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Summary: Exceptional Drawing Guide
Review: After much searching to find a solid approach to a sometimes difficult subject, I have found it in The Weatherly Guide. The book is wonderful because it gives so much underlying structure and breakdown of just about any animal you would encounter at the zoo. The drawings are superb and I found that the material was easy to understand. I am interested in drawing for animation and this book definitely has helped in my ability and confidence when I draw animals from life or imagination.
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Summary: An Unique & Outstanding book for artists and animators alike
Review: As an experienced professional animator for over six years, I have found The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals not just helpful, but a fundemental guide to any artist's desire in achieving a solid foundation in animal drawing. The book is outstanding in its methods of delivering on-the-point techniques without lengthy paragraphs of irrelevant matters. It focuses on gestures, proportions, forms, and all that is necessary in capturing the life of a model, whether human or animal. Regardless if you're a beginning artist or an experienced professional, The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals is a Keystone to any collection of drawing handbooks that stands well above the rest.
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Summary: IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DRAW, HERE IS YOUR BOOK
Review: I've used the Weatherly Guide to Animals for quite some time now and I have to say it is the best approach to drawing animals, as well as anything else on the market today. There's lots of books on how to draw, but this one teaches solid principles of construction that can be applied to any object, not just animals. The construction, anatomy, and gesture techniques that are taught in this book are unparalleled by any other book I've seen. If you're ready to take a step towards becoming a skilled draftsman, this is the book. I would recommend this book with confidence to anyone.
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Summary: IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DRAW, HERE IS YOUR BOOK
Review: I've used the Weatherly Guide to Animals for quite some time now and I have to say it is the best approach to drawing animals, as well as anything else on the market today. There's lots of books on how to draw, but this one teaches solid principles of construction that can be applied to any object, not just animals. The construction, anatomy, and gesture techniques that are taught in this book are unparalleled by any other book I've seen. If you're ready to take a step towards becoming a skilled draftsman, this is the book. I would recommend this book with confidence to anyone.
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Summary: Drawing from Knowledge -- The Key to Great Drawings
Review: If your serious about improving your ability to draw this book is a must buy for one reason -- It demonstrates, explains and teaches you the key to any good drawing -- KNOWLEDGE of form and how to convey it. Excellent drawing is NOT created by skill -- but by KNOWLEDGE. Your next drawing is already going to turn out good or bad before your pencil/charcoal ever hits the paper -- because the results are totally based on YOUR KNOWLEDGE and PRINCIPALS which are cleverly and clearly presented in this book. Unlike the majority of other Art books that teach in one drawing style/level (which is usually with highly detailed drawings) this book teaches from the very basic/simple skill level of basic forms and builds up to detail -- which can frequently confuse and get in the way of learning and understanding the key elements of excellent drawing. Although this book focuses on animals the techniques and knowledge taught by this author can be used on any subject matter including the human figure, cars, etc. Your ability as an artist is only as good as your ability to see -- AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE -- as this book so powerfully explains. If you study and practice these easy-to-learn techniques your drawings will dramatically improve. It now sits in my top 5 out of my 60+ Art instruction book library.
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Summary: Exceptional Drawing Guide
Review: The approach to drawing has many complicated rules that are all important. However, Joe has simplified an approach whether human or animal. It is a mammal. The steps seem simple and yet requires repeated training. This can be examplified as an art of martial arts, as an actor or actress or even as a business man. It requires nuturing and a step by step approach. Joe Weatherly has taken pains taking steps to cover each detail that requires individual attention. Simplicitity and fluidity is important and Mr. Joe Weatherly has conveyed as simple as approach to drawing a mammal in general that anyone can gain information. He brings movement, structure, and life to their drawing. I have been blessed to find an author as Joe Weatherly. Congradulations, Joe
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Summary: approach to anatomy of a mammal human or animal
Review: The approach to drawing has many complicated rules that are all important. However, Joe has simplified an approach whether human or animal. It is a mammal. The steps seem simple and yet requires repeated training. This can be examplified as an art of martial arts, as an actor or actress or even as a business man. It requires nuturing and a step by step approach. Joe Weatherly has taken pains taking steps to cover each detail that requires individual attention. Simplicitity and fluidity is important and Mr. Joe Weatherly has conveyed as simple as approach to drawing a mammal in general that anyone can gain information. He brings movement, structure, and life to their drawing. I have been blessed to find an author as Joe Weatherly. Congradulations, Joe
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Summary: This is a GREAT book!
Review: This is a much needed book for anyone that is interested in drawing animals. Great descriptions, great examples.
The great thing about it is that Mr. Weatherly shows the skeleton structure of some of the animals which helps in drawing them.
This book is easy reading and very informative!!
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Summary: This is a GREAT book!
Review: This is a much needed book for anyone that is interested in drawing animals. Great descriptions, great examples.
The great thing about it is that Mr. Weatherly shows the skeleton structure of some of the animals which helps in drawing them.
This book is easy reading and very informative!!
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Summary: Review for the best animal drawing book in existence.
Review: What can I say, this is the best animal drawing book I've ever used.
I just started doing comic book art about two years ago and I have never been able to draw horses. I have only owned this book for about a month and a half now and I can already draw the four legged mammals pretty well. I guess I just needed the construction and the understanding of the form to get to that point. Which this book absolutely taught me. The book is not just filled with many drawings of various animals like most of the other animal drawing books, but it is also filled with well written drawing techniques and pages of great instruction. If you are an animator, conceptual artist, comic book artist, or anyone who is interested in drawing animals, you MUST have this book. It is the best. Thanks
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