Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a tutorial and style guide in the Draw Like an Artist series - this volume is by Melissa Washburn. Released 3rd Nov 2020 by Quarto on their Quarry imprint, it's 112 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
These books all follow the same format. A very short introduction (10%
of the content) gives some basic tips and very (very) brief overview of
recommended materials. The following chapters contain short step-by step
progress illustrations for line drawing 100 animals by category: birds, butterflies, moths, bees & wasps, beetles, and other insects.
These are very simple single page 5-8 step illustrations. The finished
drawings are not part of a composition, and there is no written
direction involved. All of them are simple enough to not really require
directions. None of them are beyond the ability of keen amateur level.
Correspondingly, there is little here which will challenge advanced
artists but the drawings are clear and have a high degree of detail.
This would make a superlative choice for young artists or adult
learners, especially bundled with drawing supplies. There are several
other companion volumes available also (flowers, faces, animals, and a couple others). I would also recommend them for graphic design applications.
Four stars (given the limitations).
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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