Jane Maday

I received this ARC from F W Media via BookishFirst in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion in any way.

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 lacks 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.… (mais)

I received this ARC from F W Media via BookishFirst in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion in any way.

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 lacks 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.… (mais)

This book is great guide for intermidiate artists and advanced artists looking to improve their skills in sketching and painting adorable animals. It includes examples of wonderful paintings done by the author throughout the book. She starts off by teaching you about useful materials and techniques, such as transferring a sketch. She then moves on to helpful demonstrations. You learn about rough sketching, breaking animals down into basic shapes, adding details, how to shade your piece, studying animals' features, and much, much more.
I thought that this guide was very helpful in furthering my existing art skills, but it is not suitable for younger or beginning artists. Other than that, it was great!… (mais)