Draw Animals with Simple Shapes

By Jo Moon

Can you draw a circle, square, or triangle? Then you can draw animals!

This book presents a new, easy-to-follow art method that makes drawing super-accessible, utterly undaunting, and huge fun. Just follow the clear, step-by-step instructions, and you'll soon be drawing frogs, dogs, elephants, and crocodiles!

Perfect for children aged 4+.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781838579098

Jo Moon

Jo Moon has been illustrating books for almost twenty years. Based in Liverpool, England Jo works from her home studio designing and illustrating board books, bath books and activity books for pre-school children. Over the years she has worked on some fantastic projects with some amazing clients, including Arcturus Publishing, Scholastic, Dorling Kindersley and Campbell Books. Jo's illustrations are bright and playful and her favourite thing to draw are animal characters doing people things!

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How to Use this Book

Drawing animals doesn’t have to be difficult. We’ve made it super-easy by breaking them down into very basic shapes. The secret is putting them together in the right way!

Choose the one you like the best and start sketching, square by square and circle by circle. Then draw them again as part of the exciting scenes. You’ll be a confident artist in no time!

Here are some of the shapes you will use. Can you remember their names?

Pets

Pick a pet and give it a new home on the pages of this book. Are you a fan of feathers and scales, or do you prefer a furry friend?

Dog

Woof! Make me from quadrilaterals, triangles, and a single, distinctive spot!

Mouse

Marvin the miniature mouse