The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

by John Muir Laws

Book Overview

John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves.

Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws writes, "To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you must...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159714195X
• ISBN13: 9781597141956
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Best book on the market for accurate bird portraits.!!!!!

I love to watch the birds at my feeders every day. I have identified about 20 species visiting my southern Illinois home. I like to draw, so I was intrigued by the title of this book. The Author's parents must love the outdoors since they named him after the Father of the National Parks, John Muir. This young man didn't disappoint his parents or his name sake. He claims to be dyslectic . I only noticed it in one place. The list of the materials and supplies that he likes to use is in the last chapter of the book, not the first chapter, as most art books are. Mr. Laws gives the most in depth lessons on how to draw birds I have ever seen. He discusses bird anatomy in depth. If you seriously want to learn to draw birds, this is the best book around.You will not be disappointed.