Very cute but not really for beginners
This is an adorable book, with lots of really cute animals to choose from, like puppies, birds, and sea mammals. Unfortunately, it somehow utterly fails at its primary objective: to teach people how to draw and paint animals. As an example of how it so entirely fails, the first step on how to draw a puppy is to draw a puppy :/ I was frankly baffled at how little detail it gives on how to start out, and as someone who knows how to draw people but lack the ability to draw an animal that won't scar all eyes that gaze upon it, I was pretty disappointed. WikiHow is more informative than this.
It's a great thing to own and keep around the craft room, but doesn't really help beginners, or teach many techniques for those new to painting or sketching. What it does explain, it does in simple enough language so as to not confuse younger artists. It seems to be more targeted at the "paint" side of things, rather than the "draw and paint" as the title implies.
It's a great thing to own and keep around the craft room, but doesn't really help beginners, or teach many techniques for those new to painting or sketching. What it does explain, it does in simple enough language so as to not confuse younger artists. It seems to be more targeted at the "paint" side of things, rather than the "draw and paint" as the title implies.