"Learn how to draw a variety of amazing birds step by step"--Cover

With Drawing: Birds, learn to render a variety of beautiful, realistic birds in graphite pencil. Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds. This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools, including graphite pencils, erasers, paper, and other materials. Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques, such as shading, stippling, hatching, crosshatching, and others. Discover helpful tips for creating a good composition, understanding and seeing value, transferring photo references, and taking artistic liberties. After learning the drawing basics, jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds, including a barred owl, a great blue heron, a ruby-throated hummingbird, a gray parrot, a pileated woodpecker, and black-capped chickadees. In this book, professional artist and nature enthusiast Maury Aaseng offers simple, comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds, as well as information for achieving accurate proportions, capturing motion, and building up form. Aaseng also shows you how to create realistic textures, such as feathers, nests, tree bark, and water. With his easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings, you can draw many birds, from the common to the exotic. Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for creating realistic and detailed drawings of these feathered friends. For the aspiring avian artist, this book is a must-have art-instruction reference. Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: Birds allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed drawing.

Discover the simple secrets to drawing amazing hands, from popular YouTube instructor Mark Crilley Whether you’re drawing superheroes, manga and anime characters, robots, highly detailed photorealistic figures or anything in between, hands can be the most challenging aspect of creating compelling characters that gesture, communicate, and truly come to life. In simple step-by-step lessons along with plenty of full-color examples, popular instructor and author Mark Crilley takes you from the basics to the finer points. All you need is paper, pencil, and eraser.

Welcome to the fascinating world of ornithological art, where every stroke and shadow transforms into vibrant portraits of the winged life that surrounds us. "Drawing Birds: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" is more than just a book; it is an invitation to explore the delicate dance between artistic creativity and the majesty of birds. As you embark on this journey, you will discover not only the art of drawing but also the richness and diversity of winged species that inhabit our planet. This guide has been carefully crafted to assist both novice artists and experienced enthusiasts in honing their skills, offering a comprehensive and practical approach to capturing the unique beauty of each feather, gaze, and pose. Throughout the pages, we will explore basic techniques to advanced challenges, providing a solid understanding of the essential elements of bird drawing. We will learn to observe nature with artistic eyes, transforming simple observation into artistic expressions that authentically portray avian life with passion. Get ready to delve not only into the anatomical details of birds but also into different mediums, from pencil and watercolor to digital techniques. This guide embraces the diversity of styles, encouraging you to find your unique artistic voice while celebrating the beauty of avian life. Remember that drawing birds is not just a technical exercise; it is an emotional journey that connects us with nature and allows us to appreciate the complexity and grace of the winged kingdom. This book is your dedicated companion, guiding you step by step so you can explore, create, and, above all, fall in love with the art of drawing birds. So, gather your materials, spread your artistic wings, and let yourself be carried away by this exciting creative experience!

The first book to combine two powerhouse subjects and popular pastimes – bird watching and drawing. In this unique guide, readers will be instructed how to identify and attract over 45 popular species of North American birds, as well as learn how to draw them with step-by-step instructions. Each bird’s profile includes the following information: Range (including range map for each profile) Plumage for both male and female Length (in inches and centimeters) Weight (in pounds and grams) Wingspan (in inches and centimeters) Habitat Food Feeder food to attract Full-color photograph Following each profile, there are complete instructions for drawing the bird with colored pencils. The drawings can begin using the basic outline provide, or by freehand, allowing the book to be used by artists of all skill levels. An overview lesson on colored pencils, including basic color theory concepts and techniques, is included as well. Identify and Draw North American Birds features 47 of the most popular birds found in our backyards as well as along our seashores. It will delight artists and naturalist alike.

Clear, step-by-step diagrams incorporating circles, ovals and other simple shapes, show how to produce accurate imaes of 30 different birds.

Examples and illustrations feature over three dozen different artists and their varied sketching styles. Detailed step-by-step drawing instructions are helpful for both beginning and experienced artists.

Describes techniques used to draw birds with colored pencils and offers instructions for drawing twelve different species, including robins, cactus wrens, and others.

This informative textbook for artists and bird lovers is a comprehensive survey of the complete bird from head to tail. The book is full of masterly illustrations that are clear and easy to understand, including black and white working drawings, examples of the artist's field studies and exquisite colour illustrations. Every part of the bird's body is outlined in detail with informative text and helpful drawing instructions. Bird Anatomy for Artists is a published version of the Dr Natalia Balo PhD research in Natural History Illustration. The book was created in consultation with prominent ornithologists from Australian Museum, Sydney, and opens with a foreword by the famous Australian writer and ornithologist Dr. Penny Olsen. Second revised edition 2019.

This bumper gift book for beginners is full of practical advice and step-by-step exercises on drawing a wide range of popular subjects - wildlife, people, the countryside and buildings. Drawing for Beginners covers all the essential aspects of drawing, starting with advice on the various drawing media - from pencils and pens to charcoal, pastel, pen and wash, and conte - and explaining how they can be used to achieve different effects. Other sections look at topics such as proportion, composition, light, tone and texture. All the techniques are very clearly and simply described, providing an ideal introduction to drawing for the complete beginner.