Ever considered the differences between fairies and pixies or struggled to remember how many heads belong to a hydra? With more than 50 step-by-step projects; tips and techniques for working with graphite pencil, charcoal, and ink; as well as a little history for each featured mythological and fantasy creature, The Art of Drawing Dragons, Mythological Beasts, and Fantasy Creatures includes everything you need to know to get started drawing your own impressive beasts.
From choosing the right tools and materials to helpful drawing techniques, such as understanding value, basic shading techniques, creating textures, and constructing your own creatures, this step-by-step drawing guide is the perfect first step for beginning artists. Follow along as you learn to draw dragons and fantasy creatures from around the world, including elemental dragons, sea serpents, hydras, fairies, trolls, goblins, gargoyles, and more! With practice, you'll soon be able to capture your favourite fantasy creatures-and learn a little bit about their origin and history at the same time.
The Collectors Series offers approachable, step-by-step art instruction for a variety of mediums and subjects, such as drawing, oil, acrylic, watercolour, cartooning, calligraphy, and more. Perfect for beginning artists, each title features artist tips for drawing or painting anything and everything from people, animals, and still life to flowers, trees, and landscapes.
By:
Michael Dobrzycki
Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 296mm,
Width: 222mm,
ISBN: 9781600588709
ISBN 10: 1600588700
Series: Collector's Series
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 03 November 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Getting Started Tools & Materials Shading Your Drawings Creating Textures Combining References Constructing Creatures Placing the Features Types of Dragons Fire Dragon, Water Dragon, Earth Dragon, Storm Dragon, Hatchling, Naga, Drake, Wyrm Sea Serpent, Hydra, Amphisbaena, Amphitere, Lindworm, Wyvern, Western Dragon Eastern Dragon Legendary Dragons Jörmungandr: Norse Rainbow Serpent: Australian Quetzalcoatl: Mexican Basilisk: North African Apalala: Pakistani Tiamat: Mesopotamian Chelan Lake Dragon: Native American Fafnir: Norse Drachenstein: German Dragon of Beowulf: Anglo-Saxon Dragon of St. George: English Ladon: Greek Azhi Dahaka: Persian Sui-Riu: Japanese T’ien Lung: Chinese Hydrus: Egyptian Mythological beasts Sphinx: Greek Cerberus: Greek Grendel: Anglo-Saxon Minotaur: Greek Centaur: Greek Satyr: Greek Cyclops: Greek Siren: Greek Harpy: Greek Gorgon: Greek Pegasus: Greek Fantasy Creatures Leprechaun, Troll, Ogre, Ettin, Orc, Gnome, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Gremlin, Gargoyle Manticore, Phoenix, Griffin, Kraken, Unicorn, Pixie, Fairy About the Author
Michael Dobrzycki is an accomplished painter, carpenter, puppet maker, and sketch artist whose work has been featured in more than a dozen childrens books and small press publications over the last few years. In 2001, Michael was inducted into the Disneyland Entertainment Hall of Fame. He received a masters degree in illustration from California State University, Fullerton, and holds bachelors degrees in both art and history from Whittier College. He is currently a visiting professor at Whittier College. Michael lives in Whittier, California.
