Painting Horses in Oil, by Cindy Larimore

Painting Horses in Oil, by Cindy Larimore

I picked this up at a yard sale, as I can rarely pass up any Walter Foster books when I see them. I was pleased at how practical and useful this book is. There are a lot of beautiful paintings by the author of different breeds of horses and different poses, but even more than that, this book goes into a horse's anatomy, names the body parts, and shows muscular and skeletal views as well as differences in breeds, and particular things to look for in your subject. Horses were the first thing I learned to draw realistically in third grade, and I have painted horses a few times as an adult, but this book will definitely help me to understand the horse in order to paint it better.

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Draw 50 Animals, Lee J. Ames

Draw 50 Animals, by Lee J. Ames

This is a fun book to look through, gives step by step pictures for drawing animals starting with basic shapes. It's a basic book for learning by copying or mimicking, which honestly is where all people start out learning, as babies, mimicking those around us. It can help build confidence to move on to the next step of learning.

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Painted Garden Art Anyone Can Do by Lin Wellford

Painted Garden Art, Lin Wellford, ArtStone Press

This is not my first Lin Wellford book but it is just as delightful as the rest. These garden art projects look like so much fun, I really want to try them! Being a semi-pro artist, I feel like I don't have time to do things for fun, I have to constantly be creating art to sell or show, but I really want to do some of these projects for my own yard. I love the elephant border, the iguana stone, and the koi pond. Who knows, maybe I will put aside everything else and just do it!

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