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Drawing Florida Wildlife

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This is a great instructional book for the aspiring Naturalist or journal keeper. The instruction is well written and geared for the beginner to advance intermediate skill level but may provide some good tips for the more advanced artist. As the title states, this book provides many examples of the more common animals that can be found (for a while anyway) in Florida. I was able to advance my ability quite a bit by using this book in my nature journaling and sketch sessions. If you take your time and stick to it, this book should provide great instruction.

Most of the birds and animals get two pages showing the drawing process for each. On those two pages, the drawing goes through 5 to 9 steps detailing how to draw the different textures of the animal using hatching, cross-hatching, line and stippling. The last sections include drawing flowers (arrowhead, pond lily, etc.), trees (melaleuca, pine tree) and landscapes (sloughs and Everglades).
Pluses of the book: directions are clear, each example ends with an outline figure for the reader to practice on, wide variety of animals (songbirds, waterbirds, raptors, reptiles, mammels, even birds' nests).
Drawbacks: finished work is somewhat stiff.
Overall, it's a useful book to get someone started drawing wildlife.