reference book for student artists, scientific illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills.

      This contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of creatures, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing.

      Author Melissa Washburn is a skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.

      Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic Animals is the third book in the Draw Like an Artist series following Faces and Figures and Flowers and Plants.

      The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      How to Use This Book
      Tips for Better Line Control

      SECTION 1: FAMILIAR HOUSEHOLD ANIMALS
      German Shepherd
      Greyhound
      Beagle
      Boston Terrier
      Corgi
      Puppy
      Tabby Cat
      Persian Cat
      Kitten
      Goldfish
      Guinea Pig
      Gecko
      Rabbit
      Mouse
      Rat
      Ferret
      Box Turtle
      Parakeet

      SECTION 2: OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS
      Horse
      Foal
      Goat
      Sheep
      Pig
      Cow
      Duck
      Chicken
      Chick
      Camel
      Llama
      Chinchilla

      SECTION 3: WILD ANIMALS
      Fox
      Wolf
      Tiger
      Lion
      Squirrel
      Chipmunk
      Bat
      Raccoon
      Opossum
      Porcupine
      Prairie Dog
      Grizzly Bear
      Polar Bear
      Panda
      Koala
      Lemur
      Gazelle
      Rhinoceros
      Hippopotamus
      Deer
      Elk
      Moose
      Kangaroo
      Beaver
      Giraffe
      Elephant
      Gorilla
      Sloth
      Zebra
      Bobcat
      Cheetah
      Chimpanzee
      Capuchin Monkey
      Otter
      Seal
      Walrus
      Manatee
      Whale
      Dolphin

      SECTION 4: BIRDS
      Owl
      Robin
      Flamingo
      Woodpecker
      Penguin
      Ostrich
      Heron
      Hummingbird
      Chickadee

      SECTION 5: REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, CEPHALOPOD
      Chameleon
      Iguana
      Bullfrog
      Tortoise
      Alligator
      Python
      Octopus

      SECTION 6: DETAILS AND PARTS
      Canine Head and Features
      Canine Front vs. Side Pose
      Canine Feet
      Canines in Motion
      Feline Head and Features
      Feline Front vs. Side Pose
      Feline Feet
      Felines in Motion
      Horse Head and Features
      Horse Legs and Feet
      Horse in Motion
      Birds in Flight
      Bird Feet
      Drawing Fur
      Drawing Feathers

      About the Author
      Acknowledgments

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