Drawing Nature

"Best-selling author and artist Catherine 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 and baobab trees, in just fifteen minutes per project. Readers will work in pencil, oil pastel, and other media as they learn about techniques like shading, scumbling, and hatching. From cuddly koalas to hairy tarantulas, Drawing Nature lets nature lovers of all ages draw fascinating flora and fauna from every continent"--.