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    How to Draw Big Cats for Absolute Beginners
    How to Draw Big Cats for Absolute Beginners
    How to Draw Big Cats for Absolute Beginners
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    How to Draw Big Cats for Absolute Beginners

    By Adrian Sanqui and John Davidson

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction: Drawing a Big Cat
    Drawing tools
    Drawing Software
    Lion
    Jaguar
    Sitting Position
    Tiger
    Running
    Cheetah
    Lying Position
    Leopard
    Drawing Faces of Big Cats
    Roaring Tiger
    Roaring Lion
    Author/Illustrator Bio:
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    Introduction: Drawing a Big Cat

    To effectively portray any of the big cats, you should know how to do it from the first lines you make and how you will finish it. The idea of this book is simple; guide you how to create the first reference marks with the simplest way that is known, and show you how to follow through from the next step of the process up to the last. This book is meant for those who wish to know the very basics of visually composing this specific branch of subjects (big cats or the Panthera genus), for the individuals who easily get lost along the process, or those who simply don’t know where or how to begin drawing them. If you have already encountered this topic and wish to know more about it, this is not the book for you. This book is meant for absolute beginners. Each step of the process, from creating the base up to applying the different color tones, is explained in details.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateDec 16, 2018
    ISBN9780463327968
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      How to Draw Big Cats for Absolute Beginners - Adrian Sanqui

      Introduction: Drawing a Big Cat

      To effectively portray any of the big cats, you should know how to do it from the first lines you make and how you will finish it. The idea of this book is simple; guide you how to create the first reference marks with the simplest way that is known, and show you how to follow through from the next step of the process up to the last. This book is meant for those who wish to know the very basics of visually composing this specific branch of subjects (big cats or the Panthera genus), for the individuals who easily get lost along the process, or those who simply don’t know where or how to begin drawing them. If you have already encountered this topic and wish to know more about it, this is not the book for you. This book is meant for absolute beginners. Each step of the process, from creating the base up to applying the different color tones, is explained in details.

      To have a good start in learning how to draw a big cat or anything for this matter, you should know how to follow through the contour planes or dimensions of any basic shapes. Observe how the tones should change across the body of the figure to depict the form. The steps in these drawing tutorials are made in a way that can be applied whether you are to draw traditionally or digitally, by starting with a basic shape to create a base up to elaborating the details.

      Learn how to create a simple base as a start of your subject’s primary form, in a way that how bases are made to compose other subjects. The primary form is vital in order to compose a properly proportionate drawing, and looking at several reference images to familiarize your self with the subject is the easiest way to do it.

      You should be able to follow through with the main outline as your base guides you. The second step is where you make your tweaks and other adjustments. The main outline is the inner space of your blank canvas/paper where everything else will happen. This outline may or may not remain until the very last step of your drawing, so it is necessary that the lines are clean and fairly visible.

      Applying the gradations is the third main step that you should know how to initiate properly. Wrong tones put in wrong portions of the drawing would ruin the entire thing. The bright and dark shades should effectively convey the dimensions of the shape, from the largest or widest curves of the body and the subtlest concave and convex areas of the face.

      Drawing tools

      Pencils & Charcoals

      The ‘H’ engraved near the pencil’s tip (side of eraser) stands for hardness and it ranges from 2H to 9H. A pencil with only an H

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