Drawing Manual
I mentioned in lesson one of drawing animals is that you must learn the basic structure of the animals so that you know what you are looking at. One of tne best ways I know of learning something is by comparing it to similar forms and seeing the differences. In fact the study of art history is one of learning the differences between cultures and aesthetic tastes. I am starting our study of specific animals with the dog and cat for several reasons. First, most of use have a dog or cat around...
Drawing Animals
T he horse and man have had a long association and consequently, we have de eloped a critical eye for its lines and proportions for purely aesthetic reasons. There is nothing more detracting from the enjoyment of a drawing or painting of a horse where the artist has made, what is to those who have or appreciate horses, basic anatomical or proportional mistakes. 1 am not talking of the beautifully stylized drawing such as the Chinese or many other cultures have made, but those drawing that are...
The bird is a decendant of the dinosaur
Illustration No.2 shows the basic skdetal structure of the torso. The important structural points for the artist are the Ked breast bone , which anchors the wing muscles, Pelvis and wishbone. Illustration No. 3 is your generic bony structure of a wing wiih a comparison to a human arm. Illustration No. 4 gives us the generic arrangement of feathers. Each type of bird has a different type of wing shape from a very pointed to relatively round , some being quite broad while others are very narrow....







