Learn to draw lifelike versions of 63 different animals! This richly illustrated guide teaches you about the skeletal structures, musculatures and movements of various animals and how to draw them realistically. Each lesson in the book focuses on a different animal and is designed to expand your repertoire and develop your drawing skills. The techniques needed to capture these animals are demonstrated in hundreds of illustrations by 26 professional artists. This comprehensive reference work covers a wide range of different animals: Mammals including dogs, lions, bears, elephants and 25 others Amphibians & Reptiles including snakes, turtles, frogs and crocodiles Aquatic Animals including dolphins, penguins, seals, squid and whales Flying Animals including crows, owls, bats and sparrows Insects & Arthropods including beetles, spiders, dragonflies, butterflies and ladybugs Once you understand the internal structures and movements of each creature, you'll be able to confidently draw it in a more realistic way! This is a reference work that all artists will refer to again and again to explore the entire animal kingdom.
Author(s): Michiyo Miyanaga
Year: 2023
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Why I Wrote This Book
Let’s Draw & Paint Animals!
Tutorial: Draw & Paint a Tiger
Tutorial: Paint a Giraffe’s Head
Tutorial: Paint an Entire Giraffe
Tutorial: Draw & Paint a Cat
Tutorial: Draw & Paint Dogs
Drawing Animals from Anatomy by
Cormorant 2 (2008)
Crow 2 (2005)
Wild Rabbit 1 (2008)
Prologue
Tools Required for Pencil Drawing
How to Sharpen a Pencil
Basic Drawing Knowledge
Basic Drawing Techniques
The Basic Structure of Animal Bodies
The Movement Modes of Animals
Biological Diversification
The Evolutionary Tree
About the Colors and Sizes of Mammals
Part 1 Mammals
Human
Dog
Hyena
Cat
Gorilla
Orangutan
Chimpanzee
Squirrel and Chipmunk
Giraffe
Rhinoceros
Lion and Tiger
Cow
Hippopotamus
Horse
Sloth
Goat and Barbary Sheep
Sheep
Camel
Elephant
Rabbit
Mouse
Capybara
Wallaby and Kangaroo
Otter
Fox
Bear
Panda
Armadillo
Pangolin
Deer
Part 2 Amphibians & Reptiles
Snake
Lizard
Turtle
Chameleon
Frog
Giant Salamander
Part 3 Aquatic & Waterside Animals
Crocodile and Alligator
Koi
Octopus and Squid
Dolphin
Harbor Seal and Fur Seal
Penguin
Whale
Sidebar 1 Environment
Sidebar 2 Animal Droppings
Part 4 Flying Animals
Dove and Pigeon
Crow
Sparrow
Owl
Chicken
Cockatiel
Bat
Sidebar 3 An Animal’s Vision and Expressions
Part 5 Insects & Arthropods
Rhinoceros Beetle and Stag Beetle
Ant
Praying Mantis
Ladybug
Butterfly
Spider
Dragonfly
Bibliography
List of Artists Whose Drawings Appear in This Book
Copyright
Backcover
Blank Page
