Consumer Critique: Draw Like an Artist - 100 Realistic Animals

If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that my older daughter loves to draw (and my younger one is also starting to get quite good). My older daughter also absolutely loves animals of all kinds, especially marine animals, wolves, foxes, and all types of cats. It was fun to review Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic Animals, which contains hundreds of sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful animal forms, detailed faces, and more

This contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of creatures, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing.

This book is a great visual reference book for anyone who likes to draw animals, whether it's for book or scientific illustrations, people sketching urban wildlife, artists that use it as a hobby, or anyone who needs a little work on realistic animal  drawing skills.

Author Melissa Washburn is a skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.