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Learn to Draw Dragons: Exercises and Patterns for Artists and Crafters (Fox Chapel Publishing) Paperback – June 1, 2015
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Dragons have captured the imaginations of artists for eons. Images of these fiery beasts appear in the earliest myths, on the armor of medieval knights, and in today's popular culture. Use this book to create your own fantastic renderings of mankind's favorite foe—the dragon!
Dragon aficionado and acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish shares tips and techniques for creating your own exciting dragon drawings. Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished artist, you'll find terrific ideas here for dragon art in any medium.
Discover how to bring out your dragon's personality with ornamentation, and how to draw realistic scales. Get fundamental insights on legendary dragon breeds and practical anatomy. This treasure trove of dragon designs offers more than 50 original patterns, ready for use across a variety of arts and crafts.
- Print length96 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFox Chapel Publishing
- Publication dateJune 1, 2015
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
- ISBN-10156523863X
- ISBN-13978-1565238633
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Create your own dragon art from more than 50 patterns
Dragons have captured the imaginations of artists for eons. Images of these fiery beasts appear in the earliest myths, on the armor of medieval knights, and in today's popular culture. Use this book to create your own fantastic renderings of mankind's favorite foethe dragon!
Dragon aficionado and acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish shares tips and techniques for creating your own exciting dragon drawings. Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished artist, you'll find terrific ideas here for dragon art in any medium.
Discover how to bring out your dragons personality with ornamentation, and how to draw realistic scales. Get fundamental insights on legendary dragon breeds and practical anatomy. This treasure trove of dragon designs offers more than 50 original patterns, ready for use across a variety of arts and crafts.
Learn to draw realistic-looking dragons
More than 50 original, ready-to-use designs
Guide to dragon breeds and anatomy
How to add personality and draw scale patterns
Ideal sourcebook for a multitude of arts & crafts
About the Author
Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books include Great Book of Carving Patterns, Great Book of Celtic Patterns, Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, The Official Vampire Artist's Handbook, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw, and many more. Fox Chapel Publishing has sold more than 500,000 copies of Irish's books. Lora is also a frequent contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and to Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts magazines.
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- Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing; First edition (June 1, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 96 pages
- ISBN-10 : 156523863X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1565238633
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #19,657 in Drawing (Books)
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About the author

Lora and her husband, Michael, work from their internet studio at ArtDesignsStudio.com for line art wood carving, pyrography, and craft patterns and their online free tutorial blogs at LSIrish.com. ArtDesignsStudio.com offers more than 2500 pattern in various subject categories, including North American Wildlife, Celtic Knots, Dragons and Mythological Beasts, Nautical and Sea Life, and many more.
Lora continues to provide new patterns, new projects, new step-by-step instructions, and new inspiration to many artists, only available on her pattern website.
Irish's free online tutorials can be found on her blog at LSIrish.com, where she shared step-by-step in-depth wood carving, pyrography, applique quilting,and scroll saw projects.
Trained as a Fine Artist at the University of Maryland, twelve of Lora Susan Irish's pure breed dog oil paintings have been published as limited edition art prints. Her art has been featured on the front covers of "Doberman Quarterly" 1991, "Samoyed Quarterly" - all four issues of 1991, and "Shetland Sheepdog Quarterly" 1991 published by Hoflin Press.
She is the author of a series of woodcarving, pyrography, and craft pattern books including the Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Relief Carving the Wood Spirit, and The Art and Crafts of Pyrography; Classic Carving Patterns published by Taunton Press, publisher of "Fine Wood Working Magazine"; and Classic Chip Carving published by Chipping Away, Inc.
L. S. Irish shared the Wood Carver of the Year - 2007 with Ed Gallenstein, editor and publisher of "Chip Chats Magazine", for her support and teaching efforts in the wood carving community.
Working from her rural mid-Maryland home studio, Lora S. Irish is currently exploring new crafts and hobbies including wire bent link jewelry, metal sheet jewelry, piece patch and applique quilting, gourd carving, gourd pyrography, and leather crafts.
You can contact Lora at her blog, LSIrish.com.
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