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    How to Draw Animals
    How to Draw Animals
    How to Draw Animals
    Ebook67 pages15 minutes

    How to Draw Animals

    By Charles Liedl

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJul 12, 2012
    ISBN9780486136929
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      How to Draw Animals - Charles Liedl

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      Contrary to the general belief that animal drawing belongs to the simpler and easier forms of art, there are many difficulties which do not handicap the still-life, landscape, or portrait artist. Nevertheless animals are among the most fascinating of all the artist’s subjects. While the time element plays little or no part at all in still-life, animal sketching requires fast thinking and execution. Animals move and change poses frequently — usually when you don’t want them to — and many half-finished or just-begun sketches will be the reward of all sincere effort. It is important to know well the anatomy of your subject, for when you start to sketch, you will have very little time for such study. Animals simply will not hold poses very long; some disturbance will usually make them move.

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