An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists (Dover Anatomy for Artists) Paperback – June 1, 1956

I bought this book for my animal anatomy class. It has a lot very detailed illustrations to help learn about the different animal vibe and muscle structures. The only thing I wish was that there were more of a variety of animals it focuses mostly on horses and has a very limited range for other animals. But still great information.

These watercolors are fantastic for the price. They re-wet beautifully and mix very well with one another. To anyone having issues with the pans moving ... Welcome to watercolor! Most pan sets you will order will have lose pans. I recommend blue tack to hold them in place impermanently.To those saying these paints are toxic... Again, welcome to watercolor! Any professional watercolors will contain potentially dangerous pigments! Just don't paint where you eat or let your kids play with them. Ages 12 and up I would say.I've been removing certain pans and placing them in a mint tin for plein air painting, which is quite convenient. My only problem (if you can call it that) is there isn't any kind of magenta or opera rose color in the palette. I can hang because there is a carmine so I can make my own but that could potentially upset any floral painters.Love that white knights are open stock so you can replace or add new colors by buying off of dick blick. (to the lady who said they accidentally sent you a 36 space palette.... Not an accident. It is to encourage you to buy more colors and add to your palette! Though, Amazon needs to update their photos)Highly recommend for semi-serious watercolor artists! Also, I left a color chart out for 4 months and the colors were super lightfast! Recommend with all my heart!

I wanted a book that specifically focused on horses. Anyonewhose drawn horses, even for years, knows that getting thisanimal down pat is no easy feat. Studying anatomy is a must.This is THE book.I have so much respect for the person who drew these plates.It's astounding work. The anatomy is shown from every angle;starting with skeletal plates, adding muscles and so forth,these plates "build" the horse from the inside out. Afterstudying the legs I cut myself some slack! This is a verybeautiful, complex animal. No wonder this is such a challengingsubject!There are smaller additional sections on a few animals as abonus. I found the cat skull study to be immensely helpful.I don't recommend this book for anyone who wants a how-toon every animal in the world, this isn't for you. Nor is it forbeginning artists. It is for serious artists who want to doin depth study of horses because we can't all just walk outsideand see horses everywhere. There's nothing like the real thing,but this is a good second choice when the real thing isn'tavailable for study.This is one of those books that I actually revere and am veryproud to have in my reference library. A serious resource forserious art study.

Figured I post a review of this book since this is my second time purchasing it over the years. I bought it again recently for a class in creature design I'm taking next semester. The book only spotlights 5 or so animals, but they are the most common animals... which I guess that's more of an opinion, depending. The illustrations are detailed and show most of the major muscle groups and bone structure needed from the standard views (top, front, side, back, etc) and some close up detailed views of paws, mouths, legs, etc.Side note, I had this book about 10 years ago, wish I still had my old copy as the newer editions seem to be printed very, very dark. Some of the detail on the illustrations closed up in the printing which could be worst I suppose.. personally I would try to find a used copy of an older edition if possible as the details were much clearer and didn't print so dark.Still, it's a good reference book at a good price and worth the money despite the printing quality.

This book is a must have reference for anyone wanting to have very detailed illustrations and technical info- very well done. However, if you’re looking for a basic, simple muscles and bones just to get acquainted- you might save this for later. It’s interesting even just as is- for the scientifically or medically inclined.

Just what the artist needs. Great detail of everything.

Not too bad a book. The contents could have had a little more variety like rodents, birds and primates. The delivery left a lot to be desired, my book showed up bent. I'm hoping that adding some weight to it will flatten it out.

I have seen this book as a required text in several creature design and anatomy art classes. After getting much use out of an E-book version, I decided to get the hard copy as well. Its THAT useful! While I've noticed some reviews complain that it only features 5 animals, I might note that these are some of the most commonly used species in art, and the common house cat isn't going to vary that dramatically from the anatomy of a lion, past proportions. I LOVE the amount of detail given to each and every species, with pages of full orthographics from every angle, with specific focus given to the heads and limbs. There are also proportion scales provided.A HIGHLY recommended resource to anyone with an interest in zoology, anatomy, or creature design.