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Classic Sketchbook

Cats: Secrets of Observational Drawing

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Classic Sketchbook: Cats shows how it's done by showing museum-quality works, then coaching you to try the techniques with the help an expert's suggestions.
Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it?
Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they sit, yawn, tweak their tails, and curl up to sleep, but it won't tell you how to get those things down on paper.
Classic Sketchbook: Cats is the second in a series of instructional books that began with Classic Sketchbook: Botanicals. The series shows how to draw your subjects by looking at the details of museum-quality works, then coaching you through the techniques with the help an expert's suggestions. In this case the expert is Patricia Wynne, a noted illustrator with a specialty in animals.

Wynne will guide you through fur, paws, and eyes, as well as cats sleeping, playing, or pouncing. Her unique instructions places a close-up of a drawing or painting by a noted artist like Gauguin, Chardin, Gwen John, and Theodore Steinlen on the left side of the page. And on the right side of the page Patricia Wynne coaches you with detailed, step-by-step drawings, that illuminate the process.

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    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2017

      Artist Wynne leads readers through a lively survey of museum artworks featuring cats and kittens of many breeds. A variety of classical realistic and impressionistic styles, as executed by artists mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries, are showcased. A reproduction of each drawing, painting, or print is shown alongside Wynne's step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations to help readers create their own sketches. More than 40 lessons in all focus on parts of the cat, stressing realistic anatomy, including faces and facial expressions, paws, legs, tails, fur of different lengths and textures, gestures, body positions, and cats in action. Readers expecting advice on capturing the felines from life will need to look elsewhere. VERDICT Cat-loving readers of intermediate artistic skill are the best match for this guide.

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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