Drawing Nature: The Quick and Easy Way to Draw Animals, Plants, and More - Paperback

by Catherine V. Holmes (Author)

Bestselling author and veteran art teacher Catherine V. Holmes teaches readers to draw a wide variety of animals, plants, and landscapes from all around the world, 15 minutes at a time. Author and artist extraordinaire, Catherine V. Holmes goes beyond the backyard with Drawing Nature, a quick and easy guide to drawing animals, plants, and landscapes from across the globe. Step-by-step tutorials break down how to illustrate perennial favorites like eagles and elephants, as well as more exotic subjects like capybaras, baobab trees, and echidnas, in just 15 minutes per project. Readers will work in pencil, oil pastel, and other mediums as they learn about techniques like shading, scumbling, and hatching. From cuddly koalas to hairy tarantulas, Drawing Nature makes it easy for nature lovers of all ages to draw fascinating flora and fauna from every continent.

Author Biography

Catherine V. Holmes is a mother, an artist, an art educator, and the author of the bestselling How to Draw Cool Stuff series, The 15-Minute Artist, and other drawing books. In addition to teaching students in the classroom, Holmes is an online instructor for Craftsy.com.