—————— THE WEATHERLY GUIDE TO —————_— DRAWING ANIMALS Pe Ure eee ee eT) Set ea] orig Seed WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JOE WEATHERLYF The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals? focuses on learning how io draw animals using solid drawing principles. The emphasis of the book is on learning to draw animals by understanding action, analysis of form, construction, expressive drawing, and simplified anatomy. An approach to drawing animals from life (a challenging and sometimes frustrating exercise) can be learned from the principles layed out in this book, The importance of drawing from imagination | |Table of Contents Getting Started ¢ Drawing From Lite Drawing From Imagination. Places to Draw Animals . Observation. Drawing From Photographs and Video 16 Keeping # Sketchbook aT Drawing Precedures and Materials oar Gesture 19 22 Six Different Approaches to a Gesture Line of Action Rhythm Making the Action Construction ‘Animal Strectura ‘Animal Heads... Neck and Shoulders Rib Cage and Pelvis Foreiegs Hind Legs... ‘The Principles of Consinuction Step by Step Consiniction ‘A Fundamental Approach ‘Analyzing Farm Working the Wholn Position Avoid Porfact Symmetry Attitude and Expression Seletal Swucture - Stile Sakon Step by Sip Landmarks... Key Musele Shapes Comparative Anatomy... Carnvores and Hesbivores. Compared ‘Active Anatomy 5 Balance and Weight SEQRRAESERLESERSE ESHER ERE ES yay Taz