The Artist's Guide to Drawing Realistic Animals Paperback – Illustrated, August 23, 2006

This man is so thorough with what he finds out about the animals before he evens begins to watch or sketch them. I love his snippets called artist’s secrets and animal secrets. I am and have learned so much from how he teaches. My sketches have definitely improved because of the things I have learned.

Got this book as reference for my two boys, who are into drawing. The book looks good, as I mentioned in the tittle. Wether if the kids are using it … well, that’s another story… that I’m sure are familiar with

I don't particularly understand the low ratings for this book; It has great drawings, not the loose chaotic scribbles you see in many other animal drawing books. It's well made with high quality paper, offering full color reference images for each one of its guides, in addition to tips, a step-by-step guide on how to draw them, and even a bit of information about the animal that will help with drawing them. Since it was made in 2006, it is presented in a more modern manner, and won't feel like the old-of-date, scratchy-papered, black-and-white-with-yellowing-pages texts that schools often provide, and therefore provides a more casual and entertaining experience. It has a nice array of animals, with large sections for the most popular animals (ex: the cat family, the dog family) and smaller sections for the more "out-there" animals, like giraffes and owls.The only downside I can see here is the lack of anatomical information; however, this is not advertised as an anatomy book. Also, this is not a book for beginners. It assumes you already have a basic grasp of drawing, but would like more practice in the drawing of animals. Most of the step-by-steps provide only 3 images: the very basic structure of the animal, followed by a loose guide on where the details should go, and a finished drawing. As I've said, for anyone who has a good drawing background, this should be sufficient, but beginners are better off looking elsewhere.

Book was nice, but it would be nice to have more illustrations and steps to achieve the end product.

Gift to my son. He said it is helpful for drawings that he does.

Christmas gift, well received.

Bought this book for my brother to give to him on his B day. He has always loved drawing but hasn't had much training or looked into many books to help improve his skills. This book is very thick, stuffed with many easy to follow breakdowns on how to properly and easily sketch your favorite animals. He does love to draw nature and animals specifically so this was a HOME RUN purchase! Now he can draw correctly step by step instead of arbitrarily from his memory or just winging it.

This book is well illustrated to assist anyone in drawing realistic animals.