The Animal Drawing Primer

Master the Essentials of Illustrating Your Favorite Animals. Grab your pencil, whip out your sketchbook and get ready to draw. In this must-have book for beginners, beloved artist Jennifer Rae Phillips showcases her best step-by-step tutorials to take your animal drawings to the next level. Learn to break down each species' complicated anatomy into basic shapes with ease and watch as your illustrations come to life. Start off with simple structures of adorable dogs and feisty felines as they lounge, sit and stretch. Then capture more dynamic poses with projects featuring animals in motion, such as a bucking bronco or an eagle in flight. You can also use the mini-tutorials at the end of the chapters to understand how adjusting certain features, like the width of a muzzle or the tips of feathers, will allow you to create any breed-real or imagined. Take the next step in your artistic journey with this menagerie of classic animal tutorials, and let your imagination run wild.