Breathe Life into Your Animal Drawings Wildlife artist Doug Lindstrand has spent 30+ years observing animals in nature and capturing them on paper. In this book, he distills his expertise into key lessons for drawing any animal in a charming, realistic style. Inside, a whole herd of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations (43, to be exact!) cover a broad range of subjects and challenges, including how to draw: • Short, long and patterned fur • Mouths, eyes, ears and horns • Various poses, including seated, standing and moving • A diversity of animals, domestic and wild--from housecats to big cats, from tiny cottontails to massive African elephants. Nothing intimidating here! Starting with easy sketches, you'll learn to gradually refine basic shapes into lifelike dogs, wolves, deer, sheep, horses, bears, giraffes, owls, eagles, geese and other magnificent creatures. With this classic and time-tested approach, you'll be able to draw not only the animals illustrated on these pages, but any animal that touches your artistic soul.

The Ultimate Artist's Reference Guide to Bear Bears are one of North America's most feared predators, but also one of the most exciting. Inside ths book, wildlife artist and photographer, Doug Lindstrand, reveals all aspects of these noble creatures through stunning full--color photographs and detailed sketches. From the grizzly bear to the black bear and the polar bear- no North American species has been left out. Inside you will find up- close photographs of bears in motion. Taken at various angles and in various seasons and colors, these photographs will help you to better portray the animal with accuracy in your own artwork. The author has also included over 100 detailed drawings-perfect for close-up views or adding texture to your artwork. Not to be missed are the author's reference notes providing exciting insight and information on one of nature's most magnificent creatures. About the author: For the past 30 years, Doug Lindstrand has been sketching and photographing North America's wildlife. An Alaskan "transplant," Doug attributes his migration North to the forces of Alaska's fabled frontier and abundant wildlife. Since his arrival in Alaska, Doug has supported himself as a freelance artist and photographer. He usually travels during the warmer months and then uses his acquired notes, sketches, and photographs to do his winter-time drawing and painting. Doug is the author of "DEER: The Ultimate Artist's Reference, Doug Lindstrand's Alaska Sketchbook, Drawing Big Game, Drawing Mammals, Drawing American's Wildlife, and Wild Alaska.

Detailed illustrations and photography of twenty favorite larger wildflower mammals of North America.

Presents fully illustrated instructions to drawing over sixty species of wolves, foxes, bears, deer, and other woodland creatures in a variety of mediums that include pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and colored pencil.

Book of photography, art, maps and biological text on Alaska and its wildlife.