- 112 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Classic Sketchbook: Cats shows how it's done by showingmuseum-quality works, then coaching you to try the techniques with the help an expert's suggestions. Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it? Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they sit, yawn, tweak their tails, and curl up to sleep, but it won't tell you how to get those things down on paper. Classic Sketchbook: Cats is the second in a series of instructional books that began with Classic Sketchbook: Botanicals. The series shows how to draw your subjects by looking at the details of museum-quality works, then coaching youthrough the techniques with the help an expert's suggestions. In this case the expert is Patricia Wynne, a notedillustrator with a specialty in animals.
Wynne will guide you through fur, paws, and eyes, as well ascats sleeping, playing, or pouncing. Her unique instructions places aclose-up of a drawing or painting by a notedartist likeGauguin, Chardin, Gwen John, and Theodore Steinlen on the left side of the page. And on the right side of thepage Patricia Wynne coaches youwith detailed, step-by-step drawings, thatilluminate the process.
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EYES FROM ALL ANGLES 1
EYES FROM ALL ANGLES 2
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Tools and Materials
- Cat Basics
- The Graceful Pose
- Face View
- Side View
- Three-Quarter Turn
- Eyes from All Angles 1
- Eyes from All Angles 2
- Noses
- The Muzzle: Whiskers, Mouth, Teeth, and Tongue
- Ears 1
- Ears 2
- Facial Expressions 1
- Facial Expressions 2
- Legs 1
- Legs 2
- Paws
- Claws
- Tails Tell the Tale
- Body Proportions
- Fat Cat
- Fur Tracks: Which Way Does the Fur Grow?
- Short Fur
- Long Hair
- Fuzzy Fur
- Shiny Coat
- White Cat
- Black Cat
- Striped Cat
- Brindle Cat
- Cats of Many Colors
- Sitting 1
- Sitting 2
- Sleeping Cat
- Stretching
- Walking
- Running
- Jumping
- Falling
- Hunting
- Playing
- Preening
- Kittens 1
- Kittens 2
- Kittens 3
- Points
- The Cat as Design
- The Catâs Portrait
- About the Artist
- Copyright