The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Animals

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To familiarize yourself with a variety of drawing subjects, you may want to consider sketching on location. The zoo is a good place to find animals to draw. Choose a particular animal, and focus on just one part, such as the head, foot, eye, or ear; then draw that part several times in different positions.

Proportions are important to remember in order to correctly render your subject. When drawing body parts, always keep in mind their size and relationship to the whole body. For instance, note the size of the deer’s head relative to the rest of its body. The ears, being large, add to its overall shape, and the legs almost ...