Drawing Pets (SBSLA28)

Sally Michel is a full-time professional artists and long-time member of the Society of Wildlife Artists. She spends her time drawing and painting buildings, landscapes, plants and animals using a variety of media. Sally has written several successful art technique books and she exhibits her work regularly at the Mall Galleries in London.

Sept 06Sally Michel starts off this book by saying that the most important factor in drawing animals is analyzing it, gathering as much information as you can in your head, before finally drawing it onto the paper. She does her best to help the reader in explaining how to do that exactly.In the materials chapter she teaches us about the many different pens, pencils and brushes available as well as the different papers to drawn on and all the extra equipment you might need. Throughout the next chapters she explains us how she draws certain animals, with what materials and in what positions.Step by step photographic instructions are included for drawing Justin the Cat, The Running Dogs and The Horse. To end the book she gives us advice on how to best draw a charmingly cute dog portrait. This book will not teach you how to draw just like that but it does teach you some basics, gives you explanations on all the materials and inspirational insight in drawing pets. I have admired her beautiful artwork throughout this book.