Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers (Volume 5) (Draw Like an Artist, 5) Paperback – Illustrated, November 3, 2020

This is my third book from this series. One of the best ones so far. I recommend it for learning butterflies and birds. Pretty nice and easy to follow.

I've gone back and bought anything I can find from this author. I'm actually drawing things! There's no long winded wordy explanation of color theory and how to hold a pencil it's to the point, visual, and perfect. If you wanna learn to draw this is what you're looking for. The steps are not too far apart to make it impossible. Clear and easy to understand. Best drawing book I've found so far. You should really buy this.

The pictures show step by step directions for drawing! My 93 year old mother even enjoys this book!

The book did its job! It helped me to draw exactly what I wanted.

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a tutorial and style guide in the Draw Like an Artist series - this volume is by Melissa Washburn. Released 3rd Nov 2020 by Quarto on their Quarry imprint, it's 112 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.These books all follow the same format. A very short introduction (10% of the content) gives some basic tips and very (very) brief overview of recommended materials. The following chapters contain short step-by step progress illustrations for line drawing 100 animals by category: birds, butterflies, moths, bees & wasps, beetles, and other insects.These are very simple single page 5-8 step illustrations. The finished drawings are not part of a composition, and there is no written direction involved. All of them are simple enough to not really require directions. None of them are beyond the ability of keen amateur level. Correspondingly, there is little here which will challenge advanced artists but the drawings are clear and have a high degree of detail.This would make a superlative choice for young artists or adult learners, especially bundled with drawing supplies. There are several other companion volumes available also (flowers, faces, animals, and a couple others). I would also recommend them for graphic design applications.Four stars (given the limitations).Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

My daughter loved it

"Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies and Other Insects. Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing. A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers" by Melissa Washburn was published by Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry. The book is part of the five-book series "Draw Like an Artist... " Washburn gives a brief introduction into line drawing with plenty of tips for the budding artist. In her introduction she states: "The best teacher for drawing birds and insects is nature itself. Observing different birds and insects in their natural habitats will help you understand how they move and behave. Some of these creatures move very quickly and constantly, making observation difficult, so visiting places like natural history museums and zoos can help you get a better look... Drawing any kind of animal can seem verycomplex at first (it is!), so I suggest first getting a feel for proportions and for the basic shapes that make up the body. Beginning with the underlying shapes, rather than with the exact outer contour of the animal, will give a more solid feeling to your drawing. Once you’re happy with the basic shape, you can refine the outline and add legs, wings, and so on. The final step is to add things such as hair or feathers, markings, and other details. You don’t need to draw every individual strand of hair or feather—just a few lines to indicate length and direction will often convey enough information (p. 6)." The book contains six chapters: 1) Birds, 2) Butterflies, 3) Moths, 4) Bees and Wasps, 5) Beetles, and 6) Other Insects.This is the second book by Melissa Washburn which I read. I have to confess that I am an absolute amateur when it comes to drawing and I have been impressed by the book. The step-by-step designs are really inspirational and the number of them is absolutely inspiring. Every bird, butterfly, or insect is presented with six to eight sketches which will be really a help for the aspiring artist. Furthermore, there are additional drawings for feathers, wings, and claws. I highly can recommend this book for beginners and advanced artists who like to engage in line drawing. Although the artist suggests graphite pencils, felt tip pens, or brush pens, but colored pens, crayons or similar media could also be used.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.#DrawLikeAnArtist100BirdsButterfliesAndOtherInsects #NetGalley

again, due to medical issues have not been able to do any sketching. bt the book seems to have a lot of good ideas