This book introduces you to an exciting approach to animal drawing. It was especially created by a group of America's most eminent artists who have demonstrated the methods they have used on their distinguished careers.
You, too, will find that animal drawing is one of the areas of art that can bring you much fun and excitement. Not only will you gain rich satisfaction from drawing or painting, but you'll discover that people admire creative talent-- and you'll experience the pride of achievement that comes from developing a valuable skill that most others lack.
Also, if you have sufficient desire and dedication, your talent in drawing could even lead you to an exciting and challenging career as a professional artist. But, whether or not you have the ambition to be a professional, you'll find that art will be a wonderfully satisfying pursuit.
In this book you'll find fresh approaches to the following features:
* Capturing spirit and motion * Drawing materials and techniques * Four basic animal groups * Constructing the head * Basic forms of the body * The horse in motion * Dogs and cats-- step-by-step * Basic forms of unusual animals * Birds at rest and in flight
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How to Draw Animals from the Famous Artist's School Collecti
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| Review Date: April 12, 2003 |
| Reviewer: Bryan Bankhead, Columbus, OH United States |
There are many approaches that artists working in the 'furry' or anthromorphic field can take to their characters. Some place animal-like heads on top of what are essentially human bodies (the egyptian god approach) some twist quadrapeds into a bipedal position (and leave it to suspension of disbelief rather than anatomy to keep them walking!) and of course there are the 'taurs.And finally those weirdos that draw realistic animals...... The Famous Artist school's book 'How to Draw Animals' has something for every type of furry artist no matter what their style. I discusses the basics of animal anatomy, deals with many of the mistakes beginners make,does a very good job of showing how the various types of animal families differ and how to repepresent these differences well.The books has hundreds of sketches showing how the various artists approached the issues dealt with in the text,as well as diagrams of actaul muscular and skeltal structures of some common types.. Are you primarily interested in animal faces? There is also a section on how various animal heads are put together and again a good demonstration of how to differentiate them (an importan point, amatuer furry artists can have problems keeping their cats from looking like dogs and vice versa.) as well as how to use proportion to differentiate the members of a common family (emily the greyhound versus jack the bulldog) Finally it discusses how to analyze an unfamiliar animal and place it in a familiar animal family. Pretty much all the commonly illustrated groups are dealt with, equines canines,felines,birds as well as how to us proportion to say use the same contstruction for a gazelle as for a clydesdale. All in all I find this book to be an informative and useful one for the furry artist, I think all but the most advanced will finds something of use in it. This and the other famous artist books are commonly available used and can be acquired at cheaply at amazon.com. It is worth adding to the library of any furry artist. |
Never Out of Style Tried and True
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| Review Date: September 6, 2006 |
| Reviewer: C. Miller, Aiken, SC United States |
| Even though the Famous Artists School was found in many publications when I was a child growing up, it still is hard to beat their tried and true processes from step by step methods to the finished product. If you want simple, comprehensible and easily learned methodology of creating animal form.....this is a must have book. You learn the basic form here and add the individual spirit and media to your subject. I am glad I was able to find the Famous Artist School Step-By-Step Method Books....and for the price it is hard to be without. |
how to draw animals, famous artists school
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| Review Date: March 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer: virginiia woolf, long island |
| the book is exactly what it says it is, a step by step instruction guide. i think many will find this book helpful,it also gives practice pages to dreaw on and to learn their techniques. |
An essential book.
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| Review Date: December 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Clair, Orange County, CA |
| If you are learning how to draw animals, and indeed, also wish to practice foundational drawing skills, then this book is incredible. The emphasis on basic structure, observation, and regular practice are core components of good drawing, whether you draw animals or not. Learning from this book will teach you not just animal drawing but how to be a better artist in general. |
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