How to Draw Pets: Step-by-Step Drawings! (Dover How to Draw)

Easy step-by-step diagrams show how to create likenesses of 30 adorable creatures — from a parakeet and a potbelly pig to tropical fish and a hermit crab.
 
Drawing your favorite animals is now easier than ever with How to Draw Pets! This book offers easy-to-follow instructions, so even rookie artists can create their own amazing portraits of their favorite pets. With step-by-step diagrams, you'll learn how to combine circles, ovals, and other shapes to create likenesses of 30 adorable creatures – from a mouse, parakeet, and potbelly pig to tropical fish, hermit crabs, and sugar gliders. Plus, it's fun to color in the finished drawings when you're done! Whether you're a budding kid artist ages 5-10 or an adult beginner, How to Draw Pets is perfect for anyone who loves animals.
 

• Learn to draw your favorite critters! 30 pictures to draw: a dog, cat, mouse, parakeet, pony, potbelly pig, lamb, hermit crab, sugar glider, and more.
• Easy to follow simple directions and step-by-step illustrations using basic shapes like circles, ovals, rectangles, and squares
• Includes blank practice pages; the perfect way to improve your skills.
• Now that you've created some amazing drawings, it's time to make them pop even more by adding colors of your choice.
• Perfect for any beginning artist or animal lover ages 5-10! Even if you haven't drawn anything before, you can learn how quickly and easily with How to Draw Pets.
• The bestselling How to Draw series features 25 titles with simple instructions to draw anything, from animals to holidays, nature, people, seasons, and transportation. 

Barbara Soloff Levy has created over two dozen "How to Draw" guides for Dover, plus many other activity books. Since retiring from her job as an elementary school art teacher, she devotes much of her time thinking up new ideas for this popular series.