How to Draw Animals (Perigee) Paperback – January 15, 1983

Excelente libro

This book, combined with "Drawing the Head and Figure," and "Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes" is a critical part of what I consider a complete course in commercial art, barring color theory. Many good books are available on color theory, but these three volumes condense everything you need to know to illustrate.Jack Hamm's style is dramatic and powerful. His instructions are simple and he's best for giving many, many examples. It's easy to find anything you want to copy. His proportion diagrams for cat bodies in motion or at rest are fantastic. The animal I was most familiar with drawing was cats, so the cats section gave me great trust in the bear, dog, horse and other animal sections. He covers a wide variety of animals with clear instructions.This book is a perfect example of the "hundreds of examples, very little text" style of art instruction. You won't find many step by step projects, but it's content-heavy. Treat it as a slow read. I could've handled it at age 9-12 but it's best used taken a page at a time, trying the exercises, reading and rereading.It's reread value makes it a must-own. All of Jack Hamm's art instruction books are the sort that demand replacement now and then for being worn out, because they're good long term references. No matter how good I get at drawing, there's always something new to learn. At a bargain price under $10, this is a good investment in your future as an artist, whether you're a goal driven future professional, a hobbyist, already a pro artist.It isn't an easy read, but it's a well indexed easy reference. The only comparable animal drawing book I've read is Charles R. Knight's "Animal Drawing: Anatomy and Action for Artists." They complement each other well because Knight goes a little deeper into natural history, fur patterns and textures and details -- while Hamm gives a lot more on motion, proportion and general drawing techniques valuable if you're drawing the human animal or anything else. I recommend it without reservation.

My nephew loves to draw, and was happy this book.

My area of drawing is horses and people. Other animals are fascinating but horses are the focus. This book does a great job of giving various angles and information of underlying muscles which helps with perspective and accuracy. THANK YOU for an awesome book. Probably not for average beginner. My tween said it was too complicated and she is a good artist.

A lot of really good advice and tips, has a pretty large selection of animals that it teaches you and goes a bit into some common aspects of anatomy that different types of the same genus share (felines with lions and cats)

From page one the detail and explanations in this book are better than any book I've looked at in my 50 years of drawing and painting. It is thorough and breaks down basic animal bodies first before getting into drawing techniques for each individual animal. This is perfect because no animal is ever exactly like a picture looks. The pages are kind of thin and cheaply made but the information is worth its weight and gold.

this book is one of best books in drawing animalsmr Jack Hamm is also one of most Magical Artist in my opinionthis man has a super touch and talentfun fact: Jack started drawing from age 5 ^_^mr Jack covered a huge amount of animalsthere's even animals i didn't knows that was known at the time [as of the date of this book's publishing 1969]this shows mr Jack's vast educated mindanywayi enjoyed the book greatly...the drawing are amazingthe small details of the animals are also amazinggreat work from our great artistof course you will see a huge amount of focus towards certain animalslike Dogs, Horse, Lion, Tiger, Elephant...and suchthey have their own pagesfinal thought is...it doesn't matter if you are a beginner or notyou must have this book no matter whatNOTE: i put a 4A paper below the bookso it can gives you an idea of the book's size

I was expecting this book to be a little larger and to have more animal drawings in it. To me, it had too much information on horses and cats and not enough on other animals. For example the last few pages of the book just had pictures of animals that I would have loved seeing drawing instructions on. But if you need instruction on horses or cats, this is your book.