The Artisit"s Guide to Drawing Realistic Animals by Doug Lindstrand

Provides step-by-step guidance for drawing a wide variety of lifelike animal subjects.

Wildlife artist Doug Lindstand has spet over 30 years observing animals in nature and capturing them on paper. In this book, he distills his expertise into key lessons for drawing any animal in a charming realistic style. Inside, a whole her of step-by-step excercises and demonstrations cover a browad range of subjects and challenges, including how to draw:
-short, long, and patterned fur
-mouths, eyes, ears and horns
-various poses, including sitting, standing and moving
-a diversityof animals, domestic and wild- from housecats to big cats, from tiny cottontails to massive African elephants.

Nothing intimidating here... starting with easy sketches, you"ll learn to gradually refine basic shapes into lifelike dogs, wolves, deer, sheep, horses, bears, giraffes, owls, eagles, geese and other magnificient creatures. With this classic and time-tested approach, you"ll be able to draw not only the animals illustrated on these pages, but any animal tha touches your artistic soul."