Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil [Paperback]

Anne Flood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2004

22 Step-by-Step Demonstrations in Colored Pencil

Creating beautiful pet portraits is simple with Anne deMille Flood. She'll help you master easy techniques for drawing realistic animal portraits that capture your pet's unique personality.

Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil provides clear guidance from start to finish. From dogs, cats, horses and birds to cuddle pets such as bunnies, guinea pigs and hamsters, step-by-step demonstrations make drawing each subject easy. You'll find complete instruction for rendering fine details including fur, feathers, whiskers, eyes and other important facial features.

Getting started is easy! Anne teaches you basic drawing techniques as well as provides instruction on working from reference photos, choosing focal points, transferring images and more. Simple, easy-to-follow charts show you pressure, point and stroke for each color - every step of the way. This essential reference is all the guidance you need for bringing your furry friends to life!

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About the Author

Anne deMille Flood currently teaches a series of coloured pencil workshops. She also keeps busy doing commissions of pet portraits and selling her work on her web site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (May 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581804091
• ISBN-13: 978-1581804096
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Colored Pencil
  • #67 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Figure Drawing
  • #74 in Books > Arts & Photography > Study & Teaching

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Instructional Book, Worth Buying, February 23, 2005

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Patricia D. Dobry "Book Lover" (Norman, OK) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent step by step book how to draw animals with colored pencils. Anne Flood is an wonderful artist I never get tired looking at her work. I am a beginner artist and I have brought other art books online and I was greatly disappointed none of them were step by step as they had claim. After emailing the author about her book I decided to get her book at the library; I was not disappointed. I am glad I ordered her book. If you love animals and want to draw them; this is the book. I hope she does other art books.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful for beginners as well as more advanced artists, January 9, 2007

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Nicole N. Pellegrini "sockii" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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Animal portraiture - especially of beloved pets - can be a very satisfying artistic endeavor, both emotionally as well as financially. This book provides a great overview of methods, materials, and examples of drawing full color pet portraiture that should be tremendously helpful for beginners, as well as more experienced artists looking for some tips and helpful tricks.

The author covers more than just cats and dogs, going into details and examples specific to horses, rabbits, exotic birds, and even hamsters! Her instructions for layering color to achieve depth and effects such as shine and reflections are clear and easy to follow. Colored pencil can be a tricky medium to work with yet it is also one of the best, in my experience, for capturing the intricacies of animal fur and feathers, and this book does a lot to make a difficult medium less intimidating.

The only thing I could possibly have seen added to this book to make it even more useful is just some simple anatomical drawings of the animals included, at least muscle groups and/or skull structre. While this might be more useful for advanced artists, there is truth to the fact that "the camera lies" and an artist working from photo references, as is the focus here, can make his or her work even more realistic by knowing how to fill in the details that the camera can miss or distort. But this is a minor issue. In every other way I highly recommend this book.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil IS A REALISTIC VALUE, February 20, 2006

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John F. Willis "Artist/ Illustrator" (Florida ,United States) - See all my reviews
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Outstanding book. Excellent results obtained immediately after just briefly reviewing the first few chapters. Wonderfully effective techniques. Easy to learn. Excellent format! I've been an Illustrator/ Artist for over twenty-seven years. I highly recommend this book.

JF Willis