Drawing: Birds: Learn to draw step by step
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- Author：Maury Aaseng
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Summary
With Drawing: Birds， learn to render a variety of beautiful， realistic birds in graphite pencil。
Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds。 This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools， including graphite pencils， erasers， paper， and other materials。 Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques， such as shading， stippling， hatching， crosshatching， and others。 Discover helpful tips for creating a good composition， understanding and seeing value， transferring photo references， and taking artistic liberties。 After learning the drawing basics， jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds， including a barred owl， a great blue heron， a ruby-throated hummingbird， a gray parrot， a pileated woodpecker， and black-capped chickadees。
In this book， professional artist and nature enthusiast Maury Aaseng offers simple， comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds， as well as information for achieving accurate proportions， capturing motion， and building up form。 Aaseng also shows you how to create realistic textures， such as feathers， nests， tree bark， and water。 With his easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings， you can draw many birds， from the common to the exotic。 Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for creating realistic and detailed drawings of these feathered friends。 For the aspiring avian artist， this book is a must-have art-instruction reference。
Designed for beginners， the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist。 Drawing: Birds allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures， values， and details for a realistic， completed drawing。
Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds。 This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools， including graphite pencils， erasers， paper， and other materials。 Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques， such as shading， stippling， hatching， crosshatching， and others。 Discover helpful tips for creating a good composition， understanding and seeing value， transferring photo references， and taking artistic liberties。 After learning the drawing basics， jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds， including a barred owl， a great blue heron， a ruby-throated hummingbird， a gray parrot， a pileated woodpecker， and black-capped chickadees。
In this book， professional artist and nature enthusiast Maury Aaseng offers simple， comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds， as well as information for achieving accurate proportions， capturing motion， and building up form。 Aaseng also shows you how to create realistic textures， such as feathers， nests， tree bark， and water。 With his easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings， you can draw many birds， from the common to the exotic。 Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for creating realistic and detailed drawings of these feathered friends。 For the aspiring avian artist， this book is a must-have art-instruction reference。
Designed for beginners， the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist。 Drawing: Birds allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures， values， and details for a realistic， completed drawing。
Reviews
PottWab Regional Library
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SM
June
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This is a lovely book for the drawing enthusiast and/or birdwatcher。 It only clocks in around 40 pages， but those pages cover materials， the Walter Foster techniques， and various species of birds to draw。 It provides inspiration and levels to progress from for the novice or experienced artist。Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review。
Lael Walters
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Just love the bird drawings in this book by Maury Aaseng -- every single one is lovely。 This is a typical drawing technique book focused on birds。 I especially enjoyed the pages describing the various bird features。 If you're looking for a typical Walter Foster type drawing book， this book fits the bill， and Maury Aaseng gives detailed hints and tips at every step。 Unfortunately， it seems that this type of drawing instruction does not work for me， but the book is worth it just to look at the pic Just love the bird drawings in this book by Maury Aaseng -- every single one is lovely。 This is a typical drawing technique book focused on birds。 I especially enjoyed the pages describing the various bird features。 If you're looking for a typical Walter Foster type drawing book， this book fits the bill， and Maury Aaseng gives detailed hints and tips at every step。 Unfortunately， it seems that this type of drawing instruction does not work for me， but the book is worth it just to look at the pictures。 。。。more
Agnes Preszler
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For intermediate artists a lovely book on how to draw a variety of birds; owl， woodpecker， parrot， heron， humming bird， chickadee in their natural habitat。 Beautiful illustrations and simple instructions on how to draw the various features。
Cathy Geha
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Drawing: Birds by Maury AasengI am always interested in seeing what I can learn from art books and new ways to improve my ability to render images with pencil and/or paint。 Six birds were used as examples but the techniques would be useful in drawing any bird。What I liked: * Each bird had many steps with precise directions that allowed me to see what pencil to use where and how what was done in each step made the birds pop out from the page。 * Words I wrote down were: pencil use， definition， sha Drawing: Birds by Maury AasengI am always interested in seeing what I can learn from art books and new ways to improve my ability to render images with pencil and/or paint。 Six birds were used as examples but the techniques would be useful in drawing any bird。What I liked: * Each bird had many steps with precise directions that allowed me to see what pencil to use where and how what was done in each step made the birds pop out from the page。 * Words I wrote down were: pencil use， definition， shading， dimension and movement* The descriptions about how to create a variety of feather types， beaks， eyes and feet* Birds were shown on branches， flying and from more than one position/side* Bark， leaves， branches， pin needles， knots in trees， water and flowers were discussed* It was simple but detailed at the same time and easy to followThank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster for the ARC – This is my honest review。 5 Stars 。。。more
Shauna Morrison
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I requested and received an advanced reading copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review。The description of this book states: After learning the drawing basics， jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds， including a barred owl， a great blue heron， a ruby-throated hummingbird， a gray parrot， a pileated woodpecker， and black-capped chickadees。 As a beginner level drawer， I will say that the easy step-by-step is not that easy to follow。 I requested and received an advanced reading copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review。The description of this book states: After learning the drawing basics， jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds， including a barred owl， a great blue heron， a ruby-throated hummingbird， a gray parrot， a pileated woodpecker， and black-capped chickadees。 As a beginner level drawer， I will say that the easy step-by-step is not that easy to follow。 It starts with you already having the ability to look at a picture of a bird and draw it， with just the briefest instructions on how to do so using basic shapes。That being said， this book does provide great instructions on how to shade， which tool to use to obtain the desired effect， which stroke to use to achieve different textures and shades。 I would definitely come back to this book to improve my techniques once I was able to draw the outline of a bird。 I gave this book 4 stars because if you had a novice to intermediate skill level， the amount of detail provided by the author would allow you to create beautifully detailed birds and apply the techniques to future drawings。#DrawingBirds #NetGalley 。。。more
Mechthild
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The huge variety of birds offer you plenty of possibilities to drawIn her book "Drawing: Birds。 Learn to Draw step by step" the artist Maury Aaseng states as her goal: "。。。 I will show you how to create the basic shapes that give different birds in various habitats and poses their form。 Then， through a series of steps， I will help you bring them to life with simple drawing tools and a variety of techniques。" The book is one of the 40-page books from the "Drawing 。。。 step by step" series， publish The huge variety of birds offer you plenty of possibilities to drawIn her book "Drawing: Birds。 Learn to Draw step by step" the artist Maury Aaseng states as her goal: "。。。 I will show you how to create the basic shapes that give different birds in various habitats and poses their form。 Then， through a series of steps， I will help you bring them to life with simple drawing tools and a variety of techniques。" The book is one of the 40-page books from the "Drawing 。。。 step by step" series， published by Quarto Publishing Group - Walter Foster。 The eight chapters can be divided into two areas: 1） tools & materials and basic techniques and 2） six step-by-step projects to draw different birds from a photograph。The book presents itself with great graphics and design。 Tips and additional instructions are included throughout the book。 They are a great help for the budding artist。 It is helpful and inspirational for beginning （and advanced） artists who are wanting to draw birds。 It would make a nice gift and I would recommend it for them。 Readers need to be aware that it is a basic book， index and information where the needed materials can be bought are missing。 It is also important to know that the book only touches drawing with graphite pencil， drawing with colored pencils is not included in the book。 Furthermore， it would have been helpful if the reference photos could be downloaded since the are of small size in the book。The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge。 I was under no obligation to offer a positive review。 Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own。#DrawingBirdst#NetGalley 。。。more
Annie
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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Drawing: Birds is a new book in the Learn to Draw Step by Step series。 Released 7th May 2019 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 40 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats。The titles in this series are all formatted in a similar manner and this one is no exception。A short general introduction （10%） covers tools and materials including pencils， paper， blending tools， etc。 The intro is followed by a group of non-specific tut Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Drawing: Birds is a new book in the Learn to Draw Step by Step series。 Released 7th May 2019 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 40 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats。The titles in this series are all formatted in a similar manner and this one is no exception。A short general introduction （10%） covers tools and materials including pencils， paper， blending tools， etc。 The intro is followed by a group of non-specific tutorials on graphite techniques， shading， light， shapes and perspective。 The following tutorial chapters are specific for different bird subjects and include specific anatomy: eyes， claws， beaks， etc， leading to some full body specific studies （hummingbird， owl， heron， woodpecker， chickadee）。I like these tutorial booklets， they're inexpensive and full of useful info for artists looking for improvement in their own work。Four stars - for what it covers and for a very short tutorial guide， it does the job admirably well。Disclosure: I received an early eARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Monica Reents
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Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for gifting an eBook copy of Drawing Birds for an honest review。 I am a beginner artist and find these books very helpful as I work toward improving my skills。 I enjoy drawing nature related content， and this book is the perfect addition to my collection of how-to books。 The instruction is easy to follow and there is a nice variety of birds to learn to draw。 I would recommend this book to beginners leaning toward intermediate creatives。
Maggie Chatterton
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Drawing:Birds by Maury Aaseng is a helpful step-by-step guide to help teach the readers how to draw birds。 It provides tips to help better your drawing。 This guide focuses on specific birds and how to draw them。 Despite focusing on specific species of birds， it provides you an idea of how to work with other birds。The part that had lost me most was the switching between pencil types。 There was no real explanation for what the difference between the types were。
Debbie
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"Drawing: Birds" is an art instruction book on how to draw birds with graphite pencil。 The author started by briefly discussing the tools， materials， and basic pencil drawing techniques （for shading and such）。 He then went into step-by-step projects for how to draw an owl， heron， hummingbird， parrot， woodpecker， and chickadees。 He also did sidebars describing how to draw specific parts like the beak or feathers and textures like tree bark and water。 The step-by-step projects were basically what "Drawing: Birds" is an art instruction book on how to draw birds with graphite pencil。 The author started by briefly discussing the tools， materials， and basic pencil drawing techniques （for shading and such）。 He then went into step-by-step projects for how to draw an owl， heron， hummingbird， parrot， woodpecker， and chickadees。 He also did sidebars describing how to draw specific parts like the beak or feathers and textures like tree bark and water。 The step-by-step projects were basically what pencil to use and what order to add detail and shading。 The finished projects were highly detailed and look like a lot of work， though he stated that they take less work than they appear to。 I'd recommend this short book to artists who have at least some basic drawing experience and who want to improve their bird drawings。I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley。 。。。more
Vanessa
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WoW。。。。。Wishes do come true。。。。。。。。。。。Drawing: Birds by Maury Aaseng is a step by step how to Learn to draw all kinds of birds。This book was nicely set out and illustrated throughout with clear guidelines on how to draw a bird etc。 I loved how it was aimed for the beginner but when you put pencil to paper and start to draw your creation。 from scratch from the guidelines of this book and create something that looks like a bird。 Then， sit back and admire your drawings！I highly recommend this book WoW。。。。。Wishes do come true。。。。。。。。。。。Drawing: Birds by Maury Aaseng is a step by step how to Learn to draw all kinds of birds。This book was nicely set out and illustrated throughout with clear guidelines on how to draw a bird etc。 I loved how it was aimed for the beginner but when you put pencil to paper and start to draw your creation。 from scratch from the guidelines of this book and create something that looks like a bird。 Then， sit back and admire your drawings！I highly recommend this book especially if you want to draw something that can be hard to drawBig Thank you to Walter Foster Publishing and Netgalley for an honest review。 。。。more
Janet
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When it is snowy and cold outside （and my car is buried under 2ft of ❄️ ）， superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。 LOLI requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。As always， I try to find a When it is snowy and cold outside （and my car is buried under 2ft of ❄️ ）， superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。 LOLI requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。As always， I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis （outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/etc。 " on Instagram and Twitter。。。 Get a real job， people！） so let's give itWith Drawing: Birds， learn to render a variety of beautiful， realistic birds in graphite pencil。Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds。 This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools， including graphite pencils， erasers， paper， and other materials。 Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques， such as shading， stippling， hatching， crosshatching， and others。 Discover helpful tips for creating a good composition， understanding and seeing value， transferring photo references， and taking artistic liberties。 After learning the drawing basics， jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds， including a barred owl， a great blue heron， a ruby-throated hummingbird， a grey parrot， a pileated woodpecker， and black-capped chickadees。In this book， professional artist and nature enthusiast Maury Aaseng offers simple， comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds， as well as information for achieving accurate proportions， capturing motion， and building up form。 Aaseng also shows you how to create realistic textures， such as feathers， nests， tree bark， and water。 With his easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings， you can draw many birds， from the common to the exotic。 Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for creating realistic and detailed drawings of these feathered friends。 For the aspiring avian artist， this book is a must-have art-instruction reference。Designed for beginners， the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist。 Drawing: Birds allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures， values， and details for a realistic， completed drawing。I simply adore birds， but I usually paint them as I cannot draw them well - this book may change that handicap。 This book will get you on the right track to draw different birds that actually look like the real thing。 The instructions are clear and concise and will lead through you building your skills from basic to basically amazing！ 。。。more
Witch-at-Heart
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I loved this book the artwork is excellent and the birds are fascinating。 Odly my favorite tips are techniques on drawing bark and pine needles but I love trying to draw trees。 The addition of birds will definitely enhance my art and this is a fantastic resource for learning to draw birds。 I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review。
Laura
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