Product Description

Discover the no-fear, all-fun way to paint family pets, barnyard animals, woodland critters and exotic creatures!

What do you get when you combine the ever-popular subject of animals, the user-friendly medium of acrylic, and the friendly, encouraging teaching style of Lee Hammond? A simple and fun way to start painting your favorite animals in a charming, realistic style!

No previous experience? No problem! Lee's easy-going approach begins with nothing more than an assembly of spheres and a basic foundation of color. 24 step-by-step demonstrations show you how to refine these basic elements into living, breathing animal portraits, including:

Cats Dogs Horses Goats Cows Squirrels Rabbits Woodchucks Tigers Elephants Lions Turtles Snakes Iguanas Robins Swans Owls Cockatoos

This book is full of expert tips for painting animal eyes, mouths, noses and ears. Learn to make fur and feathers look remarkably real, and avoid common mistakes like "humanizing" eyes. You'll find an easy trick for making accurate drawings and color "recipes" for some of the most common fur tones. Before you know it, you'll be able to paint not just the animals that roam and soar through this book, but any animal that captures your heart!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207768 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781581809121
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
A professional artist and art instructor for more than twenty years, Lee has authored seventeen North Light books. She owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Also a certified police composite artist in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked with “America’s Most Wanted.” A contributing writer for The Artist’s Magazine, she is also licensed with many of NASCAR’s racing teams to produce art. Her work is seen online at www.leehammond.com.

Customer Reviews

Excellent for learning...
If you're wanting to paint realistic animals, this is a great book to have. The author goes over many different animals (including a turtle, goat, horses, and even a snake!), not just the standard dog, cat and bunny. Great step by steps as well as 'reassurance' for that ugly stage of painting.

She really knows how to make the information easy to understand, and I'm glad to have picked this one up. I'll be using it for a long time.

My only complaint with the book is it would have been nice to see some more examples of some of the animals, and, of course, just more examples in general.

Paint Realistic Animals in Acrylic
Lee Hammond does a good job of teaching the use of acrylic paint when doing animals. I wish she'd have emphasized the basic drawing principals of each animal in addition to the painting, as it would have been much more helpful.

My first acrylic painting book!
This book really got me started painting animals. I've learned how to paint fur, feathers, and how to make a great background with shadows and light. Lee Hammond covers all the main issues a painter needs to know and in a simple format. This is a must read for acrylic painters from beginners to intermediate. Great references and wonderful examples.