Drawing Animals

By Victor Perard

A renowned artist/teacher expertly demonstrates the muted strokes, bold lines, and simple arcs needed to bring animal drawings to vivid life. Numerous sketches highlight these techniques for drawing more than 50 animals: bears, camels, deer, elk, lions, llamas, and others.
Perfect for beginner or intermediate artists, this instruction book offers fascinating commentary that emphasizes animal anatomy and behavior. Its author and illustrator, Victor Perard, was a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and an art instructor at New York City's Cooper Union for twenty years. Perard's informative guide reflects his extensive teaching experience, providing practical advice for aspiring and experienced artists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Jan 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9780486145648

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Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2007, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York, in 1957.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Perard, Victor Semon, 1870—1957.

Drawing animals / Victor Perard. p. cm.

Originally published: New York : Pitman Pub., 1957.

9780486145648

1. Animals in art. 2. Drawing—Technique. I. Title.

NC780.P373 2007

743.6—dc22

2007005221

Manufactured in the United States of America

Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

INTRODUCTION

Composition

INTRODUCTION

To DRAW properly, it is important to have and to know how to use the correct tools and materials.

Tools and Materials

The easiest medium for you as a beginner to