Drawing in Color - Animals

by Lee Hammond

Overview

This, the fourth book in the Drawing in Color series, teaches readers how to draw realistic animals with colored pencils. Lee Hammond's amazing easy-to-follow techniques enable you to render a variety of wonderful animals, from cats and dogs to horses, squirrels, tigers and more. These skills can be used to draw any kind of mammal accurately. Hammond's special graphing system makes all the difference, helping to translate the animal poses seen into drawings on the page. You'll also learn other important illustration techniques, including layering, blending and shading. Additional guidelines help duplicate realistic eyes, ears, mouths, feet, fur, and hide. You'll feel like you can draw from the start with achievable examples, even if you're a first-timer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600615016
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/08/2002
Series:	Drawing in Color
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

A professional artist and instructor for 20+ years, Lee Hammond has authored and produced 40+ North Light and ArtistsNetwork.TV products. She has owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Visit her website at LeeHammond.com

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	You Can Do It!	5
Chapter 2	Getting Started	7
Chapter 3	The Different "Looks" of Colored Pencil	12
Chapter 4	Technique	15
Chapter 5	Basic Shapes and Shading	17
Chapter 6	Graphing	24
Chapter 7	Drawing Animal Features in Prismacolor	30
Chapter 8	Hair and Fur	43
Chapter 9	Verithin Pencils	53
Chapter 10	Prismacolor Pencils	57
Chapter 11	Studio Pencils	61
Chapter 12	Colored Pencils on Suede	66
Chapter 13	Other Options	76