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Draw 50 Animals

The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More

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Author Lee J. Ames
$4.99 US
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed | Watson-Guptill
On sale May 08, 2012 | 978-0-307-79503-8
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A step-by-step, easy-to-use drawing book that will help kids and adults alike develop their technical drawing skills and build a repertoire of animal subjects.

Fifty furry, scaly, and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to learn how to draw, including a lion, a giraffe, a dinosaur, a penguin, a bunny, a shark, and much more. It's easy to bring these animals to life the Draw 50 way.

Over the past thirty years, celebrated author Lee J. Ames’s distinctive drawing method has proven successful for those wishing to draw anything from animals to airplanes. The books in the Draw 50 series have inspired creativity in millions and shown artists from beginning to advanced levels how to draw.
The novice with a musical instrument is frequently taught to play simple melodies as quickly as possible, well before he learns the most elemental scratchings at the surface of music theory. The resultant self-satisfaction, pride in accomplishment, can be a significant means of providing motivation. And all from mimicking an instructor's "DO-as-I-do..."
Mimicry is prerequisite for developing creativitity. We learn the use of our tools by mimicry. Then we can use those tools for creativity. To this end I would offer the budding artist the opportunity to memorize or mimic (rotelike, if you wish) the making of "pictures."
Copyright © 2012 by Jocelyn S. Ames. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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A step-by-step, easy-to-use drawing book that will help kids and adults alike develop their technical drawing skills and build a repertoire of animal subjects.

Fifty furry, scaly, and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to learn how to draw, including a lion, a giraffe, a dinosaur, a penguin, a bunny, a shark, and much more. It's easy to bring these animals to life the Draw 50 way.

Over the past thirty years, celebrated author Lee J. Ames’s distinctive drawing method has proven successful for those wishing to draw anything from animals to airplanes. The books in the Draw 50 series have inspired creativity in millions and shown artists from beginning to advanced levels how to draw.

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The novice with a musical instrument is frequently taught to play simple melodies as quickly as possible, well before he learns the most elemental scratchings at the surface of music theory. The resultant self-satisfaction, pride in accomplishment, can be a significant means of providing motivation. And all from mimicking an instructor's "DO-as-I-do..."
Mimicry is prerequisite for developing creativitity. We learn the use of our tools by mimicry. Then we can use those tools for creativity. To this end I would offer the budding artist the opportunity to memorize or mimic (rotelike, if you wish) the making of "pictures."
Copyright © 2012 by Jocelyn S. Ames. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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  • Draw 50 Animals
    Draw 50 Animals
    The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More...
    Lee J. Ames
    978-0-8230-8578-1
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Watson-Guptill
    May 08, 2012
  • Draw 50 Animals
    Draw 50 Animals
    The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More...
    Lee J. Ames
    978-0-8230-8578-1
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Watson-Guptill
    May 08, 2012

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