Capture their unique character

Domestic animals are an eternally popular subject for art, and present unique challenges to the artist. Lisa Ann Watkins has made a career of teaching her techniques to capture character and realism in her art.

This masterclass guides you to the right colored pencils, watercolor pencils (wet and dry), and pastels. A chapter on character shows how to capture the best reference photographs to work from and provides information on  anatomy—eyes, bone structure, and fur direction. Clear simple techniques are then presented through short exercises that focus on a particular technique or effect such as a cat’s eye. A series of step-by-step projects follows, including cat, dog, donkey and a baby animal.

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