How to Draw African Animals by Jonathan Newey teaches you how to capture the splendour of the African savannah in six simple steps.
Jonathan Newey will show you how to transform simple shapes in the iconic Big Five - lions, leopards, rhinoceros, elephants and buffalo - as well as towering giraffes, distinctive zebras and striking flamingos.
Included are step-by-step intructions of drawing 26 different animals in a variety of poses and styles. Each project begins with simple outlines and will show you how to progress from a tonal drawing to a final coloured version. Perfect for beginners, as well as budding artists, you’ll be amazed how easily you too can draw African animals with this inspiring guide.
32 page Paperback
Jonathan Newey is an award-winning artist with extensive experience in many drawing and painting mediums including coloured pencil. He comes from a long line of artists in the family and studied art and design at the London College of Printing. He is a City & Guilds qualified teacher and has over 20 years' experience of teaching in adult education. He has many drawings and paintings in collections both nationally and internationally and has demonstrated for most of the top manufacturers in the UK. Jonathan is an active promoter of the coloured pencil as a serious drawing medium and is a founder member of the UK Coloured Pencil Society.
in both books, How to Draw Polar Animals and How to Draw African animals, Newey stays with the fundamental shapes of cones, cylinders and circles, includes wide variety of animals to draw and shows both their graphite and color pencil rendering
Informative, enjoyable, simple Alexis Moore (Rutland, USA) on 29 May 2021
