Drawing Awesome Wild Animals

From the huge lion to the small red squirrel, a wide variety of wild animals is presented for readers to draw. Each page takes readers to a new place to learn about new animals, such as the kangaroos of Australia and the rhinos of Africa and Asia. Step-by-step instructions with helpful illustrations guide aspiring artists as they learn to draw these animals. Also, each lesson begins and ends with a colorful image of the finished drawing. Along the way, readers are presented with cool facts about wild animals, allowing them to learn important information in a fun and engaging way.

Featuring the delightful and informative illustrations of artist Oana Befort and the inspiring expertise of conservation educator Maggie Reinbold, Drawing Wild Animals guides artists at all skill levels as they learn to draw—and learn about—a diverse array of mammals, amphibians, and reptiles from around the world. To feed your curiosity, you’ll learn the characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of animals from categories like predators, burrowers, grazers, marsupials, frogs and toads, and lizards and snakes. To nurture the artist, you'll get more than 25 step-by-step instructions that show how to develop each animal from simple shapes into richly detailed drawings. Armed with a deeper understanding of animals, you’ll be better able to capture their stunning beauty and enchanting attributes in your artwork. Some of the intriguing animals you'll encounter: Bengal tiger Yellow mongoose African bush elephant European hedgehog Black flying fox Ring-tailed lemur Blue poison frog Gold dust day gecko Russian tortoise With Drawing Wild Animals, you'll learn to see—and draw—animals in a whole new light!

Lions, panthers, and polar bears. Animals don't have to be the only wild thing about this book. Easy-to-use illustrated steps will help you go wild and create some amazing animal drawings.

Animal lovers and budding artists will love creating their own menagerie of wild animal drawings. Simple, step-by-step instructions are presented through clear text and corresponding images. As readers follow along, they learn to take simple shapes and use them to draw a wide variety of wild animals from the past and present, including elephants, lions, sharks, and even dinosaurs. Colorful, charming illustrations captivate readers while also giving them examples of each finished drawing. After following each series of simple steps, readers will have their own wild works of art to show off to their family and friends!

With Let’s Draw Wild Animals, you can learn to bring your graphite pencil drawings to life, guided by realistic illustrations and step-by-step instructions for a variety of creatures from around the world. The easy-to-follow visual and written instructions in this book make it achievable and fun to draw lifelike animals. Each drawing lesson begins with basic shapes and progresses, step by step, to a finished piece of artwork, making it easy to follow along. You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of Let’s Draw Wild Animals, and then flip to the creature you want to draw. The drawing projects include: Jaguar Kangaroo Wolf Chimpanzee Lion Alligator Grizzly Bear African Elephant Tiger Giraffe The detailed written instructions in this 48-page book also provide tips for placement of details, how to create realistic fur and skin, how to shade, and much more. If you’ve never drawn before, don’t be intimidated. Just start with a few basic shapes and follow the illustrated steps—you’ll be creating your own amazing animal masterpieces in no time at all! And each time you draw, you should see an improvement in your artistic skills. Also available from the Let’s Draw series:Let’s Draw Cats, Let’s Draw Dogs, Let’s Draw Favorite Animals, Let’s Draw Birds & Butterflies, Let’s Draw Sea Creatures, Let’s Draw Dinosaurs, and Let’s Draw Dragons.

Basic step-by-step instructions for drawing 30 animals including background information on each animal.

Dogs, sheep, cows, and chickens are just some of the animals you can find on a farm. They’re also just some of the animals readers learn to draw as they follow detailed instructions to create their own colorful farm animals. Different drawing styles are presented in fun ways, so readers can draw both realistic animals and colorful cartoon counterparts. Each animal is introduced with a series of facts, presenting young artists with information about animals, so they are able to learn science concepts—such as life cycles—as they draw.