Simple two-colour step-by-step drawing method
• Dinosaurs of all descriptions in a variety of poses
• Great for absolute beginners or any artists wanting to brush up
their drawing skills
Dandi Palmer has been a professional illustrator for over thirty years. He has been commissioned to do illustrations for many publications including the Radio Times, BBC Focus, Prima and UNESCO. On his website you will find a selection of his work including picture books for children and his science fiction, fiction and supernatural/fantasy stories for adults, which he writes under the name of Jane Palmer. www.dandi.me.uk
Feb 13 Since people first started finding the bones of these long
dead creatures, dinosaurs have held a fascination. Our love of
monsters and fabulous beasties is well served by these animals that
once trod the earth millions of years ago and with new ones being
unearthed all the time this is very much a live subject. Capture
these amazing creatures on paper with this helpful book. This is
the latest entry in the series that shows in six stages how to
create a drawing from a few shapes to the finished graphite pencil
or colored drawing stage. Helpfully, each step shows the earlier
lines in green with new details added in purple, ensuring that you
can see what is happening at each stage and thus be inspired to
have a go yourself. These pages are bare of words, but then they
are not really needed as the drawings speak for themselves. There
is a one page introduction, explaining the use of color and a few
other things, but I for one never feel the lack of language in
these books. My one beef is usually that I would prefer one more
stage between #4 and #5 but this time the six stages are
sufficient. Ms. Palmer has chosen a linear style that would suit a
graphic novel well and the final stage merely shows it inked in and
colored pencil added in whatever colors the artist wishes. This
makes it possibly the best book to date in the series for total
beginners, and I can imagine many children having a ball with it on
a rainy afternoon. The dinosaurs are in alphabetical order, and
contain many old favorites such as Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor
and Archaeopteryx as well as newcomers like Spinosaurus and
Amargasaurus. There are studies of just heads, fighting stances,
waving tails and even feathery bodies in a wide variety of colors,
although none of them impossibly gaudy. A useful and appealing book
on a subject oddly not often covered in art books that ought to
appeal to anybody who has a fascination for these creatures.
*Myshelf.com*
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