Breaking down subjects into simple shapes, this book offers instructions for drawing dragonflies, crickets, centipedes, beetles, spiders, wasps, scorpions, cockroaches, and other creepy crawlies.
"Pets are fun animals to play with, and they're also fun animals to draw! Detailed, step-by-step instructions help budding artists learn to draw popular pets--from dogs and cats to iguanas and horses. Colorful illustrations help readers visualize what the finished drawings should look like, and a list of important supplies is included to introduce readers to common tools for artists, such as specific kinds of pencils and markers. Fun facts about each pet are included to educate as well as entertain"--Provided by the publisher.
"Wasps can lay their eggs inside other insects. Cicadas can live for 17 years underground. Some butterflies can taste with their feet. These are just some of the fascinating facts readers discover about insects as they learn to draw these colorful creatures. Science content is presented alongside step-by-step drawing instructions to make learning about both nature and art fun! Aspiring artists explore the tools and techniques used to create both lifelike and cartoon insects, and colorful illustrations give them an example of what the finished products could look like"--Provided by the publisher.
This book explains a number of techniques specific to drawing animals in pencil, such as rendering fur textures and drawing lifelike features. Seventeen step-by-step projects are included.
