Drawing and Painting Animals

Author(s): Trudy Friend

Art and Design

Trudy Friend's innovative approach highlights common problems and simple solutions to create more effective drawings and paintings. Clearly annotated pictures and easy-to-follow technique demonstrations ensure that problems can be quickly corrected. The book covers a wide range of popular animals including farm animals, wild animals, birds, reptiles and insects. The techniques demonstrated throughout are applicable to watercolour, graphite pencil, charcoal, Conte, pastels, acrylic and gouache.

General Information

  • : 9780715322239
  • : 44985
  • : 44985
  • : 0.544
  • : 30 June 2006
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Trudy Friend
  • : Paperback
  • : annotated edition
  • : 751.4
  • : 128
  • : 250 colour illustrations & 30 line illustrations

More About The Product

Trudy Friend is the author of the three Problems and Solutions books published by David & Charles, all based on her popular column in Leisure Painter. Trudy is an established and respected artist, she regularly writes for the leading UK leisure painting magazines and currently lives in Monmouthshire, UK.

Introduction; Materials; Techniques; Mixing Colour * Textures * Line * Form * Tone * Heads and Features * Feet * Movement * Body Mass * Exercise in Accuracy * With an Artist's Eye; Theme 1: Domestic Pets; Dog * Cat * Rabbit * Guinea Pig * Mouse * Shetland Pony; Theme 2: Farm Animals; Cow * Pig * Goat * Sheep * Horse * Chicken * Duck; Theme 3: Zoo Animals; Elephant * Rhinoceros * Giraffe * Zebra; Theme 4: Wild Animals; Fox * Badger * Otter * Beaver * Grey Squirrel * Wolf * Deer * Bear; Theme 5: Birds, Reptiles and Insects; Eagle * Parrot * Penguin * Swan * Toad * Crocodile * Butterfly * Grasshopper; Index.