Complete Guide to Drawing Animals

Bammes, Gottfried

ISBN 10: 1844489213 / ISBN 13: 9781844489213

Published by Search Press, 2013

2013 English translation of "Tiere Zeichnen". Slightest wear to edges of soft covers. 240pp. 11.75 x 8.25". From the rear cover: "This exceptional guide is packed with instruction and profusely illustrated by the outstanding author, Gottfried Bammes. It provides expert guidance and detailed diagrams, covering everything from proportion and perspective to skeletal structure and musculature. Discover how to draw a popular selection of both domestic and wild animals in a range of poses and using a wide variety of different media. Whichever animals you are interested in and however skilled you are as an artist, this book will prove a an incomparable and definitive resource.". Seller Inventory # 2025-R305

Synopsis:

This fantastic book is all you need if you want to start drawing animals, or if you want to develop your drawing skills. It is both the ultimate reference book and an inspirational guide, providing expert guidance on all aspects of drawing animals - including size, proportion, perspective, anatomy, skeletal structure and musculature. The book goes into great detail, and provides numerous diagrams as well as drawings in a range of styles and rendered in a variety of different drawing media including pencil, charcoal, pastels and inks. A huge range of animals is included, from dogs, horses and cats to tigers, elephants, camels and apes, so whatever animal you are interested in, this book will enable you to capture its essence down to the last hoof or paw.

About the Author:

Gottfried Bammes, born in 1920 in Freital, Germany, worked as an art teacher at the College of Fine Arts in Dresden. Bammes was a prolific writer and artist, was considered to be a master of life drawing and anatomy,and produced numerous books on the subject in his lifetime. In 1974 he was awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic for Science and Technology and received the Culture and Art Prize of the City of Freital in 2000. He died in 2007.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Complete Guide to Drawing Animals
Publisher: Search Press
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Shenton, Edward
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition.