Jeanne Filler Scott captures the spirit and character of every animal she paints. When you look into those eyes, you feel the animal looking right back at you. In this book, Scott shows you how to achieve the same realistic results - even if you are a complete beginner! Painting More Animal Friends features a variety of animals, from chipmunks and deer to elephants, tigers and colorful, exotic birds. Inside you'll find: Step-by-step instruction in easy-to-use acrylics, plus drawing templates that let you get started right away! Expert instruction on painting ears, tails and all parts in between - including tips for painting a range or fur, skin and plumage textures. Advice on painting complementary backgrounds, including tips on painting grass, clouds and other natural elements. And an entire chapter on capturing the nature of baby animals. Scott's advice on finding inspiration and taking reference photos will also help you create your own original compositions. Best of all, there's no experience required, just a love of animals and the desire to celebrate them in paint.

How to Draw Animal Friends provides all the information kids need to begin creating inspired drawings of all their favorite family pets, including step-by-step instructions and fun animal facts. Aspiring artists begin each drawing with basic shapes, then follow the instructions, step by step, to finish with a realistic rendering of an animal. They’ll also discover fun facts about the featured animals along the way. Among the 20 animal friends: Cat Dog Guinea pig Snake Turtle Fish Bunny Frog Ferret Iguana With How to Draw Animal Friends, budding artists will be drawing masterpieces of their favorite pet animals in no time at all!

Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number: Animal Friends presents 30 pieces of artwork to enjoy and make your own. Unlock your very own color therepy today.

From the illustrator of the Denver the Guilty Dog series (based on YouTube's real-life Denver the Guilty Dog), comes this fun and easy how-to guide for drawing realistic-looking cartoons and caricatures of your favorite animals--even your own pets! Simple step-by-step instructions show you how to draw dogs, cats, horses and exotic animals--and then which features to exaggerate for whimsical caricatures. Using simple materials such as pens, pencils and paint, you'll learn to enhance your art with targeted lessons in animal anatomy--did you know horses can only bend their knees forward??--and basic breed characteristics. With additional tips from the illustrated Denver himself, you'll soon be creating cartoon animal friends with everything from furry paws and scaly tails to wrinkles, fins and feathers. Inside: • 15+ step-by-step demonstrations for drawing cartoons of the most popular animals. Learn to draw from reference photos--or even your pets themselves! • Chapters devoted to dogs, cats, horses and exotic pets--from hedgehogs and hens to lizards and fish. • 50+ drawing lessons on breeds and types; animal anatomy; common colors for fur, feathers and scales; funny personality traits, dynamic poses and more. • Basic techniques for traditional tools--pencil, paint, ink and charcoal--plus advice for digital painting and drawing programs. • How to use simple shapes, line sketches and straightforward color-building methods to easily create animals' heads, bodies, features and unique color markings. • Learn which features to enlarge--droopy ears, fluffy tails, big eyes or nosey noses--and which expressions to amplify for fun and funny animal cartoons and caricatures.

Immortalize the furry, feathery, or even scaly friends in your life with Playful Painting: Pets. Dozens of cat and dog breeds, give inspiration, and our instructions make it easy to create them. From an affectionate French Bulldog and astute Boxer to a sassy tabby cat, if you love animals and art, then your tail will be wagging with each of our easy-to-learn lessons and the humor that goes with them. You’ll be an expert in gouache, pencil, and ink in no time! Playful Painting: Pets is the first title in Walter Foster’s new compact and portable Playful Painting series, and it is aimed at artists, doodlers, and painting enthusiasts. There has never been a better time to learn to paint and illustrate whimsical portraits of your pets and favorite animals! Startup is easy, with minimal tools and materials required. You’ll be inspired to create when you see our gallery of dozens of cute cat and dog breeds (plus mixes!) as well as birds, pigs, rabbits, and other favorites. Then, when you’re ready, dive into exclusive bonus content to see how to use finished artwork in fresh and clever ways. Artist Faye Moorhouse illustrates this book in her signature friendly, quirky style. Not an artist? Playful Painting: Pets is a perfect gift for the animal lover in your life and a must-have for anyone who’s shared their life and living space with furry or feathered friends.

Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper! From artist Sarah Simon, author of 2021's bestselling Watercolor Workbook, comes 25 new projects that celebrate flowers, feathers, and animal friends. This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful botanical and animal sketches that are ready for you to watercolor—no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author's example. Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends features: • An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques • 25 beginner-friendly projects on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper—no color bleed-through! • Beautiful floral and plant artwork, including: wild roses, poppies, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, and more • Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting today Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book, Modern Watercolor Botanicals, provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this second workbook in her Watercolor Workbook series, Simon offers 25 watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!