Draw 50 Animals

Draw 50

by Lee J. Ames

Fifty furry, scaly and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to draw.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Drawing, Reference, Animals, Education, Crafts

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 1974

Reviews

[Frank]

The hardest part in learning to draw is getting started. The second hardest part is to continue to practice. This book by Lee. J. Ames takes care of both those issues; well you still have to force yourself into taking the book out and the pencils and paper and DOING it. Each of these 50 animals have about 6 different steps in starting. You start off with a couple circles, Add a few more. Then a few lines. Then with the form there you add some details all shown. And then finish it up. It really is that easy. Repetition will not only allow you to reproduce the drawings as shown in this book you will soon be able to do it with out the book and then animals not in the book. It really will help the beginner who can't quite figure out how to get started.

[Sam]

I LOVE this book! I drew every single picture and they all came out really well. I look like an actual artist. I would most definitely check out the rest of the books in this series. This is a great book for children but also for anyone who likes to draw and wants to improve their craft. A must "read".

[Wondra Vanian]

I love these books! They make me feel like an actual artist.

[Jon]

My daughter checked this out, and we drew some animals together. Short intro with some good practical tips on drawing. Many (well, 50) animals simplified in a way that even a child can draw a pretty good likeness and develop as an artist.

[P J Ashcroft Klemm]

One only bought these if you did purchasing for a school district, otherwise they weren't in bookstores at the time. I checked them out so often that the school librarian purchased them for my mother to give me for birthdays and Christmas. They're hardcover classics.

[Theresa]

great resource for the library very popular for their resource of drawing

[Bella]

I love this book. It shows the step by step process to draw animals....

[Alex]

Well, this is exactly as advertised. It's a pretty classic set up of starting with simple shapes, then worked your way gradually up to details. Very minimal instructions, you mostly lean by imitation. I picked this up to see if maybe it would help me round out my animal drawing skills knowing full well this would probably not be the book to help. It's definitely dedicated more towards children, but you know, not a bad little book overall.

[Andrea]

I really enjoyed drawing all different kinds of animals. It would have been nice to also include referent photos to know what the actual animals looked like, rather than just drawings of them. But it was fun!

[Yaotl Altan]

Dibujé los 50 animales en mi tiempo libre siguiendo los sencillos pasos del libro 📕: líneas sencillas que se van uniendo con otras figuras geométricas. Es importante atreverse a comenzar, y después tener tenacidad para seguir dibujando.

Me gustó tanto que compraré otros libros 📚 del autor.

[ピピ]

The same
Step 1: Outline
Step 2: Completed drawing

as the rest of the book series.

But this one has a few drawings that are actually followable in the beginning. For artists already comfortable drawing, NOT for new artists.

[Andy Hickman]

Draw 50 Animals, by Lee J. Ames
Great tutoring. I have had fun practicing.
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[Susan A. Loy]

Easy to follow guide for drawing animals. Not much text, probably better for someone with some drawing experience.

[Krista]

I plan to use some of these step by step drawings with my middle school students in art. The steps are laid out simply.
I believe this book can help children and adults to draw successfully!

[Murt]

I don't like how some of them looks maybe he chooses the wrong poses but it's a great book still

[Rants and Bants]

I've never been a good drawer or artist, but I do like trying it sometimes as a hobby, and this book really helps even an unskilled person like me create good pictures. I'd always thought "How to" books, especially for drawing, were useless, but this one is pretty good.

[Molly]

This is a good book to help learn how to draw animals, starting just from simple shapes and connecting them :) I actually have used it a lot now, and will continue to try every animal in it.

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[Jo]

Very nice drawing primer focused on shape and line. Variety of animals is impressive.

[Groot]

These are books I wished I'd had growing up. These are books my kids always have had available, and they draw beautifully.

[Hazel]

My review can be found on my blog.