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How To Draw Series
Jonathan Newey
Search Press
22 November 2010/ ISBN 9781844485734
How-To Books/Drawing
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Animals are
a perennially popular subject for artwork, whether it is a drawing
of a favorite pet or a study of a wild animal. Learn how to capture
those creatures on paper with this latest entry in Search Press’
popular How To Draw series.
The animals in here are all of the type you would find in a zoo,
and you can take your pick from elephants, big cats, primates, meerkats,
lemurs, rhinos and more. The author has a good understanding of
what is popular from the animal kingdom right now (no dolphins but
everything else) and you are sure to find some of your favorites
in here. As with all the titles in this series the author devotes
one page at the front of the book to tell you how to use the book
and give ideas as to how to find more subjects and convey his enthusiasm
for his art. Each page has an animal on it rendered down first to
a series of easily drawn rough shapes, and then each subsequent
stage adds a few details in brown pencil so you can see how the
drawing builds up. This usually takes three or four stages and then
the final pair of drawings show the creature in graphite pencil,
then in colored pencil. The first steps are easy to tackle and make
learning to draw seem fun and reassuringly simple, but there is
quite a jump from the final basic sketch to one of the finished
drawings. This series is aimed at beginners, and I felt that a couple
more drawings would make a lot of difference. However, nobody said
that art was easy and anybody keen enough is sure to study those
final two pictures and be able to work out what is going on with
a bit of thought, sorting those who are serious about learning to
draw from those who are not! I had some fun with this book and so
will any other animal lover who wants to make some sketches of their
favorite beasties.
Also in this series and new out are How
to Paint Vampires and How
to Paint Wild Flowers.
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