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Drawing & Painting Cats: Wild and domestic cats in watercolour, acrylic, ink, pastel and pencil Paperback – January 12, 2016

by Vic Bearcroft (Author)

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This book provides innovative, practical techniques in a wide range of different media. An expert's eye helps you with important features of feline anatomy, and the book contains four complete step-by-step projects and dozens of Vic Bearcroft's inspirational finished artworks.

More than just an instructional guide, this book takes you into the world of Vic Bearcroft, winner of the Endangered Species category of the BBC Wildlife Artist of The Year competition, and self-confessed cat addict. Focusing on the practical techniques you need to capture that elusive feline spirit, the book covers a wide range of media from smoky ink used to suggest the misty jungle around a black leopard, to soft pastels for adorable kittens.

Whether you're itching to make your first drawing, or an expert looking for new ideas and inspiration, this book showcases the wonderful world of painting and drawing cats.

Print length

144 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Search Press
Publication date

January 12, 2016
Dimensions

8.63 x 0.43 x 11.06 inches
ISBN-10

1782211128
ISBN-13

978-1782211129
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About the Author

Vic Bearcroft is a self-taught professional wildlife and pet portrait artist, who specialises in pastel on velour, but also works in pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil, charcoal and acrylic media. Having spent part of his childhood in Kenya, Vic has been drawing animals since he could hold a pencil. Being passionate about wildlife in general, and particularly in wolves, Vic works with a large number of animal welfare and conservation organisations worldwide, donating prints, merchandise and funds. He says: While I consider myself to be a wildlife artist, I prefer to paint close-up intimate portraits of animals as individuals, rather than in landscape settings. My aim is to capture not only the likeness of the subject in my painting, but also the life and soul in its eyes.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Search Press (January 12, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1782211128
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1782211129
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.38 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.63 x 0.43 x 11.06 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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mariana

Very practical.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021

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A great gift for my Dad! We both love to paint, and he always wanted a step-by-step guide to painting wild cats. This one is perfect, it shows you how to sketch and use different media.

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HG

Really good painting book of cats

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2017

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The illustrations in this "how-to" painting book are really nice - the author obviously loves his cats. I really appreciate all the time the author took with his drawings and choices of watercolors. Would recommend to anyone who loves cats and would like to paint them.

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Lilly A.

BRILLIANT BOOK.

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2017

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AS AN ARTIST I LOVE BOOKS LIKE THIS ONE..
I CAN STILL LEARN SO MUCH FROM SUCH BOOKS..
EXCELLENT LOVE IT..

6 people found this helpful

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Annie

Have an adventure in art

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2016

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This a great and good detail book. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in art.

7 people found this helpful

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Sylvia polk

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017

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Great lessons

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016

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Love it!!!!!

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David O Hodgson

Could have been a good book. Kindle version is incredibly sloppy

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023

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This is the first Kindle I've ever returned for a refund. The author seems to have produced a great book, but the Kindle formatting is so incompetent that it is almost unreadable! It is a facsimile (so not searchable), and the publisher couldn't even be bothered to split it into separate pages. As a result the Kindle display is 2 pages per spread, which makes it impossible to read the text and images together. Incredibly amateurish!

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SoBro Rubio

Not for inexperienced artists

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2020

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I see lots of 5 star reviews for this book, but I find it virtually useless to learn sketching and drawing cats. It might have some merit if you already have some technique and can pick up a couple of ideas.

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PattieMM

Details inside of book are useful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2023

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I am very pleased with the content of the book, helpful with drawing of big and domestic cats. I'm sure my drawings will improve.

Lorraine

Wrong format

Reviewed in Canada on September 29, 2019

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Very disappointed! The format is wrong! There are two pages on one page! I wish I could get my money back! But with kindle it is not possible to get a refund! Wish I had read before buying I would have bought the paper book for a couple of $ more!

Barbara

Fab art

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2021

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Very well thought out I must be on the same wavelength. A treasured book.

Peter Mc

Good clear examples of different cat types and clear instructions ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2017

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Good clear examples of different cat types and clear instructions and guidance on the use of different mediums and techniques to use when drawing or painting cats.