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How to Draw and Paint: Cats in Action
Walter J. Wilwerding
Walter Foster
Nonfiction, Art
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Cats in Action (How to Draw and Paint #70)

DESCRIPTION: Part of the classic Walter Foster art instruction book series, this book uses helpful text and many drawings to describe how to draw big cats in various states of motion, with an emphasis on composition over photographic accuracy and drawing from memory and sketches over using photos.

REVIEW: Despite being an older book, this is a very useful volume for cat-loving artists. Mr. Wilwerding has many helpful tips here, including a breakdown of leopard/ jaguar spotting (the best I have) and many finished pencil and paint works. It works best as a supplement to another, more thorough animal book (like Jack Hamm's How To Draw Animals.) If you can find a copy, and you enjoy drawing cats (or catlike fantastic creatures), do yourself a favor and pick it up.

You might also enjoy:
Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals (Dorothea and Sy Barlowe, Art - Drawing all manner of animals realistically, plus how to draw their environments)
Eyewitness Books: Cat (Juliet Clutton-Brock, YA Nonfiction - A guide to cats, with excellent pictures)
Big Cats - An Artistic Approach (Desiree Hajny, Art - How to carve various big cats)
How to Draw Animals (Jack Hamm, Art - A classic guide to drawing mammals)
Animal Drawing - Anatomy and Action for Artists (Charles R. Knight, Art - Drawing animals)
Great Cats (Dr. John Seidensticker and Dr. Susan Lumpkin, consulting editors, Nonfiction - Articles and pictures featuring wild cats large and small)
Anatomy of Animals (Ernest E. Thompson, Art - Detailed studies of various animals)
The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals (Joe Weatherly, Art - Using form and gesture to draw lifelike animals)

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